Tanvi Naidu's Individual Contribution Page

Personal Goals:

• Gaining more experience running experiments in a lab and obtaining useful results.
• Fabricating a full-scale model
• Gain a deeper understanding of fluid mechanics
• Utilizing past experiences in Honduras to align sub-team research with needs in Honduras
• Understanding how to effectively use the process controller
• Helping run experiments to verify Karen Swetland's findings. 

Contributions so far:

• Brainstorming potential designs
• Corresponding with APP to gain their input on our selection of design
• Contributing towards the team's task list
• Creating presentations and reports
• Carrying out and documenting various calculations for model dimensions and relevant fluid mechanics in MathCad
• Organizing testing in DeFrees hydraulics lab for flume use
• Testing model and analyzing results
• Helping clean the set-up in preparation for experiments
• Undergoing process controller training
• Helping set-up as necessary to begin experiments (creating coagulant stock solution, installing clay stock, etc.) .