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To update an existing procedure to make dog-bone stencils, approved by the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), and to test an environmental chamber, built in BME 301, to be used with a mechanical testing system in order to test the mechanical properties of hydrogels including stress, strain and creep.
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From left to right; Darcée Nelson, Charlie Haggart, Gabriel Martinez-Diaz, Michael Piché
Final modifications are being made to the environmental chamber developed last semester to make it compatible with the Instron 1000 mechanical testing machine in room 1313 EH. The prototype of the creep testing apparatus is currently being assembled
Week 1 9/10/2002
Week 2 9/17/2002
Week 3 9/24/2002
Week 4 10/1/2002
Week 5 10/8/2002
Week 6 10/15/2002
Week 7 10/22/2002
Week 8 10/30/2002
Week 9 11/5/2002
Week 10 11/12/2002
Week 11 11/19/2002
Week 12 11/26/2002
Week 13 12/3/2002
Week 14 12/10/2002
| Date | Task |
| 9/4 - 9/10 | Define team roles and outline semester goals |
| 9/11 - 9/17 | Make a schedule for semester, update PDS, and set up meeting with client |
| 9/11 - 9/20 | Testing of existing chamber: temperature stability, seals, visibility, compatibility with Instron 1000 |
| 9/17 - 9/24 | Brainstorm designs for creep testing apparatus and for modifications of chamber for tensile testing |
| 9/25 - 10/17 | Make modifications to chamber for tensile testing, develop and finalize designs of creep testing apparatus |
| 10/14 - 10/17 | Work on mid-semester presentation |
| 10/18 | Mid-semester presentation |
| 10/19 - 11/25 | Update PDMS stencil procedure, obtain more EPON masters, finish/test modifications of chamber for tensile tests, build creep testing apparatus |
| 11/26 - 12/5 | Tensile testing and creep testing / data analysis |
| 11/6 - 12/12 | Preparation of final paper and poster presentation |
| 12/13 | Poster presentation |
| 12/14 - 12/20 | Final meeting with advisor |
Last updated 11/06/2002
Fall 2002 Mid-semester Presentation
Fall 2002 Final Report (12/13/2002)
