Sarah Sinclair's Individual Contribution Page

Fall 2013 Contributions

• As a part of the Low Flow Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration team, I have contributed to the ongoing construction of a new, 12" diameter filter that will be used to model such LFSRSFs currently being built in India. I have gathered a materials list of parts necessary for this construction, and I have helped create a simplified, accessible design for the filter hydraulics and construction. I have helped order and machine several of the parts which will shortly be used in construction. 

Spring 2013 Contributions

• As a part of the Small Scale Plant Model team, I contributed to the construction of a portable, scaled model of an AguaClara plant that will clearly represent AguaClara treatment processes and can be used for educational and fundraising purposes. I was responsible for the creation of the majority of our team's Rhinoceros templates representing flattened plant components. I contributed to the later optimization of these templates, and I compiled three-dimensional composite shots of our model's components in order to facilitate future construction. I also assembled our model flocculator, filter, and filter inlet, and worked to cut out our model entrance tank from chipboard.