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