Algae Pond Automation for Biomass Harvesting

Summary

This team, Algae Pond Automation, has been collaborating with the Arizona Center for Algae Technology Innovation, or AzCATI, to automate one of their algae ponds. The current manual management of the pond requires up to two hours of work for a single person, including tasks like draining, refilling with nutrient media and measuring water depth. The team has focused on modifying one of AzCATI’s ponds to automate the draining, filling and measuring processes, achieving success at a smaller scale as of February 24, 2025.