Dragoon purchased and installed a CO2 recapture system 5 years ago. Since then, they experienced several compressor failures and other issues. Assess the system and propose an updated design to improve the reliability of system. Depending on the workload of the CO2 system, the team may also perform a COGS analysis to assess loss and waste in the Dragoon system and propose improvements to reduce loss and waste.

Develop a design of experiments to run with the pilot plant system built last year. Use these experiments to inform the scaled up implementation of CO2 injection into the existing Tres Rios facility.

Develop an advance water purification facility for Tucson to directly convert wastewater into drinking water

Develop a process for producing nuclear fuel.

Design a production facility for enzymes.

Extract bioactive compounds from jackfruit. Determine best extraction methods for selected compounds and design process for production level scale of these compounds.

Compete in the AZWater competition which includes designing a wastewater or water treatment plant.

Develop a formulation and extraction process for a perfume or cologne made from Sonoran Desert plants. Design a scaled up process for manufacturing this perfume or cologne.

The Metallic Design Team will prepare an Order of Magnitude report as identified in the Scope of Work. The Metallic Design Competition has one guaranteed deliverable with a second deliverable potentially due upon favorable evaluation from the first deliverable. We will refer to the first deliverable as Phase 1 (the Order of Magnitude Study) and Phase 2 (a second project building on the terms of the first deliverable).

The senior design team will work with Quintana Minerals to develop a mining and recovery plan for an underground stoping mine in Mexico.