Dustin Day and Professor Alonzo Cook, Chemical Engineering Introduction A common treatment for a dysfunctional blood vessel due to atherosclerosis is the autologous transplant of a patient’s own veins. Removing portions of a patient’s vein to substitute for an artery often presents difficulties to surgeons because of the diseased state of the transplant vessels. However, […]
A Sequential Grid, Relaxation Method for Use in Oil Reservoir Simulation
Brian Stimpson and Dr. Hugh Hales, Chemical Engineering Introduction The demand for petroleum products has never been higher, despite the opposition and environmental skepticism that has been present against the petroleum industry in recent years. This requires the production of petroleum products to increase. However, as politics and nature will have it, the waning supply […]
Advanced Measuring Techniques of Ionic and Electronic Conductivities in Battery Electrodes
Joshua Flygare and Dr. Dean Wheeler, Chemical Engineering Introduction: There are many significant barriers still to be overcome before chemical storage becomes satisfactory. One of the most significant issues is how much the electrodes vary in their electronic and ionic conductivities. Both of these issues are highly complex. My funding was used to help me […]
Spin Cycle: Hand Powered Washing for Peru
Jared Bruton and Dr. Randy Lewis, Chemical Engineering Washing clothes is time consuming and physically difficult for women on the islands of Lake Titicaca. Women fill buckets with water and soap, allow the clothes to soak, rub them together to get the dirt out, and then wring them out. Doing this is physically demanding, especially […]
Model Predictive Control with a Rigorous Model of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Lee T. Jacobsen and Dr. John D. Hedengren Abstract Degradation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) can be minimized by maintaining reliability parameters during load changes. These reliability parameters are critical to maintain power generation efficiency over an extended life of the SOFC. For SOFCs to be commercially viable, the life must exceed 20,000 hours […]
Viologen Oxidation Properties
Adam Read and Dr. William Pitt, Chemical Engineering The world always stands in need of a more efficient and low cost energy sources. Fuel cells present an environmentally friendly source of energy that could potentially replace the current fossil fuels that are now used. In addition fuel cells are normally light weight and have the […]
Encapsulating Liposomes for Stabilized Drug Delivery
Corbin Jacobs and Dr. William Pitt, Chemical Engineering Liposomes are tiny vesicles composed of materials similar to a cell membrane’s bilayer and “are useful for delivering anticancer agents to tumors and reducing the severe side effects of the agents.”1 Following synthesis, liposomes containing drug are administered intravenously. Fortunately, tumors have hyperpermeable vasculature which facilitates liposomal […]
A2 Protein Incorporation into the Qβ Virus-like Particle
Derek Bush and Dr. Brad Bundy, Chemical Engineering Virus-like Particles (VLPs) are noninfectious synthetic copies of the outer protein shell of viruses. They are highly symmetrical nanostructures that self-assemble from approximately 200 copies of a single “coat” protein. This symmetry makes attachment of singular foreign entities to the VLPs difficult, which limits their current uses […]
CFD Black Liquor Bed Simulation
Benjamin Ohran and Dr. Larry Baxter, Chemical Engineering The objective of this project was to further the understanding of the bed region of a black liquor recovery boiler. The net output of carbon dioxide from burning black liquor (a paper pulping by-product) is zero, making it a desirable alternative fuel source; however, there are other […]
The Effects of Combining Ultrasonic Frequency And Antibiotics to Escherichia Coli Biofilms in an in Vivo System
Rachel L. Robison and Dr. William G. Pitt, Chemical Engineering Prosthetic devices are commonly used in modern medicine. There are two types of prosthetic devices, implanted and transdermal. Implanted devices such as vascular grafts, heart valves, and prosthetic joints frequently become colonized by bacteria due to improper surgical techniques or post-operative infections.2 Transdermal devices such […]
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