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MUSHMA

TT
School of Engineering
and Design

EEA_6_009
Innovation and Enterprise 2014-15
Project 1
Innovators:
Ahmed Shehab
Younis Arif
Dashti
Adel Al-Enazi

Mohammed Lawa
Sukainah

MUSHMA
TT
Double Diamond
Mushmat
t

Cleaning
up an oil
spill

Mohammed Lawa

Interested Topics

Mohammed Lawa

MUSHMA
TT

MUSHMA
TT

Time Boxing
Week No
Week 2:
3rd
October

Group formation, logging groups into Moodle, carrying out individual


inventories for the group member. Whatsapp Group created for virtual
communication.

Week 3:
10th
October

Diamond 1: Mind map with listed of topics.


Further research carried out in interested topics .

Week 4:
17th
October

Diamond 1: Narrowing the topics.


Oil Spill was chosen as a hot topic after meeting with Dr. P. Diaz.

Week 5:
24th
October

Magnetizing the
oil

Week 6:
31th
October

Started writing the report.

Week 7:
7th
November

Making the Presentation slides and writing the report.

Mohammed Lawa

Bloomers

Mushrooms

MUSHMA
TT

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

The Main Issue: Oil Spills

Sukainah Dashti

Form of pollution

Caused by accidents
involving pipelines,
tankers and drilling rigs

Occur mostly in marine


areas, but can also
occur on land

Take weeks, months and


even years to clean up

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

MUSHMA
Effect on TT
Environment

Abolishes marine
environment

Destroys marine life

Threat to birds

Affects economies

Sukainah Dashti

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

MUSHMA
Oil Spills inTT
History

Gulf of Mexico oil spill, 20102013

Sukainah Dashti

The oil spill from Sunken Ferry,


Philippines 2013

MUSHMA
TT
Existing
solutions
Let the oil break-down

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection

Idea Communication

naturally
Advantages- No cost
Disadvantages - Long time ,
Environment damaging
Contain the spill using
bloomers
Advantages - Cheap
Disadvantages -no effective
in aggression water

Younis Arif

MUSHMA
TT
Existing
solutions
Add biological / dispersants

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection

Idea Communication

agents to the spill


Advantages- Oil is dispersed from
surface
Disadvantages Damage
environment from chemicals

Setting oil on fire


Advantages - most quickest method ,
Cheap
Disadvantages Hazardous to
atmosphere , globe warming, waste of
resource

Younis Arif

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

MUSHMA
TT
Brain storm diagram
Controlled
burning

Skimmer
Bloomers
s

Sponge

Magnetising
the oil with
Nano particles
Floating
Separatio
n plant

OIL SPILL
CLEAN-UP
Renewabl
e energy

Mushroom
s

Younis Arif

Carbon
Compound

Mushroo
m Matts

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

MUSHMA
TT
Mushrooms

Absorb oil

Tolerant to salt
water and able to

float on water

Adel Al-Enazi

Eco-friendly source

Can be grown at an
exponential rate

Decontaminant

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

MUSHMA
Scientific TT
facts

Fungal roots of mushroom


called mycelia

Spreading outward to
create underground cells
which penetrate the soil

Mycelium produces
enzymes and acid that
can significantly
disintegrate and break
down the hydrocarbon
and pollutants

Adel Al-Enazi

MUSHMA
TT

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

Mush-Matt
I.

Stacking
mushrooms
within a net.
II. Allow the
mushrooms to
float on the
surface.
III. Can be used
onshore and
offshore.

Ahmed Shehab

Netted
matt

Mushroom
bedding

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection
Idea Communication

Ahmed Shehab

MUSHMA
TT
Experiment

Problem Definition
Idea Generation
Idea Selection

MUSHMA
TT

Idea Communication

Conclusion
Often

the simplest object can hold the


solution to a complex issue.
Mushrooms are the environment for the
environment.
Mush-matt is a valid method to clean up
spills.
Team work is vital to problem solving.

Ahmed Shehab

MUSHMA
TT

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