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To design and build an environmental chamber to be used with a mechanical testing system in order to measure tensile properties, and to be used for measuring creep properties of hydrogels.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | January 24 | Define team roles, outline semester goals. |
| 2 | January 31 | Meet with client, Evaluate Sensitivity of Instron 1000, Plan completion of creep testing system. |
| 3 | February 7 | Order parts for creep chamber, register for BME Symposium, start writing grant proposal. |
| 4 | February 14 | Continue construction of creep/tensile testing system, continue writing grant proposal. |
| 5 | February 21 | Get ADC working, continue machining, grant proposal |
| 6 | February 28 | Finish machining of prototype, prepare presentation. |
| 7 | March 7 | Midsemester Presentation |
| 8 | March 14 | Test creep testing system, continue writing grant proposal, prepare for BME symposium. |
| 9 | March 21 | Incorporate data logging software into creep testing system. |
| 10 | March 28 | Start writing final paper, run some creep tests, |
| 11 | April 4 | Investigate temperature control, continue writing final paper and grant proposal |
| 12 | April 11 | Run more creep tests, continue writing final paper and grant proposal |
| 13 | April 18 | Finish grant proposal, final paper, prepare presentation and poster. |
| 14 | April 25 | Final presentation |
| 15 | May 2 | Final paper due, meeting with advisor |
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Midsemester Presentation 3/7/2003 (Mar 7 2003, 1468 kb) |
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Final Poster 5/2/2003 (May 3 2003, 550 kb) |
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Creep Testing System PDS 5/7/2003 (May 2 2003, 13 kb) |
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Final Paper 5/7/2003 (May 7 2003, 392 kb) |
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AutoCAD drawings of Creep Testing System 5/5/2003(May 5 2003, 240 kb) |
