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Global Team for Irrigation in Africa
ME 463 Students: Tim Bond, T. Reid Gray, Jeremy Koehler, Erin Potrzebowski, Tyler Williams
Purdue UniversityNational University of Rwanda
Assessment TripJanuary 5 – 14, 2009
Global Team Technologies
Where: Kigali, Rwanda; Butare, Rwanda; Gashora Sector, Bugesera Region, Rwanda
Our mission is to “develop an agricultural irrigation system to aid in reducing poverty in the Gashora Sector of Rwanda using environmentally,
socially, and economically sustainable design practices.”
Research
GTIA Mission Statement
Tasks Accomplished: •Met NUR teammates•Established team expectations•Met with Bugesera farmers•Defined initial customer requirements•Visited Rwandan suppliers•Met with government officials •Created preliminary budget, task list, and timeline
Using technologies to overcome communication obstacles:• GlobalHUB: online global
teaming & collaboration website• Livescribe Pulse™ Smartpen:
digitized design notebooks• Weekly chat-room meetings
using GMail™’s built-in chat features
Global Irrigation Simulator
•Extraction• Petrol Pumps• Solar Pumps• Hand Pumps• Treadle Pumps•Movement• Pipes• Hoses• Junctions•Storage
• Tanks• Pits• Trenches•Distribution• Buckets• Furrows• Sprinklers• Drip
Field Dimensions
PumpData
Crop Data
Labor Data
PartCost
Calculating Cost/Revenue of
farm
Calculating Operating Cost of
Systems
Calculating Capital Cost of
Systems
Performance Curves
Summary of Results
General Inputs
Objectives:• Provide a method of summarizing research and
analysis for future projects• Determine the feasibility of irrigation on any hillside
field• Determine profit, operating cost, and capital cost• Allow relaxation of constraints • Different crops/water requirements, different field
dimensions, different labor situations, etc…• Highlight direct areas for improvement
Conclusions and Results:• User friendly interface with easy to change inputs• Recommended system is tabulated in a bill of materials• Output graphs provide clear and concise summaries of
the results
Global Team for Irrigation in Africa
ME 463 Students: Tim Bond, T. Reid Gray, Jeremy Koehler, Erin Potrzebowski, Tyler Williams
Purdue UniversityNational University of Rwanda
Assessment TripJanuary 5 – 14, 2009
Global Team Technologies
Where: Kigali, Rwanda; Butare, Rwanda; Gashora Sector, Bugesera Region, Rwanda
Our mission is to “develop an agricultural irrigation system to aid in reducing poverty in the Gashora Sector of Rwanda using environmentally,
socially, and economically sustainable design practices.”
Research
GTIA Mission Statement
Tasks Accomplished: •Met NUR teammates•Established team expectations•Met with Bugesera farmers•Defined initial customer requirements•Visited Rwandan suppliers•Met with government officials •Created preliminary budget, task list, and timeline
Using technologies to overcome communication obstacles:• GlobalHUB: online global
teaming & collaboration website• Livescribe Pulse™ Smartpen:
digitized design notebooks• Weekly chat-room meetings
using GMail™’s built-in chat features
Global Irrigation Simulator
•Extraction• Petrol Pumps• Solar Pumps• Hand Pumps• Treadle Pumps•Movement• Pipes• Hoses• Junctions•Storage
• Tanks• Pits• Trenches•Distribution• Buckets• Furrows• Sprinklers• Drip
Field Dimensions
PumpData
Crop Data
Labor Data
PartCost
Calculating Cost/Revenue of
farm
Calculating Operating Cost of
Systems
Calculating Capital Cost of
Systems
Performance Curves
Summary of Results
General Inputs
Objectives:• Provide a method of summarizing research and
analysis for future projects• Determine the feasibility of irrigation on any hillside
field• Determine profit, operating cost, and capital cost• Allow relaxation of constraints • Different crops/water requirements, different field
dimensions, different labor situations, etc…• Highlight direct areas for improvement
Conclusions and Results:• User friendly interface with easy to change inputs• Recommended system is tabulated in a bill of materials• Output graphs provide clear and concise summaries of
the results
Field Dimensi
ons
PumpData
Crop Data
Labor Data
PartCost
Calculating Cost/
Revenue of farm
Calculating Operating Cost
of Systems
Calculating Capital Cost of Systems
Performance Curves
Summary of Results
General Inputs