Technology Access Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability

We are committed to a future where the environmental and economic challenges of the oil sands have been solved.  In collaboration with our partners, our diverse and resourceful team is helping to achieve this by applying scientific principles, bringing our knowledge to practice and connecting partners with shared interests.  This will lead to the restoration of pristine, functional landscapes for Albertans.

We bridge the gap between existing oil sands environmental research and relevant solutions, taking innovative ideas from bench to scale-up. We work with businesses and industry to develop technologies that improve the economic and environmental performance of the oil sands industry.

Technology Access Centre

The Technology Access Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability is part of a network of 60 TACs across the country. As a TAC, we help Canadian-based businesses get their products, processes and services market-ready by:

Offering objective advice and specialized technical services
Providing training related to new types of equipment and processes
Conducting applied research to develop solutions that address company challenges.

Learn more about Technology Access Centres across Canada.

Research areas

Learn more about our research specializations and the impact we've made in these areas with our industry partners.

Tailings management

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

Process water management

Sustainable energy and mining

Tailings site remediation

Our experts

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Andrea Sedgwick

Ledcor Applied Research Chair in Oil Sands Environmental Sustainability, Manager, Technology Access Centre for Oil Sands Sustainability

water treatment, oil characterization interface properties, tailings, oil sands characterization, mining, and extraction

Heather Kaminsky

NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Oil Sands Tailings Management

advanced ore characterization, fundamentals of tailings, water treatment, impact of clay minerals on oil extraction and tailings

Jason Ng

Research Associate

chemical engineering, surface and interface, tailings dewatering, sensing technologies, oil sands characterization

Maksuda Khatun

Research Geologist

XRD and XRF interpretation, mineralogy, chemostratigraphy, petrology, petrophysics, sedimentology 

Labs and facilities

NAIT researchers have access to a range of specialized labs, facilities and equipment. The Technology Access Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability makes use of these and other world-class applied research labs.

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