Oregon Biomedical Engineering Institute (OBEI) is looking to automate the separation of valuable shrimp shell material from waste streams generated by industrial seafood plants. This shell material is commercially processed to extract chitin, the base of many innovative medical treatments such as hemorrhage control bandages. The team has designed and built a prototype capable of separating usable medical grade shells from industrial waste. Additionally, the team has devised a system to recycle the unusable waste into fertilizer, potentially saving millions of pounds of waste per year from entering landfills.