Timeline of Events



01/14/11: Groups finalized and project start.

01/18/11: First Group Meeting.

01/20/11: First Mentor Meeting - Chose Petroleum Coke as feedstock.

01/21/11: Group Meeting - Assigned and worked on PowerPoint #1 sections.

01/24/11: Mentor Meeting - Discussed and ran through PowerPoint #1.

01/25/11: First Presentation Given - Briefly spoke with chem. production group on details and scale up.

01/26/11: Group Meeting - Assigned parts for next presentation. Decided on Shell membrane wall gasifier.

01/27/11: Brief Leader Meeting with Group Golf. Talked about specifics for what each other needs.

01/28/11: Group Meeting - Discussed gasifier more. Went over preliminary mass balance.

02/01/11: Group Meeting - Discussed gasifier and looked at process flow.
Mentor Meeting - Teleconference - Discussed assigning everyone a specific section of the overall process to work on.

02/04/11: Group Meeting - Checked in to see how the research and calculations were going.

02/08/11: Group Meeting - Discussed individual developments.
Mentor Meeting - Discussed scope of the project, where to place focus, determined more action items, ans what is expected for the next presentation.

02/09/11: Group Meeting - Worked on flow sheets, econ, and discussed some of the overall process concerns.

02/11/11: Group Meeting - Individual work for PowerPoint #2

02/14/11: Group Meeting - Worked on cleaning up PowerPoint #2
Mentor Meeting - Went over PowerPoint #2, determined areas in need of repair

02/15/11: Presentation #2

02/17/11: Group Meeting - Discussed what needs to be done for the next presentation

02/18/11: Group Meeting - Worked on individual parts, and Aspen sim

02/21/11: Group Meeting - Worked on correcting the abstract

02/22/11: Group Meeting - Discussed catalysts in the system
Mentor Meeting - Looked over abstract and determined sections in need of improvement

02/23/11: Group Meeting - Individual work

02/25/11: Group Meeting - Process clarification, Aspen modeling

02/28/11: Group Meeting - Individual work

03/01/11: Group Meeting - Worked on PowerPoint and Aspen

03/02/11: Mentor Meeting - Presented work

03/03/11: Group Meeting - Worked on slides

03/04/11: Group Meeting - Aspen work and slides

03/07/11: Mentor Meeting - Went over PowerPoint #3

03/08/11: Presentation #3

03/11/11: Group Meeting - Discussed group merging possibility and land costs

03/15/11: Mentor Meeting - Discussed what needs to be done to finalize the project

03/16/11: Group Meeting - Talked about plant layout and poster

03/17/11: Joint Team Meeting - Merged economy with Team Golf

03/19/11: Group Meeting - Worked on organization of individual parts

03/28/11: Group Meeting - Worked on economics, PFD, control scheme, and report

03/29/11: Group Meeting - Individual work
Meeting with Team Golf - Discussed combined economics
Mentor Meeting - Discussed what needs to be done for the next presentation and the poster

03/31/11: Group Meeting - Worked on catalysts in the process and the report

04/01/11: Group Meeting - Worked on report and locked in numbers

04/04/11: Group Meeting - Worked on power point #4
Joint Team Meeting - Finalized the economics and discussed possible other consolidations
Mentor Meeting - Went over presentation #4 and poster

04/05/11: Presentation #4

04/06/11: Group Meeting: Finished IIT poster

04/11/11: Group Meeting: Prep for IIT competition

04/12/11: IIT Poster Competition - Won 1st prize for undergrad poster

04/15/11: Group Meeting - Discussed sections for the report
Joint Team Meeting - Worked on finishing joint econ

04/18/11: Group Meeting - Worked on expo poster and report

04/19/11: Group Meeting - Finalized expo poster and worked on report

04/20/11: Group Meeting - Worked on finishing the report

04/22/11: Group Meeting - Worked on presentation 5
Joint Team Meeting - Worked on joint presentation

04/25/11: Group Meeting - Went over presentations
Joint Team Meeting - Discussed presentations

04/26/11: Engineering Expo UIC - 2nd place in Chemical Processes
Final presentation given