Hi everyone! EvapoGATORs here!

This week, we’ve been working on fully understanding the scope of our project by beginning our research, meeting with our liaison, and determining our stakeholders and project design specifications.

We were very excited to meet with our liaison, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. He is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to food science, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. During our initial meeting, he demonstrated the functionality of the current vacuum evaporator system. While we are unsure of the current system’s origin, we are confident that we are on the way to understanding how all the components function together to create a working evaporation tool that is amazing for educational purposes.

From here, we are continuing to research vacuum evaporation systems and brainstorming design ideas with the specifications from Dr. MacIntosh.

For now, enjoy a picture of the current vacuum evaporator system!