• Please complete the task and either 1) hyperlink to the page in our Appropedia space or 2) email Dr. Pearce and cross off the result
• Update task list every Wednesday by midnight.

Allie

Bas

• nephalometer
  • lit review
• syringe pump control
• help Ravi with thermal paper
• recyclebot operation
• MOST RepRap, animation, Blender animation protocol:MOST
  • paperwork to get access to MTU number crunchers
• learn mech test from Brennan
• print weak elec. material

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• MOST RecycleBot Spooler
• pva recycling
• dual filament extrusion page
• 3d scanner
• resistor wire printing in objects

Ben

Brennan

• Pull tensile samples
• teach Bas mech tests
• Weld HXs - 7/1 Waiting on word from Dave or NY
• Teach Halley welding machine
• document operation/new mods

Buck

• fill out table here Solar photovoltaic ground mounting - start pulling quotes for two 10kW arrays -- we want landscape modules 3 rows and modules ~170W, we want the arrays to have 1 axis adjustable tilt - and ideally from the bottom corner.
  • send quote requests to all companies
  • get collate quotes
• write and RFP for local racking manufacturer
• make line drawing of projected design
• collect quotes for 10kW and 20kW of 170W modules or similar any type of material

Chenlong

• finish PV class write up only on the atmospheric conditions + albedo
• actually get PL setup working.
• build openbeam printer

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• new glass etch - print Dr. Frost - verify - make sure it works on our own for PLA on normal glass

- The best recipe we have is:
- 1. clean slide with ethanol (200 proof is what we used)
- 2. soak in neat  [3-92-aminoethylamino)propyl]trimethoxysilane for 15 min.
- 3. rinse with toluene
- 4. let dry under ambient conditions over night

• 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

Halley

• finish openscad of framed module xwire - send to me
• print plate/test
• print xwire clips
• install at KRC in line of camera, time setup and document KRC data:MOST
• survey of roof racks
• learn laser welder
• lit review on 20 year outdoor polymer testing-- ABS, HDPE, PLA, Polycarbonate -- current printable materials

Jerry

• printer camp
• Syringe pump - Dennis PLOS One/his stuff

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RepRap paper topic target

• nephalometer - water test- David W., sustainability water journal focus on low cost
• MOST 3D platform
  • low cost metal printing-2 papers - rapid prototyping (democratization of 3d metal) and the reprap journal (how to copied from appropedia - non wood bot)
  • Methods paper on evaluating 3D printer materials - Nature/ Nature Materials
  • All materials printer - 3 part turret PLOS One
  • antigravity printing - space fabrication - top space journal?
  • zero waste laser/LED curing - Journal of cleaner production - can also take LCA route with David S.
  • surface finish printing - need killer app for this - then target the app
  • orthotics - with scanner - medical journal w. John
  • Nature -- as a OS 3-D scientific platform: shaker, orbital shaker, mini shake table, particle size sorter, chem reactions, auto pippetter
• Pat chem rxn wear - sci/chem journal
• Printing for Paul
  • methods paper on distributed casting - RepRap Journal
  • metal printer/ metal parts for it
• inkject conductivity --Sci/Nature

Joseph

• make cost comparison chart for IV/solar simulator
• help Mosaic with new depositions

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• 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
• solar powered reprap

Jephias

• finish PV class write up only on the atmospheric conditions with Chenlong
• super computer if you need it
• get Ankit meeting setup

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• Plasmonics for solar cell
• Spin Coater protocol

Nick

• model eye glasses
  • baseline design and print
  • script customization

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• Labjack 2
  • Pat size
• Dr. Frost corner
• finish filter changer case
• nip/pin flip stage
• solar cell probe

Ravi

• construct welder
• fill in method Oscilloscope protocol: MOST
• welding simulation paper outline asap
• revise thermal paper

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• forestry data logger
• Forest service PV system design-- appropedia summary page so others can copy - BOM, wiring, how to access data etc.

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Publications

• paper 1 - Photovoltaic charging of ultracapacitors
  • Ultracapacitors: MOST - methods page, include spec sheets, safety, etc. for using ours.
  • Photovoltaic charging of ultracapacitors literature review - complete lit review
• paper 2 - Open source power electronics for a solar powered internet
  • Solar powered internet methods,
  • Solar powered Internet literature review
  • Generalizable Design guide for small-scale solar photovoltaic applications
• paper 3 - OS thermal design for electronics

Savannah

• MOST first day
• help kit the 3d printers -- ship one to Albania
• set up computer
• create user page on appropedia, learn wiki markup

1. start page
2. customize with photo

Mini projects

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• create an appropedia page on Molecularspace see http://www.molecularspace.org/
• create a appropedia page on Fair trade standards
• fill out table Field-based water quality testing equipment survey
• 100 most popular items at Wal-Mart.

Dr. Pearce

(W= waiting on reply) (add to bottom of list before waiting/triggers)

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Deadlines

• July 15 OSH book chapter
• July 28 printer camp - intro lecture and OpenSCAD lecture
• July 31 final draft book
• Nov. 30th Journal of Visual Languages and Computing - special issue on 3DP Nikolay Mirenkov editor

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grants

• http://www.trb.org/IDEAProgram/IDEAProgram.aspx
• http://www.mtu.edu/research/administration/vpr-office/internal-awards/c2e2/
• https://www.engineeringforchange.org/news/2013/01/11/ten_top_fundraising_platforms.html

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To do

• Calgary - W
• pv annuity - w
• trigger Queens PV -w
• thermal energy -w
• albedo Mac - w
• albedo Chenlong/Jephias - w
• albedo xu/liqiang -w
• pv reprap - w
• turbidity -w

Pending Projects

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_oxygen_demand

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 [1]
• translate code, verify
• run simulations

Open source hardware projects

• for publishing http://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal?show=abstractingIndexing&journalCode=list20
• finish filter wheel
• environmental chamber
• pin/nip flip
• electrode
• TiO2 test cell
• dremel fuge2
• dremel spincoater