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The focus of this project is to design an animated orbital prosthesis. Currently, few attempts have been made to create a mechanism, which allows the prosthesis to blink. Our team is to design and later on fabricate a patient model simulator with prosthesis that blinks.
From left to right: Ryan Kimmel, Alison Mcarton, Joel Gaston, Hallie Kreitlow
Working prototype has been completed and tested
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | January 25 | Team was assembled, team roles were assigned |
| 2 | February 1 | Research and brainstorming took place, as well as first version of PDS typed up |
| 3 | February 8 | Developed several preliminary designs, researched materials, first client meeting |
| 4 | February 15 | Continued to develop preliminary designs, began contacting outside resources for assistance |
| 5 | February 22 | Design matrix created, final design decided upon, set up second client meeting |
| 6 | February 29 | Second client meeting, started work on mid-semester report |
| 7 | March 7 | Finished mid-semester report, discussed team goals, presented project to design class |
| 8 | March 14 | Individual work over spring break, gave client ordering information, worked on size scale of deisgn |
| 9 | March 21 | Developed testing plans and protocols, continued work on scale |
| 10 | March 28 | Timeline for fabrication and testing laid out, received prototype components, started preliminary fabrication |
| 11 | April 4 | Tested circuit and basic design, concluded design is not safe for testing or implementation |
| 12 | April 11 | A new design was developed, began fabrication of prototype |
| 13 | April 18 | Finished fabricating prototype, started and finished testing, completed poster |
| 14 | April 25 | Completed final report |
| 15 | May 2 |
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PDS (Feb 8 2008, 93 kb) |
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Mid-Semester Powerpoint Presentation (Mar 7 2008, 2527 kb) |
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Mid-Semester Report (Mar 12 2008, 195 kb) |
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Final Poster (May 2 2008, 7913 kb) |
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Final Report (May 12 2008, 173 kb) |
