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Since 2014, , PhD, has been leading the way toward improving and optimizing in-situ oil recovery 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;the extraction of oil or bitumen from underground deposits without physically removing the surrounding sand, clay, and water 鈥�&苍产蝉辫;using nanotechnology. 

As U荔枝视频鈥檚 first , Bryant built a highly-skilled team that explores how to use less steam, recover more oil, and reduce the carbon footprint of unconventional hydrocarbon extraction.  

Bryant鈥檚 state-of-the-art CERC lab in the Energy Environment Experiential Learning (EEEL) building has been a hub for finding creative solutions to common challenges in the oil and gas industry. The team has collaborated with more than 30 partners from around the globe, produced four startup companies, developed 18 inventions, supported more than 100 highly qualified personnel (HQP), and generated more than 35 publications.  

Legacy of inventions and startups

鈥淭here is a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in 荔枝视频, in Alberta, and certainly at this university,鈥� says Bryant, when asked about the outcomes of the CERC lab. 鈥淚 became immersed in this idea of how startups can have an impact based on deep-tech, hard-tech. What started happening was just a whole series of invention disclosures, several of which moved on towards patents, and some of those were picked up as the foundation for some startups.鈥� 

鈥淭hat was something we hadn't planned on, but it became the focus for a while and was pretty successful,鈥� adds Bryant, who is a professor in the 's Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.  

Ongoing support lives on through new program 

As Bryant鈥檚 time as a CERC-holder winds down, the legacy of his lab lives on. The is a collaborative program designed to accelerate the development of innovative, emissions-reducing technologies in Alberta. 

The CERC lab has been renamed the Institutional Infrastructure for Innovation (III) and will continue to support startups, small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), and Alberta鈥檚 world-class post-secondary research institutions with access to specialized laboratory facilities and expertise. 

鈥淚nnovation can鈥檛 happen in a vacuum,鈥� says Dr. , vice-president (research). 鈥淚t requires access to physical spaces and human support to get ideas off the paper and into the world, and the ability to test and refine those ideas in safe spaces, without cost being a barrier to success.鈥� 

鈥淯荔枝视频 supports innovators in getting their ideas into the world to help advance emissions reduction mandates and grow the clean-tech ecosystem in our province,鈥� he adds.