Summary of Recent Departmental Research Initiatives

View a list of recent Department Publications

Date Faculty Student Description
2018 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Owen Cheng, Ashley Sighn, Zolboo Munkhbold Proposal to Design and Test the Effectiveness of a Biochar Water filter in Removing Fluoride from Drinking Water
2018 Dr. Kian Karimi, P.Eng. Casey von Hahn Analytical Investigation of the Application of Seismic Base Isolation for Low-Rise Timber Buildings
2018 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Mana Ghadiri-Asli, Nathan Deyell, and Kaleb Beyer Determining if the Biochar Produced at BCIT can Filter Stormwater Runoff Contaminants
2018 Dr. Kian Karimi, P.Eng. Nick Sverdlenko Analytical Investigation of the Application of Seismic Base Isolation for Low-Rise Timber Buildings
2017 - Current Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Samira Jalizi Use of Biochar to Treat Stormwater Runoff from BCIT Campus Parking Lot
2016 - 2017 Svetlana Brezv, James Booth (Physics), Neil Cox (Electrical), Sudip Talukdar Katherine Bown An Innovative Device for Non-Destructive Strength Assessment of Concrete Masonry Blocks
2016 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Soojong Kim, Logan Trochta, Stephanie Brosky Investigation of the Sorption Properties of Biochar for the Removal of Pesticides and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Water
2015 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Kiarash Lari Various Factors Affecting Biochar’s Removal of Chemical Contaminants from Drinking Water
2015 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Jeff Ferraby A Model of Pesticide Removal in Drinking Water using Biochar
2015 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Jay Kim Effect of Prolonged Inactivity of Biosand Filter on Water Quality
2014 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Monica Ip Researching Pesticide Filtration and the Effects of Prolonged Inactivity on Biosand Filter
2014 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Jesse Kilback, Linden Wong, Sabrina Wong Analytical Methods of using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography-Fluorescence (HPLC-fluorescence) and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy/Mass Spectroscopy (LC-MS/MS) for Analyzing Atrazine and Phenanthrene in Biosand Filtered Water
2014 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Kyle Neufeld Investigation of the Effect of Grain Size and Flow Rate on Biosand Filter Performance
2014 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Darien Cusworth Water Disturbance Effects on Water-Quality for CAWST’s Biosand Filter
2013 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Sam Jones Analysis of Optimum Diffuser Plate Design for CAWST’s Biosand Filter
2013 Dr. Colleen Chan, P.Eng. Stevan Gavrilovich Hydrodynamic Analysis of Biosand Filters: Water Quality vs. Flow Rate