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The purpose of this project is to establish a procedure to make tension stencils, approved by the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), and to design and build an environmental chamber to be used with a mechanical testing system in order to test the mechanical properties of hydrogels.
Team Members: Garbriel Martinez-Diaz, Darcee Nelson, and Christy Palmer
Client: Weiyuan
John Kao, Ph.D.
Advisor: Mark Nicosia
This week, we plan to assemble our prototype. On friday, May 10th, we will present our prototype and give our poster presentation.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
| Dates | Activities |
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1/21 - 2/8
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Meet with client, begin info searches, and visit other labs on campus |
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2/9 - 2/15
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Research, brain storming, and develop PDS for stencil procedure |
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2/16 - 3/8
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Establish procedure to make stencils, develop PDS and preliminary design for envioronmental chamber |
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3/8
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Go to lab to make another stencil |
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3/9 - 3/14
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Prepare mid-semester paper and presentation |
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3/16 - 3/22
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Implement any changes for stencil procedure suggested by advisor and client |
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3/23 - 4/5
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Brainstorm ideas for environmental chamber design |
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4/6 - 4/18
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Develop design for environmental chamber |
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4/19 - 4/26
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Plan construction of design and finalize details |
| 4/27 - 5/3 | Build environmental chamber |
| 5/4 - 5/9 | Test environmental chamber, prepare final poster presentation and paper |
| 5/10 | Final poster presentation |
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5/14
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Final meeting with advisor |
Presentations
Midsemester
Presentation (3/15/02)
End-of-Semester Poster Slides (5/10/02)
Reports
Midsemester Report
(3/15/02)
End-of-Semester Report (5/10/02)
PDS
Environmental Chamber and Stencil Procedure PDS (last updated 3/8/02)
Please contact us with any questions!
Garbriel Martinez-Diaz (communication
liason, BSAC)
Christy Palmer (team leader)
Darcee Nelson (webmaster)
