UPEI Design Expo

The UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering is holding their annual Student Design Expo and Awards Ceremony, which will showcase 2023–2024 student design projects. They will demonstrate how student teams bring creative solutions and immense value to their projects. The expo is an exciting time for UPEI Engineering students as it gives them an opportunity to showcase the outcome of their design clinic projects.

The expo is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend.

Examples of projects by Years 2, 3, and 4 student project teams:

Year 2 students

Abegweit First Nation:  Design a process and equipment for manually removing trees from woods. The student project team has designed a process and equipment for manually removing downed and damaged tree from the woods with minimal damage to the blueberry plants. 
 

Year 3 students

Parks Canada: Design an ampere monitor and energy usage display for campers. The student project team has designed an add-on for the campsite electrical towers that will provide information to the campers regarding both their operating amperage and their energy usage.

Year 4 students

Team Trash Tech: Design a smart trash bin. The TrashTech product is a household smart garbage bin that automatically detects and analyzes users' waste. It sends these analytics to a smartphone app that can track users’ waste habits and provide them with personalized suggestions on how they can optimize their purchasing and disposal habits.

The Student Design Expo will include 12 project teams (doing seven projects) for Year 1, 14 project teams for Year 2, 12 project teams for Year 3, and 12 project teams for Year 4.