1. Native Fish Species Restoration with Remote Incubators
Team Leader: Parker Burton
Team Members: Cailin Penberthy, Ruth Reeber, Nora Sedgwick, and Ujjwal Shrestha
Client: Dr. Ed Galindo of the Aquaculture Research Institute

2. Rethinking Fish Restoration
Project Definition: Increase native fish survival with hatchery like success rates, while maintaining wild fish, using incubators.
Problem Statement: Optimize the current incubator design for three areas of implementation and ensure that the designs can be easily and inexpensively reproduced.

3. Whitlock-Vibert Box
Weir
Filter
Inlet
Outlet
Divider

4. Fulfilling our Client’s Needs
Models for different situations
Easy to replicate and repeat
High mobility and low weight
Environmentally friendly
Transportable to multiple locations

5. Simulating the Flow Common denominator: divider configuration
Divider length
Number of channels
Width of channels
Modeled in SolidWorks
Same base geometry
Same flow rate at inlet

6. Designing the Flow Path

7. Selected Design Uniform flow through main section
Slower flow near exit

8. In-Stream Design Low profile Non-intrusive design Collapsible
2 wood types, 2 screw sizes, and 2 bolt sizes

9. Streamside Design
Inconspicuous
Large capacity
Semi-permanent

10. Demonstration Model Representative of real models Self-contained
Teaching model

11. Validating our Models Initial flow testing Formaldehyde testing
Destructive testing
Cargo space constraint
Live test: Paradise Challenge incubator

12. How did we do? In-Stream Model Streamside Model Demonstration Model
Velocity
0.43 ft/s
0.28 ft/s
0.24 ft/s
Dissolved Oxygen
11 ppm
8.81 ppm
Temperature
39.2 °F
48.2 °F
53.7 °F pH
7.0
7.2
7.3
Chemical Leaching
None
N/A
Destructive Load
500 lb

13. Lasting Community Success
Increases fish population for healthier stream habitat and biodiversity
Involves high school students (easily reproduced)
Enhances fish population for recreational purposes

14. Questions?