Grant: Engage Plus Grants for Colleges
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
$8,220.00
Development of a pH adjustment system for monitoring genotoxic and contaminates of concern in drinking_x000d_ waters and wastewaters
FY 2020-21
Summary
Environmental Bio-Detection Products Inc. (EBPI) is a Mississauga-based biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of biological testing kits for a variety of cellular metabolism byproducts in environmental samples. Seneca collaborated with EBPI on a NSERC Engage for Colleges, completed in January 2020. As follow on to the existing prototype, EBPI would like to continue to collaborate with Seneca and Professor Kyle Valdock from Seneca's School of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Technology (SEMET) to optimize the design of the prototype unit developed during the Engage for Colleges project. The goal of this additional project is to adjust the existing pumps and PLC coding, as well as addressing water leakage through the system. In addition, EBPI would like to investigate alternatives to the existing filter used in the system. The present system provides a flow rate of 20 to 50 ml/min to a 47mm SPE filter. It would be advantageous and cost effective for EBPI to develop a reusable or a disposable holder for smaller (5.5, 7, 10 mm) SPE filters. In order to do this, a new filter housing must be developed and the flow range of the unit will need to be widened.
Program
Engage Plus Grants for Colleges
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
556352-2020
Name nom
Leaver, Chad
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
1803
Institution établissement
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
8220
Program id
CEGP2
Program name en
Engage Plus Grants for Colleges
Program name fr
Subvention d'engagement partenarial Plus pour les collèges
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
406
Area of application group en
Environment
Area of application group fr
Environnement
Area of application en
Pollutants and toxic agents (waste, use 902)
Area of application fr
Polluants et agents toxiques (déchets, utiliser 902)
Research subject code
1501
Research subject group en
Environmental engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie de l'environnement
Research subject en
Water quality, pollution
Research subject fr
Qualité de l'eau, pollution
Installment
inst:1 - 1
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Development of a pH adjustment system for monitoring genotoxic and contaminates of concern in drinking_x000d_
waters and wastewaters
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Environmental Bio-Detection Products Inc. (EBPI) is a Mississauga-based biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of biological testing kits for a variety of cellular metabolism byproducts in environmental samples. Seneca collaborated with EBPI on a NSERC Engage for Colleges, completed in January 2020. As follow on to the existing prototype, EBPI would like to continue to collaborate with Seneca and Professor Kyle Valdock from Seneca's School of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Technology (SEMET) to optimize the design of the prototype unit developed during the Engage for Colleges project. The goal of this additional project is to adjust the existing pumps and PLC coding, as well as addressing water leakage through the system. In addition, EBPI would like to investigate alternatives to the existing filter used in the system. The present system provides a flow rate of 20 to 50 ml/min to a 47mm SPE filter. It would be advantageous and cost effective for EBPI to develop a reusable or a disposable holder for smaller (5.5, 7, 10 mm) SPE filters. In order to do this, a new filter housing must be developed and the flow range of the unit will need to be widened.
