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THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAB FUND

A Vision for the Future Chemical Engineering at UTC

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We Need YouPlease consider giving at your most generous level to make the Chemical Engineering Lab possible. Our goal is to raise $3 million in order to assure a comprehensive and modern lab.

We are also looking for a few volunteers to help us develop, build, and maintain an annual giving program that will be necessary to achieve the fund’s goals. Please let us know if you are interested and could spare some me to stay connected with alumni

from your class era and assist with reaching out to Industry and poten al future classes of students.

For more informa on on the Chemical Engineering Lab project, please contact Christa Mannarino, fund-raising offi cer for Chemical Engineering at 423- 425-4728 or via e-mail at Christa-Mannarino@utc.edu

VISIONAlready recognized as one of the leading labs in the world for remote experimentation, the ChemE Lab will exist to ensure a stellar laboratory educa on for Chemical Engineering students that is transferrable and scalable for other universi es statewide, na onwide and worldwide.

STRATEGIES1. Develop and expand the exis ng chemical

engineering lab at UTC into a world class Chemical Engineering Lab that would be u lized by students, faculty and industry unhampered by geographic loca on.

2. Provide under-equipped universi es with high quality learning opportuni es for their students via the web using state-of-the-art camera and video technologies.

3. Deliver dynamic laboratory instruc on by interna onally respected faculty and subject ma er experts.

4. Add new equipment each year to provide the capability for remote opera on, remote collabora on and remote viewing.

FUNDINGTo fund a program of this magnitude, a $3 Million endowment would ensure its sustainability.

Funds will be held by the UC Founda on and will be managed according to the Founda on’s investment policies that ensure stability. Monies iden fi ed for this fund will only be used for the Chemical Engineering Lab. State funding for UTC is totally separate from the UC Founda on.

STRUCTUREChemical Engineering faculty will provide day- to-day guidance of the developments in the lab. A technician will report to the Chair or a designated faculty. An Advisory Commi ee will be chosen from local or na onal/interna onal industry and from na onally ranked Chemical Engineering departments. This commi ee will meet annually to give longer-term guidance to the lab development. Mee ngs could be in Cha anooga or during the Annual AIChE mee ng.

FUNDING GOAL

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Building the ChemE LabSupport for Success – A Five-Year PlanS

Year 1 – 2013-14• Hire full- me Lab Director• Extend collabora on invita on to

universi es and industry partners• Install Packed Column Absorber

system • Install Batch Drying system• Install Instrumented Refrigera on

system• Install Steady-state and transient

heat conduc on and natural and forced convec on system

Year 2 – 2014-15• Establishment of Chem E Lab

Advisory Commi ee• Install Mul -CSTR liquid phase

reac on system

Plan• Diff usion• Membrane Gas Permea on• Roll out of cer fi ca on off erings to

companies• Ini ate outreach to K-12 and STEM

partners • First round of undergraduates

graduate Year 5 – 2017-18• Mul phase Flow• Centrifugal pumps & compressors• Packed Beds• Vacuum Drying• Climbing Film Evaporator• Pervapora on Membrane System• Supercri cal Fluids• Plate and Frame Filtra on

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Research Fellows (GRFs) including a program to recruit the top students to come to UTC

• Iden fy loaned instructors and visi ng execu ves from industry partners

Year 3 – 2015-16• Liquid-Liquid Extrac on• Supercri cal Extrac on• Reverse Osmosis• Ion Exchange• Ultrafi ltra on• Review and assess Year 4 – 2016-17• Polymeriza on• Fluidiza on• Mixing

Bo om Floor1 Batch Drying System2 Vapor Compression-Refrigera on3 Parr Bomb Calorimeter4 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer5 Mul -Tank Reac on System

Top Floor1 Dis lla on Column2 Gas Absorber3 Pressure Swing Adsorp on4 PEM Fuel Cell5 Speed Recording Controller6 Current Recording Controller7 Voltabe Recording Controller8 Temperature Recording Controller9 Pressure Recording Controller

Middle Floor1 Dis lla on Column2 Gas Absorber

6 Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger System7 Gas Fueled Combusiton8 Heat Transfer-Conduc on,

Convec on, SS, and Transient9 4-Input, 4-Output Control