M03 : Aero-Tronics: A High Pressure Aeroponics System for Sustainable Indoor Agriculture


Students Mitchell Clapperton
School HWDSB - Guy B. Brown - Waterdown
Level Junior 7/8 - Grade 8
Group Group 5 - Life Sciences
Abstract Aero-Tronics is a smart, high pressure aeroponics system designed to solve many of the world’s challenges regarding food supply. Aeroponics is the process of growing plants by suspending the roots in air and spraying them with a fine water/nutrient mist. The Aero-Tronics system utilizes an assortment of sensors to optimize growing conditions in order to produce high quality crops in an environmentally sustainable fashion.