Environmental Design Teams
CONGRATULATIONS
Most Applicable Technology & Best Poster - Montana Tech Environmental Design Team
Most Applicable Technology & Best Poster -- Montana Tech Environmental Design Team
Montana Tech's 2012 Environmental Design Team -- Task 3 took Most Applicable Technology and Best Poster at the WERC International Design Team Contest held in Las Cruses, New Mexico on their design entitled Treatment Technology Validation for Water Softening Technology.
Further details on the competition can be found at WERC International Design Team Competition.
WERC is a consortium of universities and scientific labs focusing on energy. Federally funded, with a mandate to educate as well as perform research, consisting of 20-25 colleges and universities: Mesa Community College to MIT, Stanford, Cal-Poly. Tasks are distributed in September with reports due mid-March. The contest, held early April, requires:
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Bench scale model
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Oral presentation
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Poster presentation prepared by students
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Bench scale model resonation to the judges
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Safety appraisal prepared by students from the Safety, Health and Industrial Hygiene Department
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Report
Teams are made up of undergraduates and graduates—usually juniors, seniors, and grads. This is an interdisciplinary team of problem solvers from Chemistry, Environmental and General Engineering, Mining, Petroleum, Technical Communications, Metallurgy, Occupational Safety and Health, and Industrial Hygiene disciplines. Students use non-academic skill such as welding, machinist, computer graphics, and AutoCAD as well as academic theories.
The Design Team adheres to the following development process:
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Research problems and current solutions
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Interact with faculty and community scientists
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Brainstorm within the team
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Plan and build bench scale models
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Raise funds for the tasks and trip
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