Hello all, happy spring semester!

This week, EvapoGATOR is getting back in the swing of things and planning the rest of our project. In class, we completed an assignment that:

• mapped a critical path for the semester
• broke down our plan for January
• considered risks with accompanying mitigation strategies

Our team’s biggest takeaway from this exercise was that we have to purchase the rest of the parts this upcoming week so we can start to test and assemble the vacuum evaporator. By the end of this month, and the first Quality Review Board assessment on January 31 (QRB1), EvapoGATOR wants to have received all parts and have them individually tested.

At this point, the team has purchased the evaporator and has done research to purchase a condenser and phase separator tank. Below are pictures of these main process units we have/are planning to purchase.