Karen Swetland's Individual Contribution Page

Fall 2009 Contributions

In Fall 2009, I served as the team leader of the Non-Linear Chemical Dose Controller team. I directed team meetings every Tuesday and Friday since the beginning of the semester. I also created a preliminary schematic of our first few design ideas. Because I entered the class with no MathCAD experience, I took some time to go through the CEE 4540 MathCAD tutorial. Though I am not yet a MathCAD master, I became proficient enough to edit other team members' algorithms and find errors. I worked together with Akta on our team's upcoming Teach-In presentation, as well as the mid-term wiki report . I worked mostly on the primary page, but I also helped edit the new children pages. I also worked on the clogging experiment and the model plant with Dale for many weeks and will continue to do so into the spring semester.

Spring 2010 Contributions

In Spring 2010, I also served as the team leader. Dale and I completed the model plant, modified the doser prototype, and performed preliminary validation testing. I also worked extensively on the EPA P3 report and project display. I posted the report and all other posters and presentations on the Spring 2010 Presentations page.