"Development of a Novel Chemical Timer" by Mitchell Harvey
 

Honors Theses

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering

Department

Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering

Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major

Chemical Engineering

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Abstract

The goal of this thesis is to develop a chemical timer for Chem-E Car (Chemical Engineering Car), that is as inherently safe as possible. Chem-E Car is an undergraduate competition held at the regional and national conferences of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers that, “increases awareness of the chemical engineering discipline among the public, industry leaders, educators, and other students” (“Chem-E-Car Competition,” 2020). Students are tasked to build a shoebox sized car powered and stopped by chemical reactions and this car must travel a distance between fifteen and thirty meters in under two minutes. Teams are scored on traveling the correct distance and creativity. The exact distance is not known until the day of the competition, so cars include a chemical mechanism to adjust how far the car travels before it stops. For this study a chemical timer was developed for the Chem-E Car competition.

Date Defended

4-1-2021

Thesis Director

Bricka, Mark

Second Committee Member

Jessop, Julie

Third Committee Member

Farmer, Angela

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