- Please complete the task and either 1) hyperlink to the page in our Appropedia space or 2) email Dr. Pearce and
cross offthe result - Update task list every Wednesday by midnight.
Allie
- get spooler setup, MOST RecycleBot Spooler - list BOM, instructions
- graph your data box plots
- paper draft,
- try PLA pellet extrusion
- process a bunch of HDPE, measure time it takes to do things, talk to Megan
- and make a bunch of filament
- work on printing
- start project/lit page -- start filling this in as you go Recyclebot - take pictures etc.
- make table in project page with polymers and melting point ranges
- Finish Life cycle analysis of polymer recycling literature review and Waste plastic extruder: literature review
- Thermocouple measurements protocol: MOST
Ben
- start Effects of electric fields on amorphous silicon literature review -- use the following to guide you: [1]
instructions for combining objects to print- print probes
print ultracap holders
Brad
- Help build system
- Fill in MBE_protocol:MOST
Brennan
- Dial in laser speed and current
- modulate laser power and time for line and spot welds
New motors for axis - higher torquePermanently installMotor driver chips-solder piggyback or use higher current chipsStill need more current?Triple stack?- Confirm tensile test parameters with printed samples
- Work with Megan to print more tensile bars
Chenlong
new glass etch - print Dr. Frost- ALD lit search Atomic layer deposition literature review
- finish Open-source photoluminescence system
- spectrometer Open source spectrometer:MOST
- MBE_protocol:MOST
- finish InGaN lit review InGaN material characterization literature review
- reprap chemistry
Joseph
- QE protocol:MOST
- help brennan
- MBE_protocol:MOST
- finish InGaN lit review - focus on devices --InGaN photovoltaics literature review
- write up Hall Effect protocol:MOST, post spreadsheet Dr. Moran
- open source charge controller
- set up biweekly meeting slc
Jephias
get report from Megan -- finish - put in your stuff and stack write TS report - ellipsometery
- finish metamaterials, perfect absorber lit review
- review article
learn ellipsometry- check complete protocol page- learn how to change stages -- document!
- Plasmonics for solar cell
Mac
- Figure out why the spectrum intensity does not match the paper
- generate spectrum for different locations/seasons
- Look at weather data for cloud data. (Idea being that some locations might have more cloudy days effecting the yearly spectrum)
- Generate spectrum for various cloud formations
- Find better water albedo data
- Figure out how to format data for use in code
- refine material picks
- Go over theory, match calculations in code to variables and equations
- experimental design
- Research Outline/Summary
- calibrate reptile light
Megan
XRD
- XRD_(X-ray_Diffraction)_protocol:_MOST
- Need to add picts to page.
RepRap
- Literature review - RepRap Mechanical Testing Literature Review add standards
- write Tensile test protocol: MOST
- Put build documentation on project page - Mechanical testing of polymer components made with the RepRap 3-D printer
- Do mech testing -- prints for base tests
Thesis forms/etc
- Committee
- Pearce, Shonnard, Hackney
- Thesis
- Silane (Finished)
- MRS - Print vs. conventional Paper (Short finished, long needs work)
- MRS - Rural recycling paper (Short finished, long needs work)
- Tensile test of 3D prints
- Forms [2]
- Dates:
- 2 wks before Defense (Approx. Nov 30)- Pre-Defense Form (Day, Time, Place for Defense) [3]
- 2 wks before Defense (Approx. Nov 30)- Submit Draft to Graduate School/Committee [4]
- Dec 14th - Defense
- Dec 15th - Graduation
- Dec 10th - Within one week before submitting Final Thesis [5]
- Dec 17th - Final Thesis by 4PM
- Dec 17th - Before 4PM (Immediately after defense) Report on Final Oral Examination [6]
- Dec 21st - Complete Final Degree Requirements by 4PM & Degree Completion Form?[7]
- Open source LCALife cycle analysis tools
Ravi
- fix pv+internet paper
- o
rder list for welder - put lab in order elec
- welding simulation
- forestry data logger
- Forrest service PV system design-- appropedia summary page so others can copy - BOM, wiring, how to access data etc.
- Photovoltaic charging of ultracapacitors literature review - complete lit review
- Photovoltaic charging of ultracapacitors - project page
- Ultracapacitors: MOST - methods page, include spec sheets, safety, etc. for using ours.
Publications
- paper 1 - Photovoltaic charging of ultracapacitors
- paper 2 - Open source power electronics for a solar powered internet
- paper 3
Rodrigo
- Open-source environmental chamber
- MOST RecycleBot Spooler - list BOM, instructions
- BOM
- lit review
Dr. Pearce
(W= waiting on reply) (add to bottom of list before waiting/triggers)
- figure out about thesis publishing
Deadlines
- dec 14 megan defense
- dec 15 ha paper
- feb 4 http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC39/pages/technical_program-call_for_papers.php
- feb 7 uofT visit
- feb 19 wfl nsf http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=501027
- march 1 example chap
- July 31 final draft
grants
- http://www.trb.org/IDEAProgram/IDEAProgram.aspx
- http://www.mtu.edu/research/administration/vpr-office/internal-awards/c2e2/
To do
- rewrite PL/ellip
- PVT dispatch
- outline open science
- finish/submit lca distribute recycling - w
- pv off grid - w
- pv annuity - w
- exergy -w
- fuel cell - W
- trigger Queens PV
- Salt 2 - w
- nano redo?
- Enterprise - W
Pending Projects
open design
- Build MakerScanner http://wiki.makerbot.com/makerscanner-building - fix light holder
- Set up Duel Boot on Netbook
- Learn Open Scad http://www.openscad.org/
- elaborate on Literature Search - feed Development_and_feasibility_of_applications_for_the_RepRap_3-D_printer
- purchase foam board and make measurement lines
- put together protocol for makerscanner to open source cad package --
- work on openscad designs
spectral pv
- Literature Search (Read Literature from Rob's work)
- Effects of spectral albedo on photovoltaic devices
- write SBDART protocol: MOST also see if we need to use this [8]
- translate code, verify
- run simulations
Open source hardware projects
- for publishing http://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal?show=abstractingIndexing&journalCode=list20
- finish filter wheel (work with Rodrigo)
- environmental chamber
- pin/nip flip
- electrode
- TiO2 test cell
- dremel fuge2
- dremel spincoater