About Me
- My name is Aubrey Woern
- I am a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student at Michigan Technological University. I am the current president of the Open Source Hardware Enterprise. I am also on the Extruder (Recyclebot v5) build team and in charge of the internal 3D print service.
Enterprise
Semester 1 Spring 2016 Ford College Community Challenge Project:
This semester I have been working with Joseph McCaslin on the Filament Extruder for the Ford College Community Challenge Project. To date we have constructed 1 of the 3 total extruders and have begun testing with PLA plastic. We started off with a design from the Michigan Tech Open Source Technology lab run by Dr. Joshua Pearce called the Recyclebot V4.0ac. So far we have changed the nozzle from 1.6 mm to 2.00 mm to make it easier to get a consistent 1.75 mm diameter. We are also using a new hopper design to reduce areas where pellets could potentially get stuck. Future improvements include new downfield equipment such as a different puller and spooler. We also want to use band heaters instead of the NiChrome wire for the ease of installation. Next semester we will continue this project with the hope to extrude recycled PET and failed prints.
Semester 2 Fall 2016 This semester I led the Enterprise Classify a http://www.appropedia.org/Recyclebot_v5.0
Interests
I have a heavy interest in Open Source technology especially with 3D printing. I also have interests in quadcopters and alternative energy.
Experience
I have had two summer internships since I've started college at The Viking Corporation that involved design and fabrication of Fire Protection Sprinklers. Last summer I built two RepRap printers, one for me and one for a friend of mine. With my printer I printed an FPV racing quadcopter that I wired and soldered myself.