Week Seven

Week Seven: Materials McGuyver

This week is an in between week as we finalize the last demonstrator, the brass ball and hoop model, and start on the final drafted paper and presentation. The water bottle demonstration and the atomic structure model have been drafted and created; the last thing left to do is test the electric current on the brass ball and hoop model against butane torch heating to figure out which is more time-efficient. While the butane torch would be more dangerous, it is more timely and reliable than the induction heating method that was considered earlier. We will not resort to the open flame approach unless our group has to -- the induction heating method will be tested later this week, seeing as the coil has to be rewound to fit the brass ball.

The informational sheets have been increased to three; one for each demonstration. They are also almost finished, and will be completed during lab time this week and printed at a later date. This week the first draft of the final paper was due; a link to view it can be found at the bottom of this post. The project is almost finished and has come together nicely; the PowerPoint presentation will be started this week during lab as well and we will have to start looking into booking a room on campus open to the public to present our design project.


Click here to view the finished first draft of the final paper!