91̽»¨ Spotlights

91̽»¨ is a place built on stories, from student success, to faculty and staff honours, to ground-breaking research. In 91̽»¨ Spotlights, you can read and watch videos about the important things that make 91̽»¨ unique.

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close-up of Arduino circuitry
| Students

Sustainable Design Engineering students Ben Keizer, Tung Nguyen, SoumyaDeep Chowdhury, and Luke McCarvill and their TrashTech project centres around developing a reduction-focused domestic waste management product. It aims to conduct waste classification using machine vision, weight sensing, and meaningful data communication to users through a web application, much like Fitbit’s functionality and related smartphone application.

five engineering students working on a project
| Students

Sustainable Design Engineering student team members Lauren Daigle, Christian D'Entremont, Ben MacEachern, Josh McIsaac, and Owen Stewart worked with Parks Canada to design of a user-friendly display for the electric pedestals at campsites to inform campers of their energy consumption.

four engineering students and their second-year project
| Students

Student team members Remi Antoun, James Campbell, Chukwuma "Prince" Ezeilo, and Huy "Alvin" Nguyen worked with the Abegweit First Nation to solve the ongoing challenge of transforming wind-damaged forests into productive blueberry crops while safeguarding the suitability of the land for wild blueberry cultivation. 

Michael Adebayo Olubiyi
| Alumni

Michael is a proud 91̽»¨ alumnus, a Class of 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in Island Studies program, and manager of development planning for the City of Port Moody in British Columbia.

a female student with the ocean behind
| Students

Meet Adelle, a third-year Biology student who participated in two study abroad opportunities: one in Barbados, and another semester in North Carolina.