Student Work

Microplastics, plastic pieces less than 5mm in diameter, are a threat to marine ecosystems. The Port Phillip EcoCentre quantifies surface level microplastics entering Port Phillip Bay in order to advocate for policy to mitigate microplastic pollution in Australia. We worked with this organization to develop a method to collect microplastics at greater depths, between 0.2 to 2 meters below the water’s surface. We designed and tested a portable pump and created a how-to video and an instructional manual for its use. We also created an animation to show the consequences of microplastics and the importance of our project to the public.

Creator

• Hoagland, Spencer
• Stultz, Eric R.
• Donovan, Kathleen E.
• Lipkin, Thomas Walsh

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121019-232121

Keyword

• Technology and Environment

Advisor

• Higgins, Lorraine D.
• Davis, Lindsay Greer

Year

• 2019

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Port Phillip EcoCentre

Date created

• 2019-12-10

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved

Relationships

In Collection:

• Interactive Qualifying Projects

Items

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	eco_finalbooklet.pdf	2020-08-15	Public	Press to Select an action Download
	MicroplasticAnimation.mp4	2020-08-15	Public	Press to Select an action Download
	eco_supplementalmaterials.pdf	2020-08-15	Public	Press to Select an action Download
	McWap_How_To_Video.mp4	2020-08-15	Public	Press to Select an action Download