Last updated: 25 May 2005.
Sarah, Travis, and Rebecca
(this will be some great picture of us as soon as we are all in the same room w/ a digital camera. For now, thanks to the Broadway Rose Theater Company for this pic)
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News
23 May 2005
The UV/Vis is down, which will impair our analytics. For now, we can continue to obtain samples and work on our project write up until the equipment is fixed. We hope this happens sometime next week.
18 May 2005
We went to give blood as a team today. Visit the Red Cross Website if you want more details about how YOU can help! Lab time today was spent writing up procedures and tweaking FEMLAB.
17 May 2005
The engineering fair is here... come check out the booths on the walkway between Owen and Merryfield. If you missed it and would like to see our poster, click here.
16 May 2005
Today was filled with data collection and a meeting with Goran Jovanovic to track down the source of some material balance problems. We flushed the heptapus with water in an effort to remove any phosphate ions that may be adsorbing to the membrane. We should have analytical results by the end of the day.
13 May 2005
Data collection has begun. The spectrophotometric technique works for analyzing phosphate concentrations (though we're still not sure to what accuracy). Creating the poster for the Engineering Fair has taken most of our time this week.
6 May 2005
The filtration device has been assembled and functions with minimal leaks. Flow rates have been determined, and we are working on analytical techniques. Because our flow rates are low, it is difficult to obtain the necessary volume for conductivity measurements. We are trying to find the right molybdate solution to use spectrophotometry to determine phosphate concentration.
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