Junior Design Clinic
Junior Clinic projects are completed by second year students and focus on the development or modification of a specific product for a specific audience. The products are typically simple mechanical or electrical devices that have a minimal number of required parameters.
Project Timeline: October–April
Cost to Partner: $500
Intellectual Property: Retained by student team and UPEI
Junior Clinic Projects, 2023–2024 - 2nd Year Design
Abegweit First Nations, Scotchfort, PE
Design a Better Process for Sizing Brook Trout
Abegweit First Nations, Scotchfort, PE
Design a Process and Equipment for Manually Removing Trees from Woods
Atlantic Aqua Farms, Borden-Carleton PE,
Design an Automated Socking Work Station
Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PE
Design a Replaceable Horse Leg Joint Model
Cavendish Farms Corporation, New Annan PE
Design a Clean In Place System for the Rotary Drum Thickener
City of Charlottetown, Charlottetown, PE
Design a Solar Powered Bus Shelter
Crossfit 782, Charlottetown, PE
Design a Weighted Sled for Standard Fitness Facility Floor Coverings
Engineers PEI, Charlottetown, PE
Design an Automated Mechanism for Applying Loads to Model Bridges
UPEI, Mawi’omi Indigenous Student Centre, Charlottetown, PE
Design RainWater and Composting Systems for the IKERAS Indigenous Garden
Isaac McCardle, Sackville, N.B.
Design a Device for Placing Pipette Tips
Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd | Northside Processing, North Sydney, NS
Design a 10 Lb. Lobster Boxing System With Less Variability in Weight
Design an Automated System That Will Monitor Salinity, Temperature, and Water Level
National Research Council, Charlottetown, PE
Design a Low Shear Impeller Configuration Optimized for the Cultivation of Filamentous Fungi in High Starch Environments
Parks Canada, Charlottetown, PE
Design an Improved Campsite and Parking Marker
Junior Clinic Projects, 2022–2023 - 2nd Year Design
Atlantic Beef Products Inc, Albany PE
Design and Build a Water Softener Module for the Plant
Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PE
Design a Calve Simulation Station
City of Charlottetown, Charlottetown, PE
Design an Indoor Green Wall
Health PEI, Charlottetown, PE
Design a Smart Phone Adaptor for an Endoscope
Design a Semi-Permanent Solution for the Locking of Windows
Infinity Energy, Cairo, Egypt
Design a Portable Sun Tracking Solar Panel Stand
Jennifer Neill, Occupational Therapist - Pediatrics, Grand Tracadie, PE
Design a Drum Stick(s) Assist
MDS Coating Technologies, Slemon Park, PE
Design a Solution That Eliminates the Manual Handling of Brisks
PEI Bag Co Ltd., Central Bedeque, PE
Design a Bag Packaging Workstation
Souris Harbour Authority, Souris, PE
Design a Sustainable Bait Packaging Solution
Special Olympics PEI, Charlottetown, PE
Design a Bocce Ball Assist Ramp for Wheelchair Athletes
Upcycle Green Technology, Stratford, PE
Design a Truck Box for a Converted Electric Car
Junior Clinic Projects, 2021–2022 - 2nd Year Design
Aspin Kemp and Associates (AKA), Montague, PE
Design of a Wave Absorber for the Tow Tank
Aslan Renewables, Charlottetown, PE
Generating Hydropower from Wastewater Outflows
Elmira Railway, Elmira, PE
Design a Modern Manual Handcar
Engineers PEI, Charlottetown, PE
Evaluate and Update the Bridge Building Contest Testing Components
Health PEI, various locations
Long Term Care - Design a New Pill Crusher
Prince County Hospital - Designing a Solution for the Slippery Floor in the Receiving Area
QEH Physical Medicine - Design of an Amp Board
Infinity Energy, Cairo, Egypt
Design a Method for Cleaning Roof Mounted (Residential) Solar Panels
Parks Canada, Charlottetown, PE
Model a PEI National Park Fossil
Resort Municipality, Cavendish, PE
Low Level Lighting on Grahams Lane
Royal Canadian Navy, Charlottetown, PE
Design of an Improved Diver Recall
Design of an Improved Lost Diver Marker
Junior Clinic Projects, 2020–2021 - 2nd Year Design
Atlantic Aqua Farms, Oyster Bed, PE
Separating Oyster Clusters
Bricks 4 Kidz, Scotchfort, PE
LEGO Cleaning and Sorting
Cavendish Farms Corporation, New Annan PE
Trench Cleaning System
“Boutique MAAEMO”, Montreal, QC
Dispenser for Zero-Waste Store
Nature's Crops International, Kensington, PE
Design of a Packaging Line
NorCan Marine, Montague, PE
Design and Construction of Scale Models for a Tow Tank
PEI Analytical Laboratories, Charlottetown, PE
Soil Health Drying Process
Junior Clinic Projects, 2020–2021 - 1st Year Design
Parks Canada, PEI National Park
COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies
Traffic Control Along Gulf Shore Parkway
Protection of Piping Plover Nesting Areas
Off-grid mobile visitor accommodation for Greenwich Park
Junior Clinic Projects, 2019–2020 - 2nd Year Design
Atlantic Aqua Farms, Georgetown PE
Design a device to remove socking material and rope from backlines
Canadian Space Agency, Ottawa ON
Ground support equipment for SpudNik-1 CubeSat
Cavendish Farms Culinary Centre, Charlottetown PE
Design of specialty food product
Connie MacDonald, Charlottetown PE
Solution to urban noise pollution for a residential property
Habitat for Humanity PEI, Charlottetown PE
Home water usage audit and analysis
Nine Yards Studio, Charlottetown PE
Urban periscope design for a Charlottetown park
PEI Analytical Labs, Charlottetown PE
Automation of rainmaker test apparatus
QEH Foundation, Charlottetown PE
Development of a coin and cash donation collector
StandardAero, Slemon Park PE
Fixture for blasting turbine blades
Stepscan Technologies, Charlottetown PE
Design of equipment for conducting sensor crosstalk testing
Upstreet Craft Brewing, Charlottetown PE
Design of system to dispose of spent grain
Western Hospital, Alberton PE
Dispenser design for incontinence pads
Junior Clinic Projects, 2019–2020 - 1st Year Design
Parks Canada, PEI National Park, PEI Locations
Solutions for Climate Change
Junior Clinic Projects, 2018–2019
Atlantic Aqua Farms, Georgetown, PE
Design a tool or system to clean buoys used in mussel farming
Atlantic Windows, Port Elgin, NB
Design a workstation for brickmould installation to reduce lifting of window assemblies
BIO|FOOD|TECH, Charlottetown, PE
Design a feeding system for a rotating drum dryer used for food production
Cavendish Farms Corporation, New Annan, PE
Design a tool and process to clear plugs that occur in a cutter system
Habitat for Humanity PEI, Charlottetown, PE
Home energy audit and analysis of a Habitat for Humanity PEI home
HAS University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Design a lab scale algae reactor
Health PEI - Long Term Care - Prince Edward Home, Charlottetown, PE
Design alternate controls for bed positioning for patients who don't have the use of their hands
Health PEI - Long Term Care - Summerset Manor, Summerside, PE
Design a 3D-printed engine for dementia patients
Health PEI - QEH Physical Medicine, Charlottetown, PE
Design for a walk-beside wheelchair
Health PEI - Western Hospital, Alberton, PE
Improvements to laundry carts to prevent overfilling
Mount Saint Vincent University & Dr. Franz-Odendaal, Halifax, NS
Design of a swim tunnel to be used for fish research
Parks Canada - Kouchibouguac National Park, Kouchibouguac, NB
Design a way to detect ectotherms in order to trigger a wildlife camera
Parks Canada - Torngat Mountains National Park, Nain, NL
Management of human waste from remote hiking site locations
PEI Analytical Laboratories, Charlottetown, PE
Sample handling improvements during dairy analysis
PEI Seniors Homes & Dr. Shabbir Amanullah, Charlottetown, PE
Design the first phase of an interactive activities wall for residents
Quaketek Inc., Montreal, QC
Design an add-on system to collect metal deposits to allow for re-use of water in the main collection tank
Stepscan Technologies Inc., Charlottetown, PE
Design a tool to lift or remove a tile that is surrounded by other tiles
UPEI Facilities Management, Charlottetown, PE
Design a mounting bracket that can sustain the loads experienced by the sidewalk plow blade during heavy use
Junior Clinic Projects, 2017–2018
Atlantic Aqua Farms, Orwell Cove PE
Design of a quick-connect for attaching buoys to mussel lines
Cavendish Farms Corporation, New Annan PE
Design of a jig for setting thickness in machines that produce crinkle cut french fries
Charlottetown Rural High School, Charlottetown PE
Instrumentation of the greenhouse and analysis to determine if conditions are ideal
City of Charlottetown, Charlottetown PE
Design of a water distribution system for Desbrisay Community Garden
CNS | CRO, Charlottetown PE
Design of a maze for behavioural testing of rats
David Csernyik Family, Cornwall PE
Design of a bath seat for David’s son who has cerebral palsy
Deep Roots Distillery, Warren Grove PE
Improvement of the cooling system used during distillation
L&C Fisheries, French River PE
Improvement of an eel size grading system
Mikinduri Children of Hope Canada
Design of a water collection system for Mukorone, Kenya, that will not be obstructed by sediment in the rainy season
Mikinduri Children of Hope Canada
Design of a pumping system for Mageta Island Health Centre in Kenya, that can remain in-situ and is not vulnerable to theft or vandalism
Provincial Boat and Marine Ltd., Kensington PE
Design of a system to weigh boats and determine their longitudinal centre of gravity in the boat shop
Top Dog Manufacturing, Central Bedeque PE
Improvements to the feed system of a machine that cuts and presses polyurethane sleeves
Prince Edward Island Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy
Design of a system that will slow down cyclists on Confederation Trail when approaching intersections that they can easily ride through
University of Trinidad and Tobago
Design of a mechanical system to scrape pineapple leaves and expose fibers for making textiles