Projects

Ongoing projects
Completed Projects
Various projects for clients (2012 to present) including:
  • Technical Documentation for Water Abundance XPRIZE: Team [client]; 2018
  • Water-from-air systems by [client] and MIT: a comparison (2017)
  • [Client] Water-from-Air System Hourly Model with Cloud Cover: Sal & Santiago, Cabo Verde (2017)
  • [Client] Water-from-Air System Model: Sal & Santiago, Cabo Verde (2017)
  • [Client] Water-from-Air System Model: Sal, Cabo Verde (2017)
  • [Client] Competitors Analysis (2017)
  • Comparison of Water-from-Air Technologies—[client's] System versus Mechanical Dehumidification (2017)
  • Review of Two Patents [for a client's water-from-air machine] Technology (2017)
  • Water-from-Air System Hourly Analysis Model: Sint Maarten (2017)
  • Preliminary design of the dehumidification module for the [client's] atmospheric water generator (2016)
  • Water-from-Air System Hourly Analysis Model: Abu Dhabi, UAE (2016)
  • Sourcing Water-from-Air for Hydraulic Fracturing Operations (2014)

Other Completed Projects (pre-2012)
  • Residential End-Use Metering Project (Project Management contract) for BC Hydro (May 2011 to March 2012). Set up thirteen volunteer residences in Metro Vancouver with energy-monitoring devices at each electrical outlet.
  • [Client Model nnnn] Specifications Review (2010)
  • Paper and presentation. Water-producing greenhouses for small tropical islands: Ahead of their time or a timely solution? Acta Hort. (ISHS) 797: 405–410 (2008)
  • Analyses of…dehumidification tests; for a client in Metro Vancouver (2008)
  • Pre-purchase assessment of a new intellectual property—…method and device for getting drinking water from the air; for a client in Metro Vancouver (2008)
  • Report on demonstration of [water-from-air] device for atmospheric water vapour processing; for a client in Metro Vancouver (2008)
  • Industrial Process Equipment Spec (Writing) for a client in Massachusetts (2008)
  • High throughput assay for determining degradation, for InnoCentive, Inc. (Search list of Winning Solvers for "Sep 02, 2008" and "INNOCENTIVE 6215091")
  • Scientific and Technical Services Consultant to manufacturer of drinking-water-from-air systems (2004–2007).
  • CIDA-supported Viability Study—Solar Desalination Greenhouse—Turks and Caicos Islands. Contribution Agreement issued to Batavia Greenhouse Builders Ltd. (Provided leadership, authored, co-authored, or edited reports for this major project worth CAD 200,904 which ran from August 2001–May 2003. CIDA approved all of the reports we were required to deliver).
  • Business Plan, Business Plan for 2002, 2003, 2004 to establish and operate Grand Turk Greenhouse, a proposed 3,500 sq. m. solar desalination greenhouse, freshwater, vegetable, and ornamental production facility with surplus fresh water production for sale offsite. October 2001.
  • Proposal, submitted to Canadian International Development Agency, for Batavia Greenhouse Builders Ltd. and associated firms, Viability Study—Solar Desalination Greenhouse—Turks and Caicos Islands. Contribution Agreement issued to applicant, 2001.
  • Paper, Atmospheric water vapour processor designs for potable water production: a review, Water Research, 35 (1) (2001) pp 1–22.
  • Business Plan, Business Plan for 2001, 2002, 2003 to establish and operate Cat Island [Bahamas] Greenhouses...a hypothetical 10,000 sq. m. [solar desalination] greenhouse freshwater and lettuce production facility. August 2000.
  • Translation from Swedish, Expert-system Based Road Salting: A Preliminary Study and a Prototype, 1999.
  • Report, Septage as a Plant Nutrient Source for Horticulture in a Wastewater Treatment Greenhouse Application, 1999.
  • Report,[Solar Desalination] Greenhouse Area Requirements Analysis for a Proposed Project...Bahamas,1999.
  • Report, Information about the Bahamas related to a possible [Solar Desalination] Greenhouse Project, 1998.