Design and Construction of a Food Growth Chamber
for the Amundson-Scott New South Pole Station
Supporters:
Primary contract Raytheon Polar Services, Raytheon Corporation;
Sub-Contract: Mr. Phil Sadler, Sadler Machine Company
Dr.
Gene Giacomelli, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
The National Science Foundation required
that the new South Pole research station include a Food Growth Chamber for
fresh vegetable crops that will provide an appropriate level of advanced
technology, which a volunteer staff could operate. The purpose for
including the FGC is the psychological effect for satisfying the diet of
the station personnel, as well as, their visual and sensory needs for
seeing, feeling, and interacting with plants. This project has
resulted in the design, construction, testing, and delivery of a Food
Growth Chamber (FGC) to Raytheon Corporation Polar Services Group by the
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ in collaboration with Sadler Machine
Company, Tempe, AZ. The FGC consists of two sections, the Plant Production
room (PR) and the Enviro-room (ER).
Cooperators: Stephen
Kania, Dr. Merle Jensen, Dr. Chieri Kubota, Lane Patterson, Nima Forghani,
Dr. Patricia Rorabaugh, Dr. Chris Choi
In Progress 2002 -
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