After Logan presented the GIS map of locations for U.S. eco-machines it was made abundantly clear that there is a disconnect between the use of such machines and the implementation of them. Having experience studying and creating such a machine has provided our group with the knowledge that the most difficult variable is keeping the … More The Map Analysis: More Questions than Answers
The locations of various Living machines across the North American Continent have been represented in a WGS1984 coordinate system. The coordinates and the information for each individual location- represented by an abbreviation- are included within an attribute table. The attribute table includes information such as the webpage associated with the living machine site, and the … More A Map!
The data acquisition was perhaps the most difficult part of the mapping project, after the coordinates of green machines had been established the net step was transferring the raw data into the GIS software. The process incorporated the use of spreadsheets to import the coordinates so that they could be transformed and exported as location … More Data Manipulation
In my research I have discovered that many of the locations we choose for our original maps do not have information pertinent to phosphorus removal from wastewater, regardless of its preliminary status of generation. After discovering some difficulties with the approach to research gathering based on regional searching a modified strategy had to be devised. … More Wrinkles on the Map
Service. Learning. Reflection. The three key aspects of our final project for our Environmental Engineering Lab class. Having finally completed the initial set-up of the ecomachine I can take time to look back on the project and to determine if all of the criteria for the project was met. In the aspect of service we, … More The Three Keys to Success
Our plants arrived last week and can currently be found in the greenhouse room located in the U-building. I had a chance to pay them a couple visits this past week to ensure they are still healthy (wouldn’t want them to die again, yikes). I was also able to create a schematic tailored to our … More The Plants’ Arrival!
As our group has begun its modeling process for the Living Machine we are determining what important factors need to be included in the cycle and what can be taken away in order to make our system unique and a viable option. Problems we face have arisen from speaking to outside sources on their Living … More Testing Our Limits
The biological removal of phosphorus involves assimilation, membrane technologies, side stream phosphorus treatment, and enhanced biological phosphorus removal. The latter which has been seen as the most progressive and has shown positive results in reducing phosphorus down to a smaller quantity while reducing the cost of the removal process (Strom, … More The Biological Technologies utilized for Phosphorus Removal.
The forms of phosphorus treatment from both pre-treated wastewater and untreated agricultural runoff include physical, chemical, and biological variations. … More Phosphorus in Wastewater
This is the excerpt for a featured content post. … More Project Description & Scope
Living Machines for a Growing World 