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[edit] Megan Kreiger

Megan Kreiger
Megan Kreiger is a Master's student in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering

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Megan Kreiger graduated with a Bachelor's degree from the Department of Mathematical Sciences and a Minor in Psychology focusing on Animal Behavior at Michigan Technological University in 2009.

She graduated in 2012 with a Master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability from the at Michigan Tech. She started the program in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Tech in January 2011. Megan conducted research for her thesis under Dr. Joshua Pearce starting in January 2012 and completed her thesis in one year, while earning her degree and certificate in December 2012.

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[edit] Research Topic:

Main Topic: Improvements for manufacturing from a life cycle analysis perspective.

Sub Topics:

Topic 1: Life cycle analysis of semiconductor recycling in thin film photovoltaic manufacturing

  • Specifically Silane recycling in the a-Si:H process
  • Paper submitted for review


Topic 2: Life cycle analysis of distributed manufacturing vs. centralized manufacturing of plastic products

Orange Juicer

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Water Spout for 2 L bottles

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Topic 3: Distributed recycling of post-consumer plastic waste in rural areas


Side Project: Tensile testing of 3-D printed materials


Additional pages to manage:

XRD protocol

LCA protocol

Tensile tests

RepRap printing protocol


How to set up a webcam to watch your 3D printer (Ubuntu)

Connect usb cord to computer.

Click "Applications" -> Ubuntu Software Center

Search "Cheese" -> Install -> Enter computer password


Wait for install to complete. (You can monitor progress by clicking "In Progress" on the left"

Click "Applications" -> "Sound & Video" -> "Cheese Webcam Booth" This will open up the program for you to see if your webcam is functional.

Ta da!

[edit] 3d Printer Operators & Websites for Printing Tensile Specimen

[edit] Companies:

DeviantArt.com

Group : http://3dprinters.deviantart.com/#

https://www.facebook.com/messages/deviantart


Makerbot

http://support.makerbot.com/anonymous_requests/new

https://www.facebook.com/messages/makerbot

https://twitter.com/makerbot

Users:

http://www.makerbot.com/community/mug/


Makergear

info@makergear.com

https://twitter.com/makergear


Ultimaker - In netherlands

[edit] Fully Assembled RepRaps


sig@ac123dc.com

http://www.bilbycnc.com.au/contact.asp

http://botmill.com/index.php/contacts

http://romscraj.com/carttoo/index.php?route=information/contact Singapore

support@thefutureis3d.com

[edit] RepRap Parts Kits

Full Reprapped Kits

Everything you need with RepRap-printed parts.

Non-RP Kits

Everything you need with parts made other than in a RepRap.

[edit] RepRap Parts Webshops

Lots of people sell RepRap-printed RepRap parts on Ebay.


[edit] Individual operators:

Jerry Nick Dr. Pearce


Do searches for open source 3d printers- there are lots of variants, hit the list serves, blogs, etc.

  • Reprap forum
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