Engineering Design Group
Presents: Trashamaran
HOW IT WORKS
01
Reliable
The Trashamaran provides a reliable solution to picking up ocean trash as it is powered with a 9V battery, uses a net in order to pick up garbage, and is IP67 waterproof rated. The combination of its simple design and quality assured testing means that the Trashamaran provides a reliabilty to our user so that all they have to worry about is the trash they are removing from ocean coasts.
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Cost Efficient
In order to make this product something that is a viable solution to removing coastline garbage, we made sure that it is cost efficint. Using a design of mainly PVC pipe, epoxy, Plexiglass, and small pieces of metal such as screws we are able to keep the cost minimal. In terms of electronic components, the design runs two motors, a temperature sensor, and a servo through an Arduino Uno using a 9V battery.
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Effortless
The focus of our designs on TinkerCAD was an ease of use for our user. While we were unable to simulate our true wireless design, we were able to simulate the control system in a way that is similar to the original design. Using the Arduino unit the user can press a button to have one motor move clockwise and the other move counter-clockwise and another button to simply reverse the order. As well, we make use of a potentiometer in order to move the servo and direction of the boat.
MEET WEJMM
Our Team
Our team is a diverse group of individuals from different engineering backgrounds: Will Anderson, Erika Antunez, Mac Padilla, Jacob Shald, and Michelle Amankwah. Will and Erika are apart of the Engineering+ program, Jacob is majoring in mechanical engineering, Mac is majoring in architectural engineering, and Michelle is an electrical engineering major. Together we compose WEJMM, an engineering design team part of Professor Godrick's GEEN 1400 class and creators of the Trashamaran.
Design Process
In order to create our final design we went through the design process. Through this process we defined a problem of ocean plastics and other garbage, described the user as anyone who needs or wants to remove this trash, and created the design based on these principles. Through initial design iterations we decided on creating the catamaran boat dubbed the Trashamaran. With this in mind and an initial design, we prepared and iterated the components using OnShape and TinkerCAD in order to create the final design.
The Trashamaran
The goal of our transportation project was to provide a solution to one of the foremost problems afflicting coastlines across the world, ocean plastics and other trash. With this as our focus we designed a solution to this problem in the form of a catamaran style boat that collects ocean garbage by dredging with a net. This boat is powered using a 9V battery, Arduino Uno software, and a breadboard and easily user controlled with the use of buttons and a potentiometer. This comes together to provide the user with an ease of use when removing ocean garbage that is truly unique to our design. WEJMM’s design provides an innovative solution to aid in the pickup of ocean garbage from our world’s shores.
OUR
CLIENTS
Our target user for this design is anyone who lives, owns land on, or wants to clean up the ocean water on a low-swell ocean shoreline. We identified this user as we saw the need to clean up ocean garbage that collects just off shore in these areas of low-swell ocean. While we understand the need of picking up ocean garbage on a larger scale, we recognized the need for removal in these specific coastlines. The use of our design benefits the environment as well as people who would like to enjoy beaches in its natural state.
O'Connell 2018