SPRING 2014
In Fall 2013, I took the Sustainable Municipal Drinking Water Treatment course with Professor M. L. Weber-Shirk and am now a part of the AguaClara team. This is my first semester and I will be working with the PR team to help raise awareness for our cause and the AguaClara team.
I have been specializing in the video aspect of the PR work, but have also been involved with other work. Recently, I decided with Professor Weber-Shirk that I will begin creating videos to explain the different processes within the currently operating plants to help not only people abroad, but also students to learn about AguaClara technologies.
FALL 2014
This is my second semester with the team, but the first time I will be researching technologies to help improve the plant. In Fall 2014, I will be working on the Floc Probe project with Larry Ge and advisor Ethan Keller. We are hoping to find a practical way to measure the depth of the floc blanket and the sludge in the floc hopper. We are also hoping to learn more about what happens inside the floc blanket and floc hopper. Performance is greatly increased with the emptying of the floc hopper and we want to find out why.
FALL 2015
This is my third semester with the team, and I am returning after a semester break as a M.Eng student in Environmental Processes. In Fall 2015, I will be working on a new concept of stacking floc blankets to replace sand filters for the treatment of ground water, specifically for the removal of heavy metals: Arsenic and Fluoride. My teammates are Christine Leu, Cindy Dou, and Amlan Sinha, and our advisor is Amiel Middelmann.