We take pride
in the number and diversity of our clients,
who support the program and provide challenging
projects for our students. TEAM would not
exist today without the past help of:
I was very impressed, as were several of my colleagues, with the quality of work provided by our student TEAM. The final report was well prepared, clearly communicated, and showed a thorough understanding of the problem. I hope that the students got as much out of the experience as we did.
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Samantha Delbergue
Environmental Group
Safety & Environmental Dept. Honda of Canada Mfg. ; 2009
"The Queen's TEAM program has given us the opportunity to investigate some key company issues that we wouldn't otherwise have the time or resources to explore. The TEAM projects we have been involved with recently have caused us to take a second look at the way we do things and have resulted in some notable improvements to our business execution. Our intention is to utilize these highly motivated students to investigate high profile issues for the foreseeable future."
Chris Sandink, P. Eng.
Six Sigma Team Bantrel ; 2008
"I am very pleased we had the opportunity to work with the students from Queens University. The students enthusiastically devoted the time and effort necessary to be responsive to our business needs and to deliver on the project. At the conclusion of the project, we received a professionally prepared report and a professional presentation on the results that was given to members of the project team and management. The Queens TEAM program does a excellent job providing a multidisciplinary approach to a problem and the ideas and suggestions from the students should not be taken lightly."
Keith Silverman, PhD, MPH
Director, Risk Assessment Merck & Co., Inc., Global Safety & the Environment; 2008
"OPG's experience in working with the TEAM program has been extremely positive. TEAM members bring an energetic, focused andmulti-disciplinary perspective to problem solving - and develop solutions that are practical and readily applicable to the dealing with tasks they were assigned. The TEAM approach has provided excellent value for the time and money invested by OPG."
- Murray Paterson
Ontario Power Generation - Project Manager - Hydroelectric Development, 2008
"KMW has designed and built biomass energy systems in Canada for the past
26 years. Greenhouses, with a high demand for thermal energy, often look to biomass energy systems as an alternative to increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Greenhouses also have a demand for CO2, which is usually met through the combustion of natural gas or propane.
We (KMW) hope to enhance our systems with the ability to extract the required CO2 from the flue gas stream of our biomass system. This would increase our system's overall efficiency and further increase its benefit for greenhouse operators by displacing the fossil fuels that are currently used for CO2 production. We asked the TEAM group to examine all possible technology that would allow us to extract CO2, including the economic feasibility of all alternatives. The work of the group was thorough with each possibility examined. They reached a conclusion that there is a technology that could be added to our systems that would allow us to meet our objectives."
"We were
deeply impressed with the quality
of the Queen's Team's work and the
enthusiasm they showed in tackling
this project. It has stimulated some
exciting thinking here about how we
might take this innovative idea forward.
As a result we have brought in some
expert advisors who have been involved
in geothermal energy projects around
the world, to explore this further."
- Jason Switzer
Engineer, Greenhouse Gas and Energy,
Oil Sands Shell
Canada Limited, Calgary, Alberta,
2006
"The
students working on this project were
keen, technically very capable and
very well prepared,"
"We appreciated
the assistance provided by the students
through the TEAM program. The Queen's
students completed a thorough and
professional evaluation of Inlet Cooling
of the gas turbine at our facility.
We would like to thank all participants
for their effort to move forward with
this significant site improvement
project. It is being implemented and
we believe it has provided mutual
benefits we were able to hear new
engineering ideas (which were utilized)
and the students gained some real-world
experience which undoubtedly will
serve them well in their future chosen
careers."
- S. Collings,
Team Leader, AES
Kingston ULC, June 2002. ___________________________________________________
"I would
like to thank you and the project
team for again delivering valuable
results to Nova Chemicals. We continue
to be impressed by the quality of
work we receive from the TEAM groups.
This project will provide immediate
benefits for Nova Chemicals. We also
plan to spend considerable additional
time commissioning the work that was
started with this project. Again,
I would like to thank you for providing
us the opportunity to benefit from
participating in the TEAM program.
We believe that this program is valuable
to both the students and us and look
forward to continuing participation
next year."
- T. Laird,
Team Leader,
Control and Optimization Nova
Chemicals, May 2002. ___________________________________________________
"The key
benefit we received was the ability
to have this issue reviewed without
the pressure and immediacy of day-to-day
projects. With the help of Queen's
Students, we were able to have these
issues reviewed and not be impacted
or delayed by day-to-day operations.
The students also brought a fresh
perspective without any bias as to
how we currently do things. We were
all very impressed with the depth
of their study and how they were able
to present it in a very practical
manner. We enjoyed the TEAM experience
and will hope to be involved in future
TEAM projects."
- R. Alderson,
P.Eng., Director Development Approvals, First
Pro Shopping Centres, April
2002. ___________________________________________________
"GEM
Canada is quite impressed with the effort,
the way you did the project with very
minimal input from ourselves and the
results you ended up with.
We have no hesitancy in referring other
projects to you as the most important
thing firms seek is good, fair, objective
reviews with minimal inputs so the findings
can be more than a company promotion
of its product.
Congratulations and best of luck to
you.
Douglas Weltz,
Managing Director, GEM
Canada Waste to Energy, Inc." ___________________________________________________
"The
students we had working for us from
the Queen's University TEAM program
did an exceptional job. They conducted
their study and delivered their report
in a professional manner. They provided
the analytical data we
requested and performed a thorough economic
evaluation of our alternatives.
I would not hesitate to recommend their
services to other people in industry."
Gerry Morand
Process Engineer Casco,
Cardinal ___________________________________________________
Queen's University - Physical Plant Services -
The following link will take you to several TEAM project reports prepared in previous years.
