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• Continue the effort to create an AutoCAD video that will show the assembly of the plant with descriptions of each part. This video could serve as the documentation that gets sent to a user who designs a plant with the Design Tool that explains the technology behind each piece.
  

Plate Settler Spacing

Challenges for Fall 2009 and

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Beyond

Current Subteam Leader: Rachel

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Philipson

Number of team members needed: 3-

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4

Important team member skills:

• Fluid Dynamics

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• Background
• Self-motivated
• Curious student
• Eager to learn

Challenges

• Run experiments to test floc roll-

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• up

• Continue investigating the velocity gradient by varying the floc density and plate settler

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• spacing

• Develop a way to theoretically model and calculate the particle size that will roll up the tube

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• settler

• Investigating the same effect of influent parameters such as natural organic matter, pH, and alkalinity on floc performance and plate settler

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• performance

• Velocity gradient studies on an influent turbidity with natural organic

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• matter

• The effects of biological

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• flocs

• Continue to investigate the filter foam

Chemical Dose Controller

Challenges for Fall 2009Subteam Leader:Number of team members needed: 4Important team member skills:MathCADProcess ControllerFluid DynamicsChallengesNon-Linear CDCDetermine whether a single or multiple orifices should be used to connect rapid mix chamber and flocculation for optimum energy dissipation, head loss, and float sizing.We have tentative results in the mathCAD file however, we did not have enough time to optimize the functions created.Construct non-linear CDC and run experiments to evaluate design and ensure experimental results align with theoretical results.For additional challenges, seesuggested challengesour team did not address this semester.

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Number of team members needed:

• Minimum of 2-3

Important team member skills:

• Good written and oral skills
• Ability to work closely with P.R. when finding Fundraising Contacts
• Good analytical skills for choosing grants and reviewing previous budgets
• Adaptability to the different requests of different organizations when looking at Requests for Proposals (Grant Writing term meaning grant application)

Challenges

• Submit the Ford Foundation Online Form
• Pursue contacts within Ford Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Analyze former AguaClara budgets for the budget update.
• Continue working on the Grant Text Modules Page.
• Update the Grant Short List as grants are submitted

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Number of team members needed:

• 4-6

Important team member skills:

• Adobe Photoshop to aid graphics design
• Adobe Illustrator to create brochure layout
• Effective communication skills
• Leadership skills
• Knowledge of advertisement, business, media communications
• Creativity and ingenuity

Challenges

• Get more team members involved with presentations
• Try to pull together a fact sheet for presenter. Those would be good additional info to present other than the ones already on the slides. 
• demo plant suite case maintenance
• Edit the Wiki to weed out outdated information
• Update the brochure with new projects
• Ensure continued bi-annual updates through newsletters
• Enforce the standardized Wiki format by constant updating (not just at the end of the year)
• Translate Wiki into Spanish including navigation menu as well as content
• Assign specific subgroups within PR such that different types of PR can be accessed more efficiently. I.E possibly set up subgroups of PR that deal with local pr, state/national pr, campus pr, student assembly/RSO/greek life/ sports team pr.
• Broaden the medium for pr. I.E. radio, newspapers, magazines, journals, pamphlets, brochures, banners, t-shirts, stickers, posters,etc.
• Establish a calendar of pr events in August that seeks to promote the project itself while incorporating pr events that surround fundraising, presentations, etc.
• Draw in students from business, entrepreneurial majors, marketing, advertising, etc.
• Integrate the PR team with the AguaClara student group by establishing it as a subset of the group itself.
• Work with Partnership for Honduran Health on campus to continue planning their health survey of our technology.

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