Re-sizing Carbo Rock-It
Sponsor: Dr. Scott Osborn
This project regards scaling down the amount of beverage that the Carbo Rock-It can carbonate within a specific time frame. With the main goal being to decrease the scale of the Carbo Rock-It to carbonate 10 barrel (bbl) brite tanks, so that smaller amounts of beverage can be processed while keeping the desired quality that the Carbo Rock-It provides in its current scale. The major markers that are required are determining flow rate, adjusting saturation tank size, systems curve, and pump sizing
Departments Involved: BAEG
Team Members: Lindsey Bush, Raine Cockrell, Allison Landis, Kathryn Tubbs
Old Main Arboretum Rehabilitation
Sponsors: Eric Boles and the University of Arkansas Department of Sustainability
The University of Arkansas Old Main Arboretum is in need of rehabilitation with the continued heavy use of Old Main Lawn for a number of activities. Rainwater from storm events flows at different speeds throughout the lawn, causing issues with erosion displacement and runoff infiltration that affect the overall health and aesthetics of the site. Our group is studying possible remediation to these issues in the form of low-impact development ideas as well as Best Management Practices for the future health of the lawn.
Departments Involved: BAEG
Team Members: Alex Edmiston, Jonathan Hernandez, Ally Sutherland, John Williams
Regenerative Agriculture for Local Farm
Sponsor: Toni McCrory, Walmart, Sr Director Environmental, Health, and Safety Compliance
Departments Involved: BAEG
Team Members:
Team A – Cassidy Brown, Janai Dominguez Gonzalez, Emma Moore, Aiden Nyhus
Team B – Sierra Cates, Justin Kelso, Mia Morrison, Samantha Wheat
We are working to restore a spring on a local farm that drains into the White River near the headwaters of the West Fork while protecting the area from livestock and ensuring any runoff from the property meets all water quality standards. We are examining potential uses and diversions for the spring water, including the creation of drinking points for the livestock and the development of a pumping distribution system. We will explore potential conservation options for the farm to ensure water quality standards are upheld, restore native plant species, and promote a thriving, ecologically sound ecosystem.
Rice Irrigation Automated Gate
Sponsor: Timothy White
Departments Involved: BAEG, ELEG, MEEG
Team Members: Alexandra Anthony, Daniel Pruitt
Brief: Our client is a former rice farmer who wants to reinvent the levee gate to make it cheaper to automate and save irrigation water. MEEG students are designing the mechanics of the gate, and ELEG students are designing the operational hardware and software. BENG students will focus on the agricultural aspects of the project, including surface water hydrology, surface water modeling, crop modeling, and integration into agricultural operations for producing rice.
Revitalization of a Key River Corridor in Siloam Springs, AR
Sponsor: Freese Nichols Engineering, Rogers, AR and City of Siloam Springs, AR
Departments Involved: BAEG
Team Members: Joaquin Camacho, Madison Leckbee, John Sheely, Maria Vergara Murillo
Brief: This project involves Sager Creek in Siloam Springs and will repair an in-line dam, limit additional scour beneath (and provide additional structural support for) an existing rock overhang, and analyze the stability of a retaining wall along a reach of the creek through the downtown area. This project will focus on both stormwater quantity (floodplain concerns) and stormwater quality (nature-based solutions to reduce sediment, pollutant, and nutrient loads into the creek). The project would likely include conceptualization and preliminary layout of improvements in the park area (riverwalk, trails, lighting, etc.), analysis to confirm the design results in floodplain improvements (lower WSELs and velocities), and evaluation of how nature-based solutions can be incorporated to enhance water quality in Sager Creek.