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This page contains links to short versions and to the full versions of the final projects. Access to the full version of the projects is password
protected To get such password, please contact Prof. Miguel Bagajewicz at bagajewicz@ou.edu

INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE HALL OF FAME BELOW.

FIRST PRIZE WINNERS ($700 To split)

                                      Engineering Roach Killers: In this project, a roach killer product is designed using pheromones to attract males and usual bates. Consumer
                                      preference functions and a pricing model was used to determine the level of pheromones used and the manufacturing capacity as well as sales.
                                      To asess the consumer preference functions of durability and speed, a poulation model was built.

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                                      Refinery Operation Planning: This project prepared a novel refinery planning model using the conventional blending modeling, but substituting
                                      conventional linear realtionships in internal units by non-linear relations that are a function of temperatures and pressures. As a result, conversions
                                      energy usage and hydrogen consumption/production varies. The model proved useful to increase the gross refinery margin substantially vs. the
                                      predictions of linear conventional models.

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                                      High Oxygen Concentration Generators: This project developed a pressure Swing Absortion device to produce pure oxygen in hospitals. A
                                      bussiness plan was crafted based on a pricing and consumer preference model. The competiotion was assumed to be liquid oxygen.

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                                      Engineering Skin Lotions : This project is devoted to design a skin humidifying lotion. A consumer preference model based on several consumer
                                      related properties (effectiveness, thickness, absortin rate, etc) was built. A pricing model was also used. Finally a competition price model was built
                                      to establish what are the equilibrium prices and what is the most conveninet starting price.

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SECOND PRIZE WINNER ($300 To Split)

Predicting Protein Solubility: In this project three models for the determination of protein solubility were built: Discriminant analysis, Logistc
regression and a neural network. More than 200 proteins were used ti build the model and comparison between these techniques were made.

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                                      Engineering Carpet Deodorizers/Disinfectants: In this project a carpet deodorizer based on small slow-release odor particles, a disinfectant
                                      and fillers was designed. A consumer preference model and a pricing model were built. To aid the preference model a mass transfer model to establish
                                      scent durability and intensity was also built.

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                                      Saliva Based Diagnostics: In this project a device for diagnosing kidney failure using saliva was designed. False positive and negatives
                                      were investigated. Based on the level of false negatives and positives the device was designed usnig a consumer (doctors and patients)
                                      preference model and a pricing model was used to establish demand and profit.

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Engineering Wine: In this project wine making is modeled. A consumer satisfaction function and a pricing model was used to determine approprite
wine propeties. This continuation of a 2006 project focused on establishing decision making under uncertainty. Financial risk is also asessed.

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E-Nose for Wine: In this project a device to determine the stage of wine fermentation was designed. A neural network was used to tune the parameters
of the sensors. The device uses a consumer preference model as well as a pricing model to establish demand and profit.

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MENTION OF HONOR

                                      Engineering New Refrigerants: This project is aimed at the discovery of new refrigerant molecules. An enumeration model was built to determine
                                      candidate compounds which were later used in a consumer preference and pricing model to establish profitability.

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Municipal Solid Waste Processing: This project assumes that trash from the city of New Yoork can be used to produce chemical commodities.
After exploring several alterantives the manufactring of Urea was detrmined to be the most profitable venture.

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OTHER (ALSO GOOD) PROJECTS (No particular Order)

                                      Water-Splitting Cycles : This project is devoted to develop a method that is capable of screening several water splitting cycles. These cycles
                                      are chemical reactions taking place at different temperatures. The net input to the cycle is water and energy and the net output is oxygen and
                                      hydrogen. The project found that special excess reactant recycling has important effect on efficiency.

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Arsenic Removal from Municipal Water: This project explores the possibility of using iron oxide membranes to remove the arsenic form Norman wells.
A bussiness plan is presented.

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Design of Biorefineries : This project studies the integration of several bio-processing processes that feed each other in a single site. Expansions and
reinversion of proceeds are considered to determine the best scheduling and the capacity of different processes.

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Desalination using Dewvaporation: The feasibilitty and a novel process using air to produce pure water by evaporation to air is explored.

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Mixacls: This project looks into a Texas A&M technology to produce alcohols as fuels. Feasibility of nvesting is discussed.

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Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing: This project looks into fuel reprocessing usingcrown ethers to extract Plutonium and Uranium from spent fuel.

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Preventive Maintenance Planning: This project developed a methodology to determine the optimal preventive maintenance schedule in
process plants.

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Water Management in Refineries: This project uses an optimization methodology to determine the optimal water use and reuse and
recycle in refineries.

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                                       New Petroleum Fractionation Technology: This project considers a new fractionation alternative. Details are withheld.

PROJECTS-SPRING 2007

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