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LS 2836
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We will focus on treatment concepts for our workdays that we will eventually incorporate into our final design. Topics will include coagulation, flocculation, adsorbtion, and other techniques. Around winter quarter, when the rules and topics of the competition are revealed, we will begin development and construction of our final design.
Workshops will be held in the Life Science Building room 2836 or in Dr. Sim Lin Lau's laboratory. We will also periodically take trips to wastewater treatment facilities to gain a better understanding of different treatment systems.
RESOURCES
The basis of the project changes every year, but generally focuses on developing a system to treat and purify wastewater through different physical and chemical processes. Last year, we ran wastewater through granulated ferric oxide, activated carbon, and an anion exchange resin to remove phosphates and nitrates from a solution of water. The rules for this year are to remove chromium (VI) and copper (II) from a sample of wastewater.
The ASCE Environmental Design Team competes annually with 18 other schools at the ASCE Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC) held at the University of Arizona this year.
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History of the project
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Dates back to 2007
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2012-2013: Received 7th Place
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2013-2014: Received 2nd Place
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2014-2015: Aiming for 1st Place!
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ENVIRONMENTAL
We will spend the majority of our workshops researching different approaches to accomplish our goal, specifically different treatment techniques. We plan to collect data regarding the different processes that produce the most effective results and are the most efficient. The purpose of this is to discover the variety of options we have to implement into our final design.
PROJECT WORKDAYS/EVENTS
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
This stage will occur once the rules and goals of the competition are revealed. We will begin to design and develop our final system and how we can implement the methods that we discovered were the best.
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
WORKDAYS
THE STAGES
SPONSORSHIP
MATERIALS/RESOURCES NEEDED
No matter how large or small the project is, keeping budget is always a concern. And in any student-run organization, raising money is a major issue. It would be an understatement to say how grateful and appreciative the members of Enviromental Design will be if you could donate the following. Please contact Project Manager Thomas Choi or ASCE Treasurer Zach McFann if you are interested in sponsoring the team.
HOW TO JOIN
Feel free to show up to our workdays anytime throughout the year in LS 2836! Prior knowledge or experience is not required to participate. Work days will be posted on our Project Workday calendar, or you may contact our project managers more directly:
Construction and design materials
Filters, pumps, wood, buckets, chemicals
General wastewater treatment knowledge
We need as much help as possible to design and develop our system
I have schedule conflicts and can only make some of the workshops. Can I still go?
Of course! We need all the help and input we can get.
Do I need any experience or knowledge about waste water treatment to join?
No! Absolutely no experience is necessary. We are all constantly discovering and learning new things and we plan to make it an enjoyable learning experience.
FAQ
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
During the Fall Quarter, they spent a series of workshops exploring fundamental methods to treat wastewater. Over the course of two weeks, they successfully completed the filter which worked remarkably well to remove much of the turbidity from a heavily contaminated sample of water. During the Winter Quarter, they were tasked with removing chromium (VI) and copper (II) from a sample of wastewater. They spent a lot of time doing research and laboratory testing!
Where are they now?
