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Fall 2008

During the begining of the semester our primary focus was determining which parameters we would use to find the lower limit on plate spacing. The first design parameter considered was the shear on the the water through the settling tubes. Colette and I developed a shear equationwhich showed us that shear was in fact no the liminting factor. We next looked for materials to improve upon the previous apparatus. After discussions with Professor Weber-shirk and Matt Hurst we came up with a preliminary design and continued to explore the options for sedimentation materials. Finally the tube settlers similar to Matt Hurst's setup was decided upon and we ordered the necessary pieces. I have done several meeting minutes, but I try to deligate them to both Colette and Ling so they have experience documenting on the wiki and so I can make sure we are all on the same page as far as understanding the progress aof the project and where we are going. I also worked with Colette to update the goals page.

For the midterm report I focused on documenting the flocculation, floc blanket, and uniform flow in our system as well as editing the report and writing some of the minor sections of the report.

As team leader I have worked to tach Colette Kopon and Ling Cheung how to use the wiki to look up information and document our setup and methods. I am curently showing them how to use process controller and I have begun showing them the basics of mathCad. I try to deligate task so that they are challenging but aslo so Ling and Colette are comfortable with the task and do not feel overwhelmed since they are both new. I have spend extra time collaborating with Matt and Ian outside of our team meetings to make progress on the setup.

Spring 2008

First Half of Semester

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