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Development Of A Low-Cost, Photovoltaic-Powered, Automated Water Recovery System, David E. Daley
Development Of A Low-Cost, Photovoltaic-Powered, Automated Water Recovery System, David E. Daley
Master's Theses
An existing water filtration system at the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI) wastes approximately 25 gallons of water per day rinsing out solid waste under light load. To reduce CIMWI’s water and energy consumption, an automated system was designed and built to recover the rinse water and return it to the existing filtration loop. Models for fluid system requirements, basic energy needs, and photo- voltaic energy generation were created to aid in component selection. Basic sensors and electronics were programmed in Python for use with a Raspberry Pi single board computer to collect and process water recovery data …
Microfluidic Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy System Automation And Characterization, Keaton Frahmann
Microfluidic Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy System Automation And Characterization, Keaton Frahmann
Master's Theses
In this work, a novel microfluidic cell culture platform capable of automated electrical impedance measurements and immunofluorescence and brightfield microscopy was developed for further in-vitro cellular research intended to optimize cell culture conditions. The microfluidic system design, fabrication, automation, and design verification testing are described. Electrical and optical measurements of the 16 parallel cell culture chambers were automated via a custom LabView interface. A proposed design change will enable gas diffusion, removing the need for an environmental enclosure and allow long-term cell culture experiments. This "lab on a chip" system miniaturizes and automates experiments improving testing throughput and accuracy while …