Hey Adhesion Legion, how is everything coming along for the science fair?
Mike
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Science Fair Update
So both teams went to the Region 1 Science Fair yesterday (March 11) and both did really well!
A recap for Adhesion:
The judges provided good criticism, especially the last one, Robert Sanger. It was very obvious that he was qualified to judge the material we presented. However, he basically turned our project upside-down by telling us that compliance has nothing to do with the failure force of an adhesive...so we'll need to talk about that at the UMass meeting on March 18th. I (Nasim), however, will not be able to go next week, so the rest of the team will have to talk about it. The other judges were really impressed that we (high school students) found a creative way to measure failure force through spring compliance. We ended up in 3rd place, a job well done, considering the fact that we're a new group this year!
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Cavitation will post on their blog about their experience. They ended up placing 2nd!
So congratulations to the both of us! Now on to States!
-Nasim Cheraghi
A recap for Adhesion:
The judges provided good criticism, especially the last one, Robert Sanger. It was very obvious that he was qualified to judge the material we presented. However, he basically turned our project upside-down by telling us that compliance has nothing to do with the failure force of an adhesive...so we'll need to talk about that at the UMass meeting on March 18th. I (Nasim), however, will not be able to go next week, so the rest of the team will have to talk about it. The other judges were really impressed that we (high school students) found a creative way to measure failure force through spring compliance. We ended up in 3rd place, a job well done, considering the fact that we're a new group this year!
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Cavitation will post on their blog about their experience. They ended up placing 2nd!
So congratulations to the both of us! Now on to States!
-Nasim Cheraghi
Thursday, January 27, 2011
It's here!
The technician at WNEC School of Engineering finished putting the design together! So, now I'm happy to say that we'll start working with it tomorrow after school! The contraption is shown below and in the DESIGN tab:
(to adherers: we need to think of a name for it)
(to adherers: we need to think of a name for it)
Monday, January 17, 2011
Good News!
So WNEC was kind enough to set up the entire design for us. I planned for the entire group to meet up at WNEC this morning (Jan. 17) to finalize the design with the technician. Unfortunately, no one showed up, so I went by myself...
I cleared up some of the issues the technician had detected with the contraption. I uploaded a new photo of the design under the tab. The technician is going to shrink it to a light-weight and experiment-capable size, which is definitely a positive. Since WNEC and all other colleges are beginning their second semester tomorrow, the technician will be a bit busy. So he predicts that he'll be completed with the work by Friday.
WNEC is gratefully providing us with any additional materials needed to build the contraption.
That's all for now. I'm glad to say that experimenting will likely start next week!
-Nasim
I cleared up some of the issues the technician had detected with the contraption. I uploaded a new photo of the design under the tab. The technician is going to shrink it to a light-weight and experiment-capable size, which is definitely a positive. Since WNEC and all other colleges are beginning their second semester tomorrow, the technician will be a bit busy. So he predicts that he'll be completed with the work by Friday.
WNEC is gratefully providing us with any additional materials needed to build the contraption.
That's all for now. I'm glad to say that experimenting will likely start next week!
-Nasim
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Over Break
Well, I have almost everything for the design. I bought a bar, but it's 48 inches long and I need to get it cut into four 1-foot pieces. My dad is taking it to work and hopefully they'll cut it and drill holes into the bottom so that we can attach it to the plywood. So all we need now are the springs, and eventually to put it together and start testing! (hopefully before the end of the first week of january)
I'm finishing up the powerpoint for friday's presentation. We just need test results for one of the slides. Also a slide for current hypotheses (after experimentation) and future plans of attack.
This was basically just an update.
-Nasim
I'm finishing up the powerpoint for friday's presentation. We just need test results for one of the slides. Also a slide for current hypotheses (after experimentation) and future plans of attack.
This was basically just an update.
-Nasim
Friday, December 3, 2010
The Contraption
So we've received the plexi glass and we have pulleys to use (thanks to Mr. Hill). I'm getting the plywood, springs, and bars over the weekend at Home Depot.
We only need the adhesive.
So we were hoping that UMass could possible send us some PDMS so we could start out with that when we begin testing, which I hope will be soon.
Thanks
-Nasim
We only need the adhesive.
So we were hoping that UMass could possible send us some PDMS so we could start out with that when we begin testing, which I hope will be soon.
Thanks
-Nasim
FOR WAB LAB
Hey guys,
If you could all check out what type of Bromelain you want to buy that would be awesome. I have left some (one) type on the table. If you could do that I can start testing next week. Getting chicken breast will be easy. Also write down what size sample you want to use, etc. I will be up to WAB when I get out of practice. Our practices are short, so if you guys are still here i'll run up!
Thanks guys!
Anthony_
If you could all check out what type of Bromelain you want to buy that would be awesome. I have left some (one) type on the table. If you could do that I can start testing next week. Getting chicken breast will be easy. Also write down what size sample you want to use, etc. I will be up to WAB when I get out of practice. Our practices are short, so if you guys are still here i'll run up!
Thanks guys!
Anthony_
Monday, November 29, 2010
Progress
Well, we've got the design set and the plexi-glass is ordered and on its way. Hopefully that'll arrive soon so that we'll be able to build it.
The new design (which I haven't posted on the blog), involved an upward pull using a pulley system. It'll be easier to picture once I have an image on the blog.
Once the system is built, we'll start testing. But for now, just waiting for the glass. I'll be providing plywood, springs, and other materials, unless someone wants to help?
-Nasim
The new design (which I haven't posted on the blog), involved an upward pull using a pulley system. It'll be easier to picture once I have an image on the blog.
Once the system is built, we'll start testing. But for now, just waiting for the glass. I'll be providing plywood, springs, and other materials, unless someone wants to help?
-Nasim
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