Partnership Assessment Trip

First Trip to Mae Chan

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• The collaboration between BLUElab Thailand Chiang Mai University's PURPLElab begins.

• Together, BLUElab Thailand and PURPLElab co-design sustainable solutions for flood mitigation in Mae Chan, Northern Thailand. 

Needs Assessment Trip

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• We conducted a needs assessment and determined that the highest priority amongst stakeholders interviewed was to reduce the effects of flooding in the city.

• We approach flood mitigation by addressing stormwater management according to the following needs statements:​

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1. A way to clear debris and sediment inside the pipes.

2. ​A way to control water flow direction through 11 key drainage points in Mae Chan City

Prototype Assessment Trip

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• We focused on gathering more information about the project location, clarifying our needs statements, and testing our first prototype

  • ​We created a hydraulic waterjet nozzle designed to address Need Statement 2.

Design Implementation Trip

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• We are using information we’ve gathered about our project location and scope translating it into physical concepts and prototypes that can be presented to the user and tested.

What Lies Ahead

 

• We plan to improve and iterate upon our prototype for Need 2, generate a prototype for Need 1, and construct a test rig of the Mae Chan drainage system to test our prototypes.

• We are now in the stages of incorporating our user requirements and engineering specifications into usable prototypes