| Project Title | Project Sponsor | Project Objective |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Food Coating | Dr. Jeffrey Catchmark (PSU ABE Department) | Design the formulation and application process to make an industrially relevant food coating from polysaccharides that extends shelf life |
| Integrating and Optimizing a Cotreatment Bioreactor | Dr. Tom Richard (PSU ABE Department) | Optimize cotreatment system design (wet milling during fermentation) by considering power consumption, energy content of the biomass, and particle size |
| Lab-scale Prototype of Mushroom Harvester End Effector | Drs. Long He and Dana Choi (PSU ABE Department) | Design a laboratory scale platform that can simulate robotic picking of mushrooms |
| Muddy Run Stream Restoration | Huntingdon Borough | Develop a design to restore Muddy Run in Huntingdon, PA such that bank stability is increased, flooding is reduced, and public treatment of the waterway is improved |
| Alexandria Borough Stormwater Management | Alexandria Borough | Analyze stormwater runoff for watershed and design improved stormwater infrastructure, specifically a conveyance channel along Shelton Avenue |
| Pneumatic Dibbler for Plasticulture | Corey Dillon (PSU Horticulture Research Farm) | Design improvements to pneumatic dibbling machine, including frame and control system, |
| Autonomous Water Sample Preparation | Dr. Kyle Elkin (USDA-ARS) | Re-design filtering and sample preparation system in Field Portable Ion Chromatograph for analysis of nutrients and other contaminants in water samples |
| Dissolved Oxygen Probe Cleaning Apparatus | Solutionwerks | Develop a method to prevent or clean microbiological growth on the surface of submerged dissolved oxygen probes used in wastewater treatment systems |
| Compostable Pressure Sensitive Adhesive | Avery Dennison | Develop a compostable adhesive, to be used with an existing facestock, to produce a label that meets European and American biodegradation standards |
| Continuous Low pH Viral Inactivation | GlaxoSmithKline | Design a prototype unit operation for continuous, low-pH viral inactivation in biopharmaceutical processing |
| Chimney Rocks Trail Restoration | Blair County Planning Commission | Develop a site plan to stabilize trails to overlook and chimney rocks that minimizes erosion and allows three-season access |
