Abigail Brown's Individual Contribution Page

Summer 2014 Contributions

  This summer, I was on the AguaClara Foam Filtration team. Our main goal of the summer was to design and build a new foam filtration system based off of what we learned from the previous semester's design. Initially, I worked on integrating a chemical dosing system into the original model and generally learning how the foam filter works. As the summer progressed, we as a team turned our full attention to building a new filter with large-scale modifications- specifically to the clean out cycle. During this process, I mainly worked on fabrication and on troubleshooting problems that arose as we underwent the building process. Additionally, Ji Young Kim and I made design specifications for the filter.

Fall 2014 Contributions

  During Fall 2014, I worked with the Ram Pump Team. We made the lab set up easier to use so that we can perform extensive testing on the pump, specifically on pressure levels, head loss and run time. This semester marked  the transition to a spring based vertical ram pump system. This system was chosen because it was smaller and easier to tune and fabricate than the larger weights based system. The team and I then worked on testing springs to see which made the pump a viable option.

Winter 2015 Contributions

The following winter, fellow members of the Ram Pump Team and I integrated this system into the Jesus de Otoro plant in Honduras to work on field testing.