Materials Science and Engineering capstone

Using lithium as a corrosion inhibitor coating for magnesium body parts in automobiles to prevent salt-related corrosion. Team Members: Simon Scurtu, Farah Ghanem, Mario Panza, Sarmad Feroz.

This project aims to determine an optimal combination of backing materials and adhesives to implement alongside Arda Biomaterial’s beer-based leather alternative, New Grain™. The team has selected backing material and adhesives based on company-guided criteria, developed testing plans based on ASTM standards, and performed quantitative and qualitative testing to determine the optimal combination of New Grain, adhesive, and backing material. Team Members: Alex Whyard, Ethan Yates, Bedhya Bhattarai, Sofia Czerny-Holownia.

Designing lithium-ion battery management system algorithms utilizing machine learning, alternative, and physics-based models to capture empirical and data-backed trends to accelerate lithium-ion battery materials development timelines. Partnering with the Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate Program (CERC) and the U.S. DOE Battery Workforce Challenge, the algorithms are to be deployed and tested in a Stellantis electric vehicle. Team Members: Irenaeus Wong, Jeremy Wilson, Kevin Armah Mensah, Sarah Gonder.

Our project involves the optimization of the industrial heat treatment cycle for additively manufactured INVAR36, a low CTE alloy of Fe and Ni. Team Members: Thomas Sydor, Jessica Wan, Mehak Khan, Ryan Smith.

Develop a protective aluminide diffusion coating technology for hot gas section turbine components. Team Members: Yu Li, Yingzhu Zhou, Yuzhou Wei, Zihan Zhang.

This project aims to explore aluminum and its ability to integrate within existing zinc electrodeposition processes to produce durable and efficient cathodes. Team Members: Shanthika Ravindran, Nicole Kata, Imaan Baqrii.

Partial replacement of Portland cement with a combination of EAF Slag and Silica Slimes Tailings from a lithium beneficiation project to reduce the carbon footprint of cement production in concrete manufacturing. Team Members: Rosha Razavi, Allison Couwenberg.

The group is trying to develop a laser powder bed fusion process for the alloy Al-6061 such that the resulting product is fit for automotive applications. The printing parameters were varied in an attempt to produce maximum density components that meet the desired mechanical and corrosion standards. Team Members: Zain Khalfan, Brody Thompson, Alec Fernback, Connor McEwen.

Reverse-engineered light diffuser's material composition and performed optical measurements to assess light diffusion in real-life applications. Team Members: Zalak Naik, Iqra Javid, Rayhan Basaria, Yurun Huang.

A study investigating how the corrosion rate of Hot Rolled DP780 steel can be improved by the formation of specific microstructures. To analyze their influence, we have isolated martensitic, ferritic, bainitic, and pearlitic steels and compared corrosion performance. We then applied a heat treatment to our DP780 steel, with the goal of optimizing corrosion performance by maximizing the most preferable microstructures, using our findings. Team Members: Sarujan Manoranjitharajah, Tahmid Chowdhury, Prabh Sarai, Weiliang Huang.

Group member: Kayla Baker, Amy Gullins, Ryan Lee Chan, Jennifer Tsui

Group members: Chintan Dave, William Parkes, Ben Stubina, Zhou (Joe) Zhang

Group members: Rav Badwal, Zak Bilal, Betty Huang, Frank Klobucar