Outcomes for Spring 2024
Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- Develop a consistent and scalable process of making biodegradable pellets.
- Talk to organizations in the Philippines for a potential collaboration
- Decide what other types of waste we will tackle
- Develop a business model (Who we will work with / where we will get the crops from / how the project can be sustainable)
- Develop a concrete Summer plan
Research Goals (Responsibilities)
- Create a pellet or film prototype
- Have a final draft of our research paper
- Apply for funding grants
Resources Needed
- Lab space
- Grants for lab materials
Outcomes for Summer 2024 (MTSE + Fieldwork)
Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- Gauge interest of manufacturing companies with our pellet prototype
- Establish partnership with farm association
- Finalize our business model
- Gathering more information on bioplastic lab procedures to emulate
- Continue to edit research paper
Research Goals (Responsibilities)
- Acquire corn (and other agricultural) waste?
- Acquire other bioplastic prototypes
- Continue to work towards a solid prototype/product of our own (?)
Resources Needed
- Corn (or other) waste for comparison
- Best version of pellet we are able to make
Outcomes for Fall 2024
Project Goals (Responsibilities)
- Attend networking conferences to discuss our research
- Continue relations with partnered organizations in the Philippines
- Work on a master document to pass on to the next team
- Recruiting new team members
- Establishing future goals
Research Goals (Responsibilities)
- Publish our research paper
- Continue developing our prototype
Resources Needed
- Lab space & materials
- Peer reviewer
- Information we gathered from field work