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I was a member of the Coagulant Management team for the Spring 2013 semester. My main contributions involved the centrifugal pump. I reviewed old designs and created new ones to make the previous designs more clear. Through my designs, the team was able to purchase the materials necessary for the fabrication of the pump and begin building it. I also proposed testing the pump with corn syrup and food dye so that the direction of the flow could be easily seen and recorded.
Summer 2013 Contributions
I am a member of the Ram Pump team for the 2013 Summer internship program. The main goals for the team this summer are to improve the stability of the inlet structure, improve the connection to the needle valve, create a mathematical model of how the ram pump functions, and design a waste valve that can be easily adjusted when needed.