Calendar

WEEK # LECTURES DESIGN LABS
1 Registration Day

Introduction to CAD

2

Introduction to Water Treatment

Objectives and Techniques of Treatment

Hemond, Nepf

Lab exercise: pH and the glass electrode sensor, pH adjustment using aqueous or solid media
3

Acid-base Chemistry

Rates of Acid Neutralization

Hemond

Lab exercise: design curves for acid neutralization

Begin Conceptual Design

4

Porous Media

Hydraulics of Packed Columns

Nepf

Design and Prototyping

Begin Open Lab Hours

5

Design Reviews

Discussion

Nepf, Hemond

Completion of Prototypes

Open Lab Hours Continue

6

Demonstration of Prototypes
7

Structural I

Design Task Introduction

Stress: Tensile, Shear (Torsion)

Bucciarelli, Hemond

Lab exercise: strain gage, uniaxial tension test
8

Structural II

Beam Bending Stresses

Deflections

Bucciarelli, Hemond

Lab exercise: beam bending

Begin Conceptual Design

9

Structural III

Design Review

Bucciarelli, Hemond

Begin Building Apparatus
10

Structural IV

Buckling

Bucciarelli, Hemond

Continue Fabrication
11

Structural V

Design Evaluation

Bucciarelli, Hemond

Testing
12

Introduction to Thermal Design of Structures

Hemond, Nepf, Bucciarelli

13

Introduction to Remote Sensing

Thermal Imaging

Analysis of Buildings

Hemond, Frankel

Build Model Structures

Begin Thermal Testing

14

Thermal Analysis Project

Hemond, Nepf, Bucciarelli, Frankel

Continue Thermal Analysis Project

15

Final Exam Week

Thermal Project Presentations

Hemond, Nepf, Bucciarelli, Frankel