Author(s): Katie Bowles, Trevor Drane, Adam LaBombard, Charles Ritchie Advisor(s): Dominic Golding and Bruce Bursten Category: Undergraduate Abstract: The goal of our project was to create a plan and set of materials for the nonprofit Sustainable Nantucket to use to negotiate with the Nantucket Board of Health and other entities for the approval and implementation… Read more (UG07) Mobile Poultry Processing on Nantucket
Author(s): Sol Giesso and Patrick King Advisor(s): Robert Traver and Carol Stimmel Category: Undergraduate Abstract: The project will improve a local sustainability certification, “Hecho en Monteverde” (HEM). The certification will foster long-term economic resilience through circular and orange economies. The project made the current certification criteria more measurable, feasible, and relevant for food sector businesses.… Read more (UG04) Hecho en Monteverde: An evaluation of and improved criteria for a voluntary sustainability certification
Author(s): Gabriel Espinosa, Abigail Holmes, Hildey McCorkell, Jackson Nguyen Advisor(s): Paul Mathisen and Nicole Luiz Category: Undergraduate Abstract: The WPI Green Team is spearheading efforts to reduce food waste in campus dining halls as well as throughout WPI Greek Life. The team’s Project Zero Waste Initiative promotes sustainable practices by encouraging students to be conscious… Read more (UG03) From Cafeteria to Compost: Sustainable Food Waste Management at WPI
Author(s): Emmanuel Vargas, Stephen Fanning, Lily Bromberger, Eric Schuman Advisor(s): Aarti Madan, Ryan Madan Category: Undergraduate Abstract: Extreme heat—which includes temperatures of 40°C (104°F) or higher—is becoming increasingly frequent in Australia, and the effects on wildlife are clear as we enter the sixth mass extinction. Not only does climate change affect biodiversity, it also creates… Read more (UG01) Creating a HABITAT for Healing at Banksia Gardens: Heat And Biodiversity Tracking through Automated Technologies
Author(s): Itamar Harris Advisor(s): Jamal Yagoobi Category: Graduate Abstract: Efficient paper drying is a significant challenge for the paper industry, prompting industry experts and researchers to seek alternative technologies. Phase change materials (PCMs) have emerged as a promising solution due to their ability to store and release heat during phase transitions from solid to liquid… Read more (GR05) Improving Paper Drying with Phase Change Materials
Authors: Shuai Wang Advisors: Nima Rahbar Category: Graduate Abstract: Concrete is one of the main contributors to global CO2 emission, and efforts to find an alternative to concrete have not been fully successful. Inspired by the process of CO2 exchange in biological cells, we introduced a novel method to create a CO2 negative-emission enzymatic construction material… Read more (GR04) Engineered Biological Construction Material: Self-healing Carbon Negative Enzymatic Construction Materials
Authors: Zujian Tang, Daniel Sehar Advisors: Adam C. Powell Category: Graduate Abstract: Molten salt electrolysis with a liquid Sn cathode overcomes multiple challenges in reduction of MgO to Mg, particularly the low density and high activity of magnesium metal. It can use carbon anodes in a design very similar to the Hall-Héroult cell, or solid… Read more (GR02) Advances in Magnesium Primary Production by Reactive Cathode Molten Salt Electrolysis with G-METS Distillation
Authors: John Denney, Brian Gomez, Annarose Avery, Ryan Addeche, Emre Sunar Advisors: Jack Yebba, Svetlana Nikitina Category: First Year Abstract: Tons of trash are poured into a village that lives on a landfill in Cateura, Paraguay, and the community has risen up and created Orchestra H20 for kids that make and play instruments out of… Read more (FY03) Recycled Orchestra: Bottle Marimba
Authors: Kasia Nolan, Samantha Diener, Devin Roskoph, Aishwarya Silam Advisors: Marja Bakermans and Geoffrey Pfeifer Category: First Year Abstract: Animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change, as a matter of fact, livestock and their byproducts account for 51% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Hyde, 2015). As such an important issue, our project… Read more (FY02) Project Happy Cow
Authors: Alex Sheehey, Samantha Simmons, Federico Vegas, Jackson Wamback Advisors: Professor David Medich and Professor Derren Rosbach Category: First Year Abstract: Our group looked into WPI’s emissions in an attempt to determine where and how WPI could have the greatest reduction on its emissions. Our team determined that WPI’s current, steam-based, gas turbine heating system… Read more (FY01) Geothermal: A Green Solution to Rising Temperatures