WK | Date | Day | Topic & Activity | HW |
1 | 7/1 | Tu | - Orientation
- Facility tour and Lab safety
- Intro to Biomedical Eng. research (~2 hrs)
- Problem solving question: How might we create artificial tissue to solve a medical problem?
| Form a group/ Choose a topic |
| 7/2 | W | - Discussion of research topics (e.g. Artificial heart)
- Research activity: Play dough for tissue anatomy
- Lab 1: SolidWorks design (~ 2 hrs)
| Survey a topic |
| 7/4 | F | - Literature review and market survey
- Develop problem statement/hypothesis
- Lab 2: 3D scanner (~ 2 hrs)
| Literature review |
2 | 7/7 | M | - Braining storming and ideation
- Idea selection and Research planning
- Research design activity
| Brainstorming/ conceptual design |
| 7/9 | W | - Conceptual design I
- Research activity: Design of a prototype
- Lab 3: SolidWorks design II and iteration (~2 hrs)
| Develop detailed design |
| 7/11 | F | - Detailed design I
- Research activity: Design of a prototype
- Lab 4: 3D printing and assembly (~2.5 hrs)
| Iterate design |
3 | 7/14 | M | - Detailed design II
- Design review
- Research design activity: tug of war
- Lab 5: manufacturing via polymer molding (~2.5 hrs)
| Manufacturing |
| 7/16 | W | - Iterate design and planning fabrication
- Lab 6: manufacturing via polymer molding (~2.5 hrs)
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| 7/17 | Th | - Iteration of design I
- Manufacturing (~2.5 hrs)
| Building circuit |
| 7/18 | F | - Fabrication of a prototype
- Design testing method I
- Research design activity
- Lab 7: Circuit building using Arduino kit I (~2.5 hrs)
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4 | 7/21 | M | - Iteration of design II
- Manufacturing (~2.5 hrs)
| Building circuit |
| 7/23 | W | - Fabrication and assembly
- Design testing method II
- Lab 8: Circuit building using Arduino kit II (~2.5 hrs)
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| 7/24 | Th | - Integration and function test
- Research design activity
| Testing |
5 | 7/29 | Tu | - Test and collect data I
- Lab 9 - Cell morphology/viability (~2 hrs)
| Collect data |
| 7/30 | W | - Preparation of presentation
- Test and collect data II
- Review research data I
| Analyze data |
| 7/31 | Th | - Preparation of presentation
- Test and collect data III
- Review research data II
| Analyze data |
| 8/1 | F | | Presentation |
