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1. Collision avoidance/detection system for neutron scattering experiments / L. Clapham / Ron Rogge, Chalk River2. An integrated 'profile tracking' mechanism for neutron scattering experiments / L. Clapham / "
3. A remote control unit to maintain TV volume at a constant level / L. Clapham
4. A child detector for school buses / L. Clapham
5. An environmentally responsible Computer Disposal system / L. Clapham
6. A one-player foosball table / L. Clapham / -
7. Finite element vibrational analysis of a prototype beetle-type scanning tunneling microscope / Alastair McLean
8. Design of a nanomotor / Alastair McLean
9. A field CT (computed tomography) scanner using a radioactive source rather than x-rays / John Schreiner, Cancer Centre
10. A Quality Assurance (QA) system to verify operation of audible and light alarms in hazardous sites and situations. / John Schreiner, Cancer Centre
11. An odometer/speedometer for canoes and kayaks / John Schreiner, Cancer Centre
12. A low cost ventilation monitor to verify air exchanges in accelerator rooms / John Schreiner, Cancer Centre
13. Autonomous automobile control system (autopilot for automobiles) / Kevin Robbie
14. Recommendations for security keys for pipeline inspection tools / David Atherton
15. Possible electronic data coding keys for pipeline inspection logs / David Atherton
16. Design of a house circulating water system for winter heating and summer cooling / Don Taylor
17. Design of a house heating/cooling system based on availability of continuous year-round circulation of cool water (eg from Lake Ontario) / Don Taylor
18. Design of a remote-controlled power mechanism for house windows (eg. for invalids and seniors) / Don Taylor
19. Emulate a quantum computing algorithm with a superconduction fluxon switching circuit (student must have taken digital/computer logic courses and have obtained >80% in PHYS343) / John Harrison
20. Design an improved automatic feed system for strong trimmers (Weed eaters) / To Be announced / David Strong Industrial Chair in Design Engineering (strongd@ilc)
21. Design of a robots to be used in a 4th year mechatronics course / To be announced / David Strong Industrial Chair in Design Engineering (strongd@ilc)
22. Design an ultralight transponder for bird tracking / Hugh Evans
23. Design a solar powered electric fence / Hugh Evans
24. Design a smart home electrical power box to allow user to continuously monitor power use / Hugh Evans
25. Low energy source for CT imaging during radioisotope-based tomotherapy / Andrew Kerr
Cancer centre
26. Design of a multisource Cobalt-60 tomotherapy unit / Andrew Kerr
Cancer centre
27. Design an output power meter for cyclists / Andrew Kerr
Cancer centre
28. A delayed neutron counting system for the SLOWPOKE-2 Reactor / Les Bennett, RMC
29. Design a baseball that when used in a stadium in Denver will behave the same as a baseball in Seattle / Warren Watson
30. Design a variable front and rear airfoil wing for a F1 racing car / Warren Watson
31. Self synchronizing alarm clock / Jordan Morelli
32. 16 sided Langmuir probe for measuring flow in a magnetized plasma / Jordan Morelli
33. Inductively coupled plasma lamp / Jordan Morelli
34. Large screen colour display using LEDs / Jordan Morelli
35. Fast gas pressure feedback control system / Jordan Morelli
36. Wireless home monitoring system / Jordan Morelli
37. Ion Doppler spectrometerfor measuring flow in hydrogen plasma / Jordan Morelli
38. Wind generator for distributes production of electrical power / Jordan Morelli
39. Solid-State dynamic VAR compensator / Jordan Morelli
40. Geothermal home heating/cooling system / Jordan Morelli
41. Design a computer-based ‘item’ locating system for home use / Kayll Lake
42. Design an all-optical waveguide switch (must take PHYS460) / Marc Dignam
43. Minimizing Bend Losses in Waveguides (must take PHYS460) / Marc Dignam
44. Design a tuneable all-optical Bragg filter (must take PHYS460) / Marc Dignam
45. Design a micro-mechanical clock / Rob Knobel
46. Design a programmable current/voltage source with no 60 Hz noise / Rob Knobel
47. Design a micro mechanical based ‘nose’ / Rob Knobel
50. Asteroid Collision Avoidance / Larry Widrow
51. Variometer & Altimeter for a Radio Controlled Sailplane / Geoff Lockwood
52. PC based Ultrasound scanner / Geoff Lockwood
53. Design of a remotely actuated neutron and gammas source for in-situ SNO calibrations / Tony Noble
54. Design of a cryostat and safety containment system for kilotonne sized cryogenic dark matter or double beta decay detectors / Tony Noble
55. Design a facility for isotope separation of Germanium / Aksel Hallin
56. Design a facility for fabrication of ultra-pure solid state germanium detectors / Aksel Hallin
57. Design a molybdenum foinl magnetic spectrometer for high precision beta decay measurements (requires heavy duty computer simulations) / Aksel Hallin
58. Design an electrically-pumped polymer diode laser / Jun Gao
59. Design a plastic solar cell module / Jun Gao
60. Design a plastic thin film transistor / Jun Gao
61. Evaluate cost models for lab-on-a-chip technologies / Mike Watt
62. Design and micro-nuclear energy source / Mike Watt
63. Design a microdischarge array / Mike Watt
64. Design a micro-heat source array / Mike Watt
65. Design a de-orbit mechanism for a Cubesat microsatellite / Alan Kidd (retired Telesat engineer) ()
66. Design a ‘fuel-less’ attitude control system for a Cubesat microsatellite / Alan Kidd (retired Telesat engineer) ()