Title page for E-project-031212-191226

Project Type IQP

Submission date 2012-03-12

Authors
Sidney S Batchelder, ssb@WPI.EDU, RBE
Robert Le, rvle@WPI.EDU, BC
William Francis Terry, wft4@WPI.EDU, RBE
Jeffrey Daniel Thomas, jthomas@WPI.EDU, CS

URN E-project-031212-191226

Division Energy and Resources

Title An Analysis of Future Sustainable Aquatic Farming

Advisor
Gennert, Michael A., CS

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
As a result of the world population growth in the next 100 years, it will be necessary to find more viable methods of food production. This report examines the prospect of using a sustainable oceanic farm to feed future populations. Advances in genetic engineering to develop salt-tolerant rice will allow rice to be grown alongside algae to feed the growing population. Future strides in robotics will be an enabling technology to manage and to make the farm viable. Economic models were constructed to determine if halophytic farming is viable as well as what factors affect our findings. Results of this modeling have shown that certain factors can be optimized in the future to make oceanic farming viable.

Files
Final_Paper.pdf

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Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2012-03-12
Authors	Sidney S Batchelder, ssb@WPI.EDU, RBE Robert Le, rvle@WPI.EDU, BC William Francis Terry, wft4@WPI.EDU, RBE Jeffrey Daniel Thomas, jthomas@WPI.EDU, CS
URN	E-project-031212-191226
Division	Energy and Resources
Title	An Analysis of Future Sustainable Aquatic Farming
Advisor	Gennert, Michael A., CS
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract As a result of the world population growth in the next 100 years, it will be necessary to find more viable methods of food production. This report examines the prospect of using a sustainable oceanic farm to feed future populations. Advances in genetic engineering to develop salt-tolerant rice will allow rice to be grown alongside algae to feed the growing population. Future strides in robotics will be an enabling technology to manage and to make the farm viable. Economic models were constructed to determine if halophytic farming is viable as well as what factors affect our findings. Results of this modeling have shown that certain factors can be optimized in the future to make oceanic farming viable.
Files	Final_Paper.pdf