ABE Department Announces
Update on COE Design Day Event
Everyone at the College of Engineering Design Day was a winner, and the exciting news is that two of
our teams came home with the money. We submitted diverse projects including an Archimedes screw
pump that was solar powered, aquaculture project that was designed and built for Tanque Verde High
School, modifications to an onion bulb harvester, and use of reverse osmosis to remove water from
sweet sorghum juice. Three out of four of the teams got afternoon visits by the award judges, and two
were winners. Congratulations to all of our participants.
Tanque Verde Greenhouse Aquaponics Project
Aaron Tirado, Isaac Hung, and Alison Burton
Onion Bulb Harvester
Nicholas Junk, Joshua Holmes, and Andrew Keller
Concentrating Sweet Sorghum Juice Via
Reverse Osmosis
Taylor Ahrensdorf, Jacob Hodeaux, John Hottenstein, Kristen
Currier, with assistance by Maya Aldaghi.
Solar Power Capable Archimedes Screw Pump
Alyssa Playford, Monica Rodriguz, and Daniel Stein