Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

Camosun College is pleased to be announcing that the Camosun Applied Researchand Innovation (CARI) will be partnering with 2% Jazz Coffee Company., a Victoria BC coffee company todevelop a new technology for the speciality coffee industry through assistance from a Natural Sciences andEngineering Research Council's (NSERC) Applied Research Development (ARD) grant.Camosun College offers over 160 degree, diploma and other credential programs to more than 10,000 full-time,and another 3,000 part-time, students in beautiful Victoria, BC. The college has educated and prepared morethan 50,000 graduates to excel in the marketplace in its 40-year history, and has an annual local economicimpact of $816.6 million.CARI is starting an exciting new applied research partnership with the 2% Jazz Coffee Company to create aproduction-grade, climate-controlled espresso grinder, a technology which currently does not exist in themarket. This project will lead a new grinder system which will allow speciality coffee producers with morecontrol over flavour and quality of coffee. This technology also has implications in other industries such asflour milling, meat and nut grinding. This opportunity will provide a four Camosun Mechanical EngineeringTechnology students with the opportunity toparticipate in an industrial engineering design applied research project with the intent of commercializing theend product.