Michelle Bowen's Individual Contribution Page

Fall 2015 Contributions

I am on the Stacked Rapid Sand Filter Injection and Extraction (StaRS FINE) team this semester. The StaRS filter, an AguaClara invention that allows for gravity-powered filtration and backwash, originally used slotted pipes to inject and extract water from the sand-filled filter. These slots have begun to show clogging problems, so a new system is being developed for injection and extraction. The Spring 2015 team finalized the injection system and fabricated an extraction system. This semester, we will test the extraction system that was designed last semester to see if it performs as expected. If problems arise with either design, we will redesign and retest the system to solve those problems

Spring 2013 Contributions

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