Automated Design Team
The goal of the Automated Design Team is to edit and improve the current design algorithms to make sure they stay up to date with recent research findings. It is the team's job to make sure the AutoCAD drawings accurately reflect the state of the design algorithms. The ultimate goal of the Automated Design team is to complete the programs so that they can be put online.
Current Objectives
The main goal of the automated design team in the spring semester is to try and update all documentation and finalize the existing master algorithms. By the end of the semester we hope to put the automated design online in LabVIEW.
Other elements of the semester include writing up a design report that will accompany plant drawings, construction plans, and a materials list that will automatically count the number of elbows, pipes, etc. needed for each design. We are also aiding the team in Honduras with projects as well as designing plants for other areas. Descriptions of the plants designed this semester can be found on the Design Projects page.
Automated Design Team weekly minutes and semester goals.
Design Team members: Reiko Baugham, Heather Hunter, Adela Kuzmiakova, Heather Reed, Sara Schwetschenau
Design Algorithms
The algorithms used to design all of the unit processes for the construction of an AguaClara plant are compiled within the MathCAD master program. The master program then outputs the important parameters from the algorithms. All algorithms are documented on the Master Program Page.
Plant Designs
As we complete designs for plants they are compiled on the Design Projects page.
Goals and Minutes
Archived goals and meeting minutes can be found below:
Design Team Goals and Meeting Minutes
Previously Accomplished Work
#Fall 2008
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#Fall 2007
Fall 2008
The main goal of the design team this semester is to improve upon the current design algorithms and make the program fully automated.
Design team weekly minutes semester goals.
You can find all of the projects that we will be working on during the semester under the Design Projects page.
Design Team Members: Tania Quesada, Sara Schwetschenau, Cherish Scott, Reiko Baugham, Anya Rudenko, Sarah Stoder
Summer 2008
Throughout the Summer 2008 term, important changes were made to our Automated Design Algorithms to make them more effiecient and user friendly. We've also worked to incorporate a shallow plant design into our Automated Design Programs. This Shallow Plant Design allows for decreased construction costs, but also created the need for a new sedimentation tank inlet design. Many of the Design Programs were reworked and the AutoCAD Design Programs were also updated for the new design
At the end of the Summer 2008 term, the Master Program has been fully linked. Much testing and debugging of this program needs to be done in the future to ensure the accuracy of this design tool.
Design team weekly minutes semester goals.
Design Team Members: Alissa Diminich, Nicole Gumbs, Daniel Menendez, Sara Schwetschenau, Sarah Stodter
Spring 2008
During the Spring 2008 semester significant advances were made to the design alogrithms by the Unit Processes team and the Hydraulic Design team. The Hydraulic Design and Unit Processes teams from the Automated Design Team were responsible for determining the best algorithms for each component of the water treatment plant. The AutoCAD team was responsible for continuing the automated design drawing process
The work of each of these teams began linking towards the end of the Spring 2008 semester in order to create a single Automated Design Program. The ensemble constitutes the automated design program that will be used by the AguaClara team to quickly develop plans for new water treatment plants -to be built in Honduras. At the end of the Spring 2008 semester much work was still necessary to fully integrate the design algorithms make them more efficient.
Design team weekly minutes and semester goals.
Design Team Members: Leslie Campbell, Alissa Diminich, Becky Katz, Sarah Long, Rachael Moxley, Tania Quesada, Anastasia Rudenko, Raul Santiago, Cherish Scott, Tamar Sharabi, Vimala Adapala
Fall 2007
Throughout the 2007/2008 academic year the automated AutoCAD drawing has also advanced to reflect the current plant design with newer design changes updated by the Spring 2008 AutoCAD team.
AutoCAD team semester accomplishments.
Design Team Members: Alissa Diminich, Daniel Menendez, Tania Quesada, Vimala Adapala