Jeff Katz

I am currently working with the Design Team. My first task of determining the width of the exit channels based on head loss requirements instead of just being a duplicate of the entrance channel was completed and I will be working more of the Design Team's Summer 2009 Goals.

I first joined AguaClara working at the Pilot Plant summer 2008 and spent the Fall semester taking CEE 454, as well as having the opportunity to travel with members of the AguaClara team to Honduras over winter recess. During the Spring 2009 semester I resumed worked with the Pilot Plant team, specifically designing and constructing a new baffle system for the flocculation tank, which has been completed and installed at the pilot plant which allowed us to run multiple configurations to try and find the best energy dissipation rate(s) for producing low turbidity effluent water. As subteam leader I spearheaded our testing and spent enough time at the Cornell Water Filtration Plant that I was hoping they would start giving me a paycheck thinking I was a plant operator. After running 12 configurations at 2 different flow rates we narrowed down our range of effective dissipation rates, but still need to run more configurations to be able to present conclusive and definitive results.

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