[Waste Water Treatment] Desired Outcomes of this Project

Design and build a system that can treat waste water using electrocoagulation.  

Description

Electrocoagulation is a process of separating impurities, hazardous chemicals and bacteria from contaminated or waste or dirty water to make it reusable again. Electrocoagulation is performed by applying an electric current across metal plates (electrodes) that are submerged in contaminated water.

 

Why this is important

Contaminated water consists of suspended particles called colloids. In contaminated water, these particles can be organic particles like germs, bacteria, algae, and inorganic particles like emulsified oils, clay, silt or hazardous chemicals. These suspended particles have surface charges that allows them to stay suspended in contaminated water.  

If this water is let into the sea without treatment, it may have hazardous effect on marine life.

 

What this project needs to move forward

• Chemistry/Electrical/Electronics students - to set up the pump and electrode circuitry for electrocoagulation
• Structural engineers - to design the water treatment plant in limited space
• Marine biologists - to collaborate and guide the team team 

 

Incentives

Highlights of working on this project

• Collaborate with talented people from different domains and areas of study and expertise
• Build a strong team with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds
• Learn project management, project reporting, delivery cycles
• Work in a highly energized environment that focuses on high quality product development
• Discover, learn, innovate, and invent new ways for preserving and growing marine life
• Have fun in a super charged team of professionals students, collaborators, sponsors

 

For Contributors

• Remuneration  - This is a sponsored project. You will get paid for your contributions. Find out more from your project manager/project coordinator. [OR]
• Remuneration  - This is not a sponsored project. You will get credits, honorable mentions and a Certificate of Contribution from Ocean Builders.
• Learning  - This project offers you opportunities to learn about this concept/topic/technology. You will get to collaborate and work with industry experts and professionals who will share their experiences and guide you along with their best practices.
• Culture  - Work with people from different backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and get exposure to working on cross-functional and virtual teams.
• Get Your Hands Dirty  - Roll up your sleeves and get practical on this project. Experience the joy of designing or building a machine/system/device that will be used by millions of people worldwide. If you are not co-located, video conference with your team and collaborate.
• Build and Grow your Professional Network  - Collaborate on this project, make friends, and grow your professional network.

 

For Sponsors

• Top Talent  - Work with talented people and find new recruits for your business as you see this project take shape.
• Goodwill  - Get positive goodwill for your brand as a sponsor who is building something innovating and contributing to the future.
• Personal and Business Use  - Use this system and technology for your home/boat/ship/company/organization
  Branding - Brand it with your organization identity.
• Monetize  - Invest in his project and take it to market with your brand identity

 

For Users

• Get involved in the design phase and share your thoughts on how you would use this product or technology in your daily lives.
• Give feedback at regular intervals and development stages to help this team to design and build a user-friendly system or technology.
• Work with people from different countries, cultures, backgrounds and experiences. It's fun!

 

Academia

Get Recognition - Participate as an academician/student and contribute to research papers, college projects and participate in local, state, national, and international academic or technical conferences. Present papers on the innovations and advancements that have been made.

All of the above

Ocean Builders invites you to be a part of this project. You can be a sponsor, a contributor, a user, an academician AND you can be all of the above.