Multidisciplinary Senior Design Project

Coconut and Avocado Oil Production for Soap Making in Haiti

Side-by-side photos of RIT students and activities with the text See How RIT is Advancing the Exceptional underneath.

This engineering team designed a way to extract oil from coconut and avocados for the purposes of manufacturing and selling soap locally in Haiti. The solution found was a screw press which was attached to bike pedals for ergonomic purposes.

Team Members
Marin Witherspoon
Christopher Becker
hunter goering
Xavier Thomas