SOC
About
SOC(Small Oil-Spill Cleaner) is a leading provider of cutting-edge technology, offering scalable solutions for companies of all sizes. Founded by a group of friends who started by scribbling their ideas on a piece of paper, we offer an innovative emergency response solution to untimely oil spill accidents.
We built our solution by heeding the advice of esteemed professors and a knowledgable coast guard to not only meet oil spill demands but also to go above and beyond expectations. We know how burdensome oil spill cleanups can be but we're here to make the process simple and inexpensive. Get in touch today to learn more about how the SOC can protect the environment we all cherish by swiftly recovering your spilled oil.
Mission
Our goal is to efficiently clean oil spills forming sheens in maritime environments. The preservation of wildlife and minimization of destruction caused by oil spills is of utmost importance to our team.
Through hard work and determination, we will ensure that SOC becomes the primary emergency response solution to oil spills by outperforming all of our competitors' products. With SOC, a future with clean oceans is no longer impossible.
Literature Review
The Environmental Protection Agency provides an abundance of resources regarding the properties of oil and behavior of oil in marine environments after spillage. Current existing solutions to oil spills such as booms, skimmers, chemical dispersants, and onsite burning all have glaring issues. These solutions either take exceedingly long to deploy or are extremely harmful to the environment. Specifically, chemical dispersants and onsite burning poison not only marine life but also those who endeavor to clean oil spills. Our product not only is completely safe for every party involved, but is also quickly deployable.
We drew much of our inspiration from generic oil absorbent pads, Space X's Starlink satellite folding mechanism, and BYU's compliant mechanism research lab. Starlink provided insight for creating a linearly retracting prototype with smooth folding. BYU's research provided insight into the utility of at once maximizing and minimizing surface area in a folding design.
