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Flow: Scaling Flow Surface Preparation and Growing the Market for Ultra-High Pressure Waterjets

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2015

Student Team

  • Shrikant Chothave – Master of Supply Chain Management
  • Ray Gonzalez – Master of Business Administration
  • Zach Mandell – EGL (BSE/MSE Industrial and Operations Engineering)

Faculty Advisors

  • Albert Shih College of Engineering
  • Brian Wu Ross School of Business

A Tauber team helped American Industrial Partners evaluate growth opportunities for Flow Surface Preparation’s ultra high pressure waterjet technology. Through market research, customer interviews, and comparisons with abrasive surface preparation methods, the team clarified the technology’s value proposition and identified promising customer segments to guide market development and commercial growth.