Archive from the Spring 2002 semester.

Device for the Olfactory Stimulation of Monkeys

Project Overview.
Group Members.
Project Status.
Project Timeline.
Presentations and Reports.
Contact Information.

Project Overview

Design and implementation of apparatus that provides stimuli to and allow the monkey to choose between different stimuli and be rewarded for the correct choice. Device should be able to be securely attached to cage and readily moveable from cage to cage. All manipulations by monkey should be accessible within the inside surface of cage. Device has potential to be entirely mechanical or combination or mechanical and electrical.

Clients:

Goran Hellekant, Dept. of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences (AHABS)
University of Wisconsin - Madison 1656 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706

Thomas Holmstrom, engineer for Dept. of AHABS, UW-Madison.

Group Members

Kevin Campbell (communications)
Sarah Kolpin (leader)
Wyatt Potter (BWIG)
Heather Shaner (BSAC)

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Project Status

Selected design is currently under construction (indicated in Midsemester Report)

Week	Date	Activities
1	25 January	form teams, select project, contact client
2	1 February	literature search; meet with client
3	8 February	develop understanding of project; develop PDS
4	15 February	brainstorm, visit primate center
5	22 February	brainstorm; evaluate designs
6	1 March	evaluate designs; decide on final design
7	8 March	work on design
8	15 March	Mid-semester presentation (moved up one week!)
9	22 March	SPRING BREAK
10	29 March	work on design
11	5 April	work on design
12	12 April	build prototype
13	19 April	build prototype
14	26 April	build prototype
15	3 May	prepare poster, final paper
16	10 May	Final Poster Presentation
17	17 May	final meetings with advisors

Summary: The project timeline table outlines the dates of scheduled classes for Biomedical Engineering 301 (BME 301), and the expected activities to be accomplished during those periods.

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