Add ChemE Car to publications

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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"
+---
+
+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.