About
Bio Terrava Technologies Inc. is a Stittsville, Ontario engineering company led by Medhat Gad, P.Eng., PMP, with 36+ years in water, wastewater and pyrolysis projects.
Medhat Gad, P.Eng., PMP
Founder and Principal Engineer
Medhat Gad is a civil engineer and certified project management professional with more than 36 years in water, wastewater and resource recovery across Canada, the United States, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He has led operations for a utility of more than 360 staff, designed treatment plants from 400 to 700,000 m³/day, and published peer-reviewed research on treatment technology.
His pyrolysis work began in Egypt, where he designed slow-pyrolysis kilns that turn agricultural and forestry residues into charcoal, biochar, wood vinegar and syngas. Bio Terrava brings that experience to Ontario, with engineering delivered under a Certificate of Authorization from Professional Engineers Ontario.
Track record
Projects the founder designed or led, including with prior employers and partners.
- About 100 kilns
- Biomass-to-charcoal kilns of the 10 m³/day class designed and manufactured with Egypt’s Environmental Affairs Agency; 10, 34 and 45 m³ smart kilns documented in operation.
- 140,000 t/y
- Greater Cairo sludge-to-fuel program, diverting sludge from landfill to cement-kiln fuel with Lafarge Egypt.
- 92+ mobile units
- INNPT mobile wastewater treatment units deployed in villages without sanitation across rural Egypt.
- 700,000 m³/day
- Largest treatment complex in the founder’s design portfolio, serving 1.2 million residents.
Research and funding partners
- Western UniversityLead validation partner (MOU)
- McMaster UniversityEngineering validation (MOU)
- Ontario Centre of InnovationResearch co-funding
- IP OntarioPatent strategy support
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