The student activities branch for Southern Alberta has been focussing on both supporting a capstone design project at the University of Calgary for mechanical engineering students and building new connections to get involved in K-12 outreach work. The student activities co-chairs have attended regular student meetings either virtually or in person with the capstone group to help them with deliverables for the project of designing and fabricating a model greenhouse for chickpea production with a focus on the HVAC systems. They will be presenting their project at the ASHRAE dinner meeting on ASHRAE Student Night. Sarah has been in touch with the new Alberta Online School Ignite Centre for eLearning (https://ignitecentre.ca/), and presented on Passive House HVAC concepts and geo-exchange systems for district heating for the grade 8 class who are working on a month long tiny house project on sustainable communities. There will be ongoing opportunities for outreach with Ignite, starting with an invitation to judge their Junior High science fair in early February.
Jack Sreekmar, Chad Draymond, and Sarah Toogood - Student Activities Chair and Co-Chairs