+ Milliron X
University of Wyoming Honors Program: Laramie, Wyoming
The ChemE Car that Cud: AIChE ChemE Car Engineering Design Proposal
- Thomas A. Christensen II
May 14, 2019
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.