A research project that may significantly boost clean biofuel production in Canada is amongÌýthree À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ EngineeringÌýinitiatives to receiveÌýfunding from theÌýNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
NSERC
is
awardingÌý$486,000
to
Perry
Chou
and
Murray
Moo-Young,
both
of
chemical
engineering,Ìýto
help
develop
new
strains
of
bacteria
and
bioprocessing
techniques
to
convert
cheap
feedstock
intoÌýa
clean,
renewable
and
sustainable
biofuel.
Norman
Zhou
ofÌýmechanical
and
mechatronics
engineering
andÌýMark
Servos
of
À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ's
biology
department
will
receive
almost
$492,000
to
investigate
theÌýremoval
of
drinking
water
contaminants
with
innovativeÌýnanowire
membranes.
AndÌýWeihua
Zhuang
of
electrical
and
computer
engineering
will
receive
$558,000
to
developÌýlower
power
consumption
in
existing
wireless
communication
networks
by
improving
their
efficiency.
Ìý
NSERC
Strategic
Project
Grants
support
early-stage
projects
and
aim
to
encourage
collaboration
among
academic
researchers,
industry
and
government
partners.
The
goal
of
these
grants
is
to
increase
research
and
training
in
areas
that
could
strongly
influence
Canada’s
economy,
society
or
environment
in
the
next
10
years.
[news
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