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SME Peoria Area 5th Grade Rube Goldberg Competition
The event is March 6th at the Edwards, IL Demonstration & Learning Facility. This years theme is "Build a Better Mouse Trap." The objective is to capture or trap a moving object using simple machines such as levers, screws, pulleys, incline plans, and/or wheels and axles.
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Immediate Capabilities:

• Lab support – Chemical Analysis and Method Design
  
• Quality Control
  
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
  
• Technical Chemical Writing
  
• Recommendations based on Chemical and Physical Data
  
• Failure Analysis
  
• 3rd Party Predictive Warranty Analysis
  
• Design of Experiments
  

Long Term Capabilities: (>= 2yrs)

• Customer Lab Management
  
• 3rd Party Consultation with Regulatory Commissions
  
• Research and Development including Patents and Publications
  
• EPA Certification
  
• Material Validation
  

Areas of Expertise:

• Thermodynamic and Reaction Modeling
  
• Fluid Flow Modeling
  
• Design and Validation of Compounds
  
• Emissions Aftertreatment
  
• OSHA Standards and MSDS Technical Writing
  
• Laboratory Management
  
• Experimental Design
  
• Chemical/Instrumental Analysis
  
• Statistical Analysis
  
• Non-Destructive Evaluation
  
• Corrosion
  
• Polymers
  
• Modeling of Kinetic Reactions
  
• Inspection
  
• Quality Control
  
• Failure Analysis and Life Prediction
  
• Product Certification and Documentation
  
• Research and Development
  
• Environmental
  
• Fluids, Fuels, and Oils
  
• Tribology
  
• Catalyst Preparation and Validation
  
• Mass Transfer Modeling
  
• Coatings
  
• Protein Purification and Characterization
  

Equipment Experience:

• Organic/Inorganic Structure Determination
  
• Surface Analysis
  
• Chemical Characterization
  
• Chemical Quality Assurance
  
• Wet Chemistry Techniques
  
• ICP-OES
  
• BET
  
• GC/MS
  
• Viscosity (Viscometer)
  
• SEM/EDS
  
• XRD
  
• UV-VIS
  
• Cyclic Voltammetry
  
• HPLC
  
• Hydrogen/Carbon NMR
  
• FT-IR/IR

Research and Development Experience:

• Material Design
  
• Chemical Validation
  
• Material Synthesis
  
• Polymers
  
• Coating Formulation
  
• Catalysts
  
• Anti-Wear/Corrosion

Modeling Experience:

• Heat Transfer
  
• Mass Transfer
  
• Process Design
  
• Kinetics
  
• Thermodynamics
  
• Reaction Design
  
• Process Scale-up

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