Grant: Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants

The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Design & Innovation Center (DIC) at Ivany campus, in*Dartmouth NS, is a regionally recognized facility committed to excellence in advanced manufacturing. The*center has the following objectives: (i) manufacturing and rapid prototyping applications, and*commercialization through knowledge and technology transfer; (ii) applied learning and training through*student involvement and technical training; and (iii) collaboration through private and public sector*partnerships resulting in community and economic development.*In this context, NSCC has committed to act as a capacity development catalyst and provide the setting that*contributes solutions to real world challenges; this applied research activity is driven by faculty, and focused on*students. The funding requested from the NSERC ARTI grant will be used to buy an automatically controlled,*reprogrammable, mobile and multipurpose manipulator programmable in six axes, along with an equipment for*underwater ultrasonic peening to support underwater treatment of welds and welded structures. This will allow*the college to expand education programing opportunities in Mechanical Engineering Technologies, Welding*and Welding Inspection & Quality Control, and build capacity in the NSCC Design & Innovation Center. This*will also lead to NSCC generating customized industry-related solutions that will support technology*development to address local industry challenges in manufacturing-related services.