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2013 Fall Engr333 Project Final Report, 2013 Fall Engr333
2013 Fall Engr333 Project Final Report, 2013 Fall Engr333
ENGR 333
During the fall of 2013, the Engineering 333 class was asked the question, “what would it take for Calvin College to operate a biofuel vehicle from campus resources?” The three primary considerations included:
- Determining the optimal biofuel feedstock in terms of availability, transportation, and processing.
- Selecting a biofuel vehicle for conversion or purchase to operate on the selected feedstock.
- Designing the infrastructure and process required for operating the selected biofuel vehicle. The design and research described below proposes an environmentally sustainable and cost-effective method for integrating a biofuel vehicle into Calvin’s existing infrastructure.
2013 Fall Engr333 Student Seminar Presentation, Claire Philippi, Karl Bratt, Mike Houtman, Brandon Koster
2013 Fall Engr333 Student Seminar Presentation, Claire Philippi, Karl Bratt, Mike Houtman, Brandon Koster
ENGR 333
File for student presentation, given by students in the Fall 2013 class of ENGR333.
2013 Fall Engr333 Vehicle Poster, 2013 Fall Engr333
2013 Fall Engr333 Vehicle Poster, 2013 Fall Engr333
ENGR 333
Waste vegetable oil (WVO) was chosen by the class as the best fuel source for the Calvin Biofuel Vehicle Project. The class then considered vehicle options and selected a lawnmower to be powered by WVO.
2013 Fall Engr333 Fuel And Facilities Poster, 2013 Fall Engr333
2013 Fall Engr333 Fuel And Facilities Poster, 2013 Fall Engr333
ENGR 333
The objective of the project was to answer the question: “What would it take for Calvin College to operate a biofuel vehicle from campus resources.” The class split into 3 teams:
- Fuel/Feedstock
- Facilities/Infrastructure
- Vehicle
Synergy Of The Developed 6d Bim Framework And Conception Of The Nd Bim Framework And Nd Bim Process Ontology, Shawn Edward O'Keeffe
Synergy Of The Developed 6d Bim Framework And Conception Of The Nd Bim Framework And Nd Bim Process Ontology, Shawn Edward O'Keeffe
Dissertations
The author developed a unified nD framework and process ontology for Building Information Modeling (BIM). The research includes a framework developed for 6D BIM, nD BIM, and nD ontology that defines the domain and sub-domain constructs for future nD BIM dimensions. The nD ontology defines the relationships of kinds within any new proposed dimensional domain for BIM. The developed nD BIM framework and ontology takes into account the current 2D-5D BIM dimensions. There is a synergy between the 6D and nD framework that allows the nD framework and ontology to be utilized as a unified template for future dimensional development. …
2013 Fall Engr333 Project Assignment, Matthew K. Heun
2013 Fall Engr333 Project Assignment, Matthew K. Heun
ENGR 333
The Fall 2013 ENGR333 project focused on production and use of biofuels at Calvin University.
I asked the students “What would it take for Calvin College to operate a biofuel vehicle from campus resources?”
Customer
The customer for this project was Calvin’s Physical Plant director Phil Beezhold.
10th Annual Symposium Of The School Of Science, Engineering And Health, Messiah College
10th Annual Symposium Of The School Of Science, Engineering And Health, Messiah College
School of Science, Engineering & Health (SEH) Symposium
Welcome to the 10th Annual Symposium of the School of Science, Engineering and Health! This symposium continues a strong tradition of annual events designed to showcase student and faculty innovation, creativity and productivity in academic departments that were formerly housed in different schools within the college. This will be the third year in which we are holding the event as the School of Science, Engineering and Health. We have maintained many customs while blending to establish new traditions. We look forward to incorporating your suggested improvements into future symposia.
Towards A “Cloud Curriculum” In Art And Science?, Roger Malina
Towards A “Cloud Curriculum” In Art And Science?, Roger Malina
The STEAM Journal
Recently an email hit my desk from Paul Thomas in Australia with a proposal to work together on a “Cloud Curriculum for Art and Science”. I immediately agreed to collaborate. I don’t yet have a clue of what a cloud curriculum is, but what I do know is that we are ‘backing into the future’ in educational institutions and we desperately need a ‘cloud curriculum.’ We need to look over the ten year horizon. And in the emerging art-science field I doubt that the usual approach to curriculum development will work.
Development Of A New Lagrangian Float For Studying Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Alex Schwithal, Chris Roman
Development Of A New Lagrangian Float For Studying Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Alex Schwithal, Chris Roman
Christopher N. Roman
This paper presents an overview and initial testing results for a shallow water Lagrangian float designed to operate in coastal settings. The presented effort addresses the two main characteristics of the shallow coastal environment that preclude the direct of use of many successfully deep water floats, namely the higher variation of water densities near the coast compared with the open ocean and the highly varied bathymetry. Our idea is to develop a high capacity dynamic auto-ballasting system that is able to compensate for the expected seawater density variation over a broad range of water temperatures and salinities while using measurements …
Engineering A Multimodal Nerve Conduit For Repair Of Injured Peripheral Nerve, A F. Quigley, K J. Bulluss, I L. B Kyratzis, K Gilmore, T Mysore, K S U Schirmer, E L. Kennedy, M O'Shea, Y B. Truong, S L. Edwards, G Peeters, P Herwig, Joselito M. Razal, T E. Campbell, K N. Lowes, M J. Higgins, S E. Moulton, M A. Murphy, M J. Cook, G M. Clark, G G. Wallace, R M. I Kapsa
Engineering A Multimodal Nerve Conduit For Repair Of Injured Peripheral Nerve, A F. Quigley, K J. Bulluss, I L. B Kyratzis, K Gilmore, T Mysore, K S U Schirmer, E L. Kennedy, M O'Shea, Y B. Truong, S L. Edwards, G Peeters, P Herwig, Joselito M. Razal, T E. Campbell, K N. Lowes, M J. Higgins, S E. Moulton, M A. Murphy, M J. Cook, G M. Clark, G G. Wallace, R M. I Kapsa
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Injury to nerve tissue in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) results in long-term impairment of limb function, dysaesthesia and pain, often with associated psychological effects. Whilst minor injuries can be left to regenerate without intervention and short gaps up to 2 cm can be sutured, larger or more severe injuries commonly require autogenous nerve grafts harvested from elsewhere in the body (usually sensory nerves). Functional recovery is often suboptimal and associated with loss of sensation from the tissue innervated by the harvested nerve. The challenges that persist with nerve repair have resulted in development of nerve guides or conduits from …
Covalently Linked Biocompatible Graphene/Polycaprolactone Composites For Tissue Engineering, Sepidar Sayyar, Eoin Murray, Brianna C. Thompson, Sanjeev Gambhir, David L. Officer, Gordon G. Wallace
Covalently Linked Biocompatible Graphene/Polycaprolactone Composites For Tissue Engineering, Sepidar Sayyar, Eoin Murray, Brianna C. Thompson, Sanjeev Gambhir, David L. Officer, Gordon G. Wallace
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Two synthesis routes to graphene/polycaprolactone composites are introduced and the properties of the resulting composites compared. In the first method, mixtures are produced using solution processing of polycaprolactone and well dispersed, chemically reduced graphene oxide and in the second, an esterification reaction covalently links polycaprolactone chains to free carboxyl groups on the graphene sheets. This is achieved through the use of a stable anhydrous dimethylformamide dispersion of graphene that has been highly chemically reduced resulting in mostly peripheral ester linkages. The resulting covalently linked composites exhibit far better homogeneity and as a result, both Young's modulus and tensile strength more …
Precision Wet-Spinning Of Cell-Impregnated Alginate Fibres For Tissue Engineering, Rhys Cornock, Magdalena Kita, Anita Quigley, Gordon G. Wallace, Robert M. I Kapsa
Precision Wet-Spinning Of Cell-Impregnated Alginate Fibres For Tissue Engineering, Rhys Cornock, Magdalena Kita, Anita Quigley, Gordon G. Wallace, Robert M. I Kapsa
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The selective assembly of functionalised fibres produced by wet-spinning into implantable three dimensional contructs presents attractive prospects for the field of medical bionics[1]. In particular, the incorporation of biological factors and large numbers of cells within biocompatible and macroporous fibres is expected to deliver improvements to drug delivery platforms as well as to tissue engineering biotechnology[2, 3].
Living Fibres: 3d Hydrogel Fibres For Tissue Engineering, Anita Quigley, Magdalena Kita, Rhys Cornock, Tharun Mysore, Javad Foroughi, Gordon G. Wallace, Robert M. I Kapsa
Living Fibres: 3d Hydrogel Fibres For Tissue Engineering, Anita Quigley, Magdalena Kita, Rhys Cornock, Tharun Mysore, Javad Foroughi, Gordon G. Wallace, Robert M. I Kapsa
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
To use rapid fibre spinning technologies for the creation of 3D constructs for cell delivery, tissue engineering and the study of 3D cellular interactions. This study describes the fabrication of biosynthetic soft gel fibers containing myoblasts and myogenic growth factors and their use for restoration of dystrophin expression in dystrophic mdx mouse muscle.
Proceedings Of The First International Conference On Smarandache Multispace & Multistructures, Florentin Smarandache, Linfan Mao
Proceedings Of The First International Conference On Smarandache Multispace & Multistructures, Florentin Smarandache, Linfan Mao
Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications
In recent decades, Smarandache’s notions of multispace and multistructure were widely spread and have shown much importance in sciences around the world. Organizedby Prof.Linfan Mao, a professional conference on multispaces and multistructures, named the First International Conference on Smarandache Multispace and Multistructure was held in Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture of P. R. China on June 28-30, 2013, which was announced by American Mathematical Society in advance.