2010-2011: In collaboration with Energy Beam Sciences (EBS), this student team designed automation components of a microwave-based tissue processing system for use in point-of-care facilities. The goal of the final system is to reduce both the time and cost of…
Design Foundations for Climate Change Adaptation Programs: Ecosystem Model Integration
2010-2011: In collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Goddard), this student team explored opportunities to integrate two ecosystem modeling programs, UFORE (Urban Forest Effects, a tree-level urban forestry program) and Biome-BGC (Biome-BioGeoChemistry, a biome-level process model) so as to…
Design of a Stormwater Runoff Treatment System and Development of a Stormwater Treatment Guide
2010-2011: In collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), this student team focused on stormwater remediation in Cape Cod, Massachusetts as part of the Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project. Stormwater runoff is a significant source of pollution for…
Evaluation and Design for Renewable Energy at the Northampton Landfill
2010-2011: In collaboration with the Northampton Department of Public Works and the Northampton Energy and Sustainability Commission, this student team evaluated the feasibility of wind, biomass crop, and solar energy on the Northampton landfill after its projected closure in 2012. …
Design of a Sparging Chamber Subsystem for Underwater Radon Surveying
2010-2011: In collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), this student team designed an autonomous sparging chamber subsystem as part of a larger system to measure water concentrations of radon in deep sea conditions. The goal of the initiative is…