Logan Ranger Desalination Machine

Date 9.13.17                                                                                      

 The PLTW-Digital Electronics and Cisco Networking classes at La Crosse Logan High School are collaborating with CenturyLink, Industrial Automation and Trane of La Crosse to design and build a Desalination System to purify brackish (salt) water into contaminant-free water safe for drinking. Target date for project completion will be the summer of 2018.

 The students will focus on designing, programming and fabricating a mobile “Desalination System” with the following targeted goals:

1.     Create an authentic engineering learning experience for the students.

2.     Design a small/mobile, solar-powered desalination system suitable for use in remote areas where the electricity supply is unreliable or non-existent.

3.     Outfit the system with an ultraviolet light array to kill microbes in the water and a communication system to monitor and manage the unit.

The Desalination System will be designed and fabricated at Logan High School in the Technology and Engineering Department. CenturyLink, Industrial Automation and Trane will provide technical support and help define the parameters of the project.

A LPEF grant will be written by Logan DE Instructor - Mr. Steve Johnston, to fund the project in the fall of 2017. The La Crosse Public Education Foundation  in recent years has supported class projects to build a remote-operated underwater vehicle, a drone, a self-driving car and most recently a repetitive work exoskeleton.