The team won’t be meeting this week due to Thanksgiving break, so we’d just like to wish everyone a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving! We’re looking forward to enjoying time with family and friends, and eating some delicious food. Check back… Read More
Week #10: Prototype Inspection Day
Hi everyone! This past week the team completed the Prototype Inspection Day event put on by the IPPD program, and we had a blast. We thought that the feedback we received was incredibly valuable, especially because the judges were from… Read More
Week #9: Gearing up for PID
Hello everyone! This week MaeChem Silanes has been busy with preparing for our Prototype Inspection Day with an IPPD, an event where we showcase our progress thus far with the project. Our plan is to simulate part of the initial… Read More
Week #8: Simulation Time!
Hello everyone, Team MaeChem Silanes has been busy this week following our PDR with starting work on the project. Up to this point we’ve been focusing heavily on researching and creating a good plan for us to follow until the… Read More
Week #7: PDR Success and Creative Sparks
Hello everyone, this past week was very busy for the team as we traveled to Milliken to present our Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the project. This presentation was a combination of all our research for the project, our proposed… Read More
Week #6: The Road Ahead at SiVance
Hello everyone, The highlight of this week was presenting our Preliminary Design Report (PDR) to our peers and coaches, marking a significant milestone in our project’s progression. The feedback from our peers, coach, and IPPD faculty was not only well-received… Read More
Week #5: Breaking ground
During the past couple of weeks, the MaeChem Silanes team worked hard to complete our product architecture, starting from a process flow diagram that is sub-grouped into the three main processes of our project: reactions, purification, and recovery. In addition,… Read More
Week #4: Site Visit
Hi everyone! This has been a rather exciting week for MaeChem Silanes. We just had our first visit to the SiVance plant! For the majority of the team, it was our first time visiting a chemical plant, so our excitement… Read More
Week #3: Making A Plan
We’ve been working hard this past week to establish a project roadmap to follow for the semester. We have a series of deadlines we need to hit throughout the project development, including our Prototype Inspection Day and System Level Design… Read More
Week #2: Getting to Work
We’re happy to reintroduce ourselves under a new name, Team MaeChem Silanes! The inspiration for the name came from the combination of engineering disciplines involved in this project: MAE is the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for the mechanical engineers, and… Read More
Week #1: Hello World!
Hello everyone! This is the first of many blog posts for MaeChem Silanes in the 2023-2024 UF IPPD program. We are happy to finally be working together as a team and with Milliken over the next two semesters. These blog… Read More