Project Title |
Project Sponsor |
Project Objective |
| Installation of an Indoor Living Green Wall in the Agricultural Engineering Building | Dr. Tom Richard (PSU ABE Department) |
Design a green wall that will be self-sustaining with minimal maintenance and be displayed in the entrance of the Agricultural Engineering Building |
| Designing a Harvest Assist Platform | Drs. Long He, Dana Choi, Paul Heinemann (PSU ABE Department) | Design a harvest assist platform that can be operated by a single worker, as part of a collective of adjustable platforms on one large base |
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New Technology for the Harvest of Biopharamaceuticals |
GlaxoSmithKline | Design a novel cell harvesting process for the separation of Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells from culture supernatant containing monoclonal antibodies (mAb) |
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for Characterization of Scaled-Down Viral Inactivation Mixing Tank |
GlaxoSmithKline | Create a small-scale model of the viral inactivation process used in biopharmaceutical production that will mimic the same mixing behaviors completed at the manufacturing scale |
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Recreational and Ecological Restoration of Talleyrand Park |
Bellefonte Borough | Develop a plan for the park that addresses flooding and erosion issues and that modifies the dam to make it passable for kayakers |
| Castle Shannon Detention Pond Retrofit | Castle Shannon Borough | Evaluate the primary drainage basin in a residential community and design any retrofits needed to improve the basin’s functionality |
| Walnut Springs Bridge Design | State College Borough | Provide a final recommendation of a bridge location and detailed bridge design at Walnut Springs Park in State College, PA |
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The Mobile Dairy Unit |
Center for Dairy Excellence | Design a mobile milk-pasteurization machine meant for use at county fairs in Pennsylvania |
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Anaerobic Digester for Small Farmers in Pennsylvania |
Dr. Tom Richard (PSU ABE Department) | Design an anaerobic digester process with added innovations to improve the economics for a typical Pennsylvania farm |
| Biochar Production Facility | Dr. Dan Ciolkosz (PSU ABE Department) | Design and build a prototype system capable of processing several types of biomass, including switchgrass, willow, and forest residue, into biochar |
