Media Advisory: Leading-edge applied research event at Algonquin College

Posted on Wednesday, April 12th, 2023

(OTTAWA – April 11, 2023) – The RE/ACTION Showcase highlights leading-edge applied research done in collaboration with industry, institutional, and community partners, providing a glimpse into the future of technology and the current state of innovation. Over 50 student-driven applied research projects will be exhibited, ranging in topic from robotics to web design, building science to social innovation and everything in between. The showcase also provides an opportunity for employers to engage talent and collaborative opportunities in support of their businesses’ growth and impact.

Date: Friday, April 14, 2023
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Awards presentation: 1:40 p.m. to 2 p.m.)
Location Algonquin College, Ottawa Campus, DARE District (C Building)
1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2G 1V8

Select research projects are highlighted below. For the full agenda and further details about the RE/ACTION Showcase, please visit www.algonquincollege.com/arie/re-action.

Cone of Silence
Booth # 02
Client: Dan Monafu
Students: Caleb Smith, Adam Cacciotti (Electrical Engineering Technology program)
Project brief: The Cone of Silence is a privacy device that makes virtual assistants and smart devices unable to passively listen to conversations. These devices are often used to candidly listen to conversations to build a profile of the user in order to create targeted advertising. The Cone of Silence inhibits this by emitting ultrasonic frequencies within a small area, which are inaudible to us. However, these frequencies are parsed as audible by digital microphones.

Natural Born Killers – Biological Controls for Insect Pests
Booth # 48
Client: Natural Insect Control
Students: Dara Palmer, Autumn Henry (Biotechnology – Advanced program)
Project brief: Biological pest controls offer safe and effective alternatives to conventional chemical pesticides as part of sustainable, integrated pest management initiatives. In this project, microscopic roundworms are studied for their efficiency in controlling many insect pests, affecting ecosystems from home gardens to commercial agriculture.

Measuring methane production in organic biowaste
Booth # 20
Client: CH Four Biogas Inc.
Students: Patrick Gravel, Colleen Griffith, Luke Seldenthuis-Preville (Biotechnology – Advanced program)
Project brief: Of global concern is the abundant and widespread accumulation of harmful quantities of organic bio-waste. Many of these materials can be re-used for bio-fertilizer production, and the resulting biogas is a source of electricity, heat and natural gas. The data collected in this private-public partnership project will help determine and characterize the optimal types and sources of organic waste, most efficient in terms of net methane yield.

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For more information

Kim Blackburn
Communications Officer
Algonquin College
613-291-6581
blackbk@algonquincollege.com

About Algonquin College

The mission of Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is to transform hopes and dreams into lifelong success. Algonquin College, an Ontario public sector community college, does this by offering hands-on, digitally connected, experiential learning in more than 185 programs. Algonquin College is the largest polytechnic institute in Eastern Ontario, with campuses in Ottawa, Perth, Pembroke and AC Online.


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