Project Summary | Project Information |
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Much of the Breadfruit harvested in Borgne, Haiti is wasted due to its extremely short shelf life of 1-3 days. This waste can be prevented by converting the fruit into flour. This process currently utilizes three steps: shredding the fruit, drying it, and grinding it down into flour. A previous senior design group (P15482) has successfully created a shredder, and the fruit will be dried outside using existing methods in Borgne. The cooperative of local farmers now needs a grinder prototype to process their breadfruit crops and sell the resulting flour for profit. The grinding step has been attempted by two other design groups. A team from the University of Michigan attempted to create a grinder prototype, but experienced issues:
An MET design team from RIT also created a grinder that was more useful by using bike power. However:
The end goal of this project is to produce a functional, user-friendly breadfruit grinder prototype to reduce food waste for an area with a primarily agricultural economy. The grinder must:
For a more detailed project description, please see the Project Readiness Package. |
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Team Members
Member | Role | Contact |
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Liz Stoyan | Project Manager | lizstoyan@gmail.com |
Jared Farber | Team Lead | jef3425@rit.edu |
Cody Jones | Manufacturing Lead | cdj8812@rit.edu |
Andy Testa | Testing Lead | aat5504@rit.edu |
AJ NaDell | Design Lead | ajn7045@rit.edu |
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Table of Contents
MSD I & II | MSD I | MSD II |
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Integrated System Build & Test |
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following for their support:- Chris Leibfried for his daily guidance
- Sam Huselstein for providing us plenty of information on past team's work
- Sarah Brownell for her availability and assistance