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title: "The ChemE Car that Cud: AIChE ChemE Car Engineering Design Proposal"
date: 2019-05-14
cardImage: cannulated-cows
draft: false
featured: true
keywords:
- chemical engineering
- AIChE
- radiation
- rumen
- microbial electrolysis cells
type: "Thesis"
authors:
- Christensen, Thomas Allen, II
link: 'https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11919/3817'
journal: "University of Wyoming Honors Program"
location: "Laramie, Wyoming"
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The ChemE Car That Cud showcases Wyoming's dominant industries of agriculture
and mining by utilizing rumen fluid from a cannulated beef cow to generate
hydrogen to be used in a hydrogen fuel cell and radioactive cesium, a byproduct
of uranium that is often obtained from Wyoming's mines, to time the car's stop.
The concentration of cesium-137 source is measured using the radioactive decay
of cesium shielded by aluminum. The painted aluminum chassis was obtained from a
previous team at UW, and modified using plastic k'nex toys to adapt to the
current power source and stopping mechanism.