P20762: Agriculture Through Aquaponics

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Aquaponics is an innovative system that combines raising aquatic animals with cultivating plants through a symbiotic system. Vertical farming is a modern technique where plants can be stacked and monitored to thrive in an indoor environment. To incorporate vertical farming with raising aquatic animals, some problems that arise include fish vitality, budget, energy usage, and availability of resources. The goal of this project is to develop a functional, well-documented prototype that allows Colombian farmers to improve their current value chain. This will include training guides, set-up and tear down documents, and an in-country field test plan. Our expected final prototype should be inexpensive, easily replicated, and locally sourced. The current constraints of this project are cost, limited environmental resources, and time.	Project Name Colombian Aquaponics Initiative Project Number P20762 Project Family Process Innovation Start Term Fall 2019 End Term Spring 2020 Faculty Guide Bill Nowak, wjnddm@rit.edu Primary Customer Marcos Esterman, mxeeie@rit.edu Sponsor (financial support) Marcos Esterman, mxeeie@rit.edu

Team Members

TJ-MACK's Aquaponics: (left to right) Thomas, Jacky, Melissa, Armand, Caleb, Keshab

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Planning & Execution Project Photos and Videos Imagine RIT Gate Reviews	Problem Definition Systems Design Preliminary Detailed Design Detailed Design	Build & Test Prep Subsystem Build & Test Integrated System Build & Test Customer Handoff & Final Project Documentation (Verification & Validation)

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We would like to thank our guide Bill Nowak and our customer Marcos Esterman for all of their assistance with this project so far. Additional thanks to Daniel Green from last years team on this project for providing valuable information. Also, thanks to Mark Balfour and the Webster-Schroeder High School for allowing our team to tour their aquaponics greenhouse. Thank you to Larry Buckley for taking the time to meet with our team and for providing incredibly useful advice about aeration and the system overall.