Links to Project websites (2015-16)
- Malawi Peanut Processing Plant
- Cedar Run Daylighting Phase I
- Lick Run Compost Facility
- Lick Run Stream Restoration
- Foxridge Apartments Pond Retrofit
- Sol-Ino Personalized UV Awareness System
- Glutamic Acid Production from Food Waste
- Improving Liquid-Liquid Mixing
- Flash Freeze Plant Design
- Hokiezymes
- Biodegradable Plastic Bottle
- in silico DNA Modification for Improved Protein Production
- Inositol Plant Design
- Physical Therapy Compliance Monitoring and Coaching (ME Project, No Website)
2015-16 Design Experience
In 2015-16 we had 49 seniors formed into 14 teams to develop designs across our two focus areas in biomolecular engineering (BE) and watershed science and engineering (WSE), as well as food, bioprocessing, and health-related engineering. Ten design projects were developed with and for industry clients, three were related to faculty-derived ideas, and one was fully developed by the student team. The actual end-point locations of the designs were local (on campus and in town), regional (City of Roanoke and Salem), eastern Virginia (Saluda), and international (Malawi). For the first time we had two teams working on the same design problem (for Novozymes in Salem, VA) and, given that we have 70 seniors in the 2016-17 class, we will be moving toward having more teams developing alternative designs for the same client endpoint. Designs were developed for nonprofit groups (Lick Run Farm and Community Development Center, Lick Run Watershed Association, and Impact+Amplify), for-profit groups or companies (Afri-Nut Ltd., Cardinal Mechatronics, Cell Free Bioinnovations, and Novozymes), government agencies (City of Roanoke, Virginia Department of Corrections, and Virginia Tech Dining Services), and a local apartment complex (Foxridge Apartments).
In 2015-16 we had 49 seniors formed into 14 teams to develop designs across our two focus areas in biomolecular engineering (BE) and watershed science and engineering (WSE), as well as food, bioprocessing, and health-related engineering. Ten design projects were developed with and for industry clients, three were related to faculty-derived ideas, and one was fully developed by the student team. The actual end-point locations of the designs were local (on campus and in town), regional (City of Roanoke and Salem), eastern Virginia (Saluda), and international (Malawi). For the first time we had two teams working on the same design problem (for Novozymes in Salem, VA) and, given that we have 70 seniors in the 2016-17 class, we will be moving toward having more teams developing alternative designs for the same client endpoint. Designs were developed for nonprofit groups (Lick Run Farm and Community Development Center, Lick Run Watershed Association, and Impact+Amplify), for-profit groups or companies (Afri-Nut Ltd., Cardinal Mechatronics, Cell Free Bioinnovations, and Novozymes), government agencies (City of Roanoke, Virginia Department of Corrections, and Virginia Tech Dining Services), and a local apartment complex (Foxridge Apartments).