New Mexico Tech

Chemical Engineering

Summer Mini-Course 2007

Hope you all enjoyed the course ... I certainly did. From measuring the combustion efficiency of a potato canon to making biofuels & fuel cells in the lab to wreaking havoc on the Tech campus with the biodiesel go-cart, it seemed there was no limit on the fun you can have in a week. Here are some of the photos I took... click on the thumbnail for the larger version. Stay in touch or drop a line as to how we can improve this course. Send your photos as well... I'd be glad to see them.

Cheers, Dr. Weinkauf ( weinkauf@nmt.edu )

 

 

Sustainable Energy Class
Sustainable Energy Class
Class Photo
Class Photo
Preparing the Potato
Sizing the Potato
lounging while potato is preped
lounging while potato is preped
trajectory team hard at work
trajectory team hard at work
potato canon efficiency team
potato canon efficiency team
efficiency calculations
efficiency calculations ... how far will it go?
pre-shot excitement
pre-shot excitement
click, click, click, click....
click, click, click, click....
sally is preped for another shot
SALLY is preped for another shot
eric is on it... 1.5% efficient?
Eric hones in on the catch ... and that's only 1.5% efficient?
potato coming down
potato coming down
fuel cell MEA preparation
Deepan explains how to make a Fuel Cell MEA
air brushed art fuel cell
Air brushed art fuel cell fabrication. Trevor may get a job painting vans later in life ...
Michelle just looking at the biodiesel
Michelle just looking at the biodiesel
biodiesel separation
Lindsey happy about the biodiesel separation
sample from large biodiesel reactor

Ryan drawing samples from large biodiesel reactor
happy campers
Happy Campers
biodiesel sample
Alysa with biodiesel sample
bioethanol distillation demo
Ian explaning bioethanol distillation
distillation demo
distillation demo
large scale batch for bioethanol purification
Eric explaining large scale batch distillation for bioethanol purification
demonstration day
Demonstration Day ... or was that Demolition Day
loading the bioethanol into mower
Loading the bioethanol into mower
trevor the prankster
Trevor the prankster
and they say we didn't do any work!
Shannon disproving that we didn't do any work!
trevor scouting out more grass to mow
Trevor scouting out more grass to mow
biodiesel go-cart
The XJ5 Biodiesel go-cart
jonathan focused like never before
jonathan focused like never before
soybean oil biodiesel delivered
soybean oil biodiesel delivered
loading the go cart...
loading the go cart...
heather the first guinea pig...errr I mean driver
Heather the first guinea pig...errr ... I mean driver
off she goes!
off she goes!
california drivers!
california drivers!
where did laurie find the mud?
where did laurie find the mud?
melissa ... on the way
melissa ... on the way
megan feeling the bio-power
megan feeling the bio-power
magdalena ridge
magdalena ridge
MRO
The MRO
class photo
class photo at the MRO
craig pointing out the distant VLA
craig pointing out the distant VLA
inside the dome
inside the dome
moving the dome and the telescope... whoa
moving the dome and the telescope... whoa that was cool.
control center
control center ...
no mountains like this is MASSACHUSETTS
no mountains like this is MASSACHUSETTS
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jim
outside the MRO
outside the MRO
dome opened up
dome opened up
weinkauf's van
weinkauf's van
ryan with class
ryan with class