Week 4:


This week we received the load cells for the construction of the table top stress gauge.  There was also a discussion on what the best method of design for the gauge would be, and that is using Lego NXT.  This was decided to be the best option due to a few factors.  Using a kawabota machine would be the best option due to its great accuracy, but our group does not have access to it.  K'Nex could also be used to design the table top tester, but we have never programmed them before, and the materials would be harder to access.  Because of these reasons NXT would be the best due to the ease of acquiring parts and the familiarity with programming.

Lynn and Denisse have taken their lab safety tests online, so they can electrospin the fibers in week 5.  We have decided to create between 3-5 fibers depending on the way they spin in the lab.  The plan is to have the electrospinning done by week 6.