Black Soldier Flies at Home
IMG_6998.MOVProblem Statement
A surge in home egg production in conjunction with a shortage of chicken feed due to the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the desire for at-home self-sufficiency. To lead a more sustainable lifestyle and decrease household carbon footprint, it would be beneficial to create a system that harvests Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae for chicken feed using kitchen waste as the only input. The proposed approach is to design an at-home larvae-harvesting system with moisture and temperature control to feed small-scale chicken operations.
CAD Design
Current rendering of the BSF feeding system.
Danielle Hockensmith
Danielle is a senior Biosystems Enginering student with a focus in Food & Bioprocessing as well as Distillation. She plans to obtain a Masters of Science in BAE in the food and bioprocessing area at the University of Kentucky.
Email: drho229@uky.edu
Ashlee Edmonson
Ashlee is a senior Biosystems Engineering student with focuses in Food & Bioprocessing and Bioenvironmentalism. She is pursuing her M.S. in Biosystems Engineering at the University of Kentucky upon graduation in 2021.
Email: aned225@uky.edu
Carson Mullins
Carson is a senior in Biosystems Engineering, with a focus in Food & Bioprocessing.
Email: crmu225@uky.edu
Trey Embry
Trey is a Senior Biosystems Engineering student with a focus in Bioenvironmental. He hopes to work at a zoological facility upon graduation in 2021.
Email: klem224@uky.edu