Update Weds April 13 2016 – Aesthetics of Design

Progress! After receiving all the parts, I spent 6 hours straight soldering. The board arrived blank, with a bag of components- all it took was some caffeine, and one late night! https://www.aesdes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_2523.mp4 I’m really excited with how these turned out! While I was debating on a case at first, I’m really glad I decided to…

Ferrofluid Sculpture 4/13

May 2, 2016

Derek Sikora

I have spent the past week attempting to make the ferrofluid glass encasing completely sealed so the ferrofluid has no chance to leak (that would be bad). It has turned out to be a significantly more difficult process then i originally thought. The silicone sealant I am using requires at least 12 hours to cure,…

Progress Update 4/13–The “Electric” Hourglass

May 1, 2016

David Holliman

As mentioned in my last update, my initial concepts of incorporating a plasma globe or electric arc were dissuaded against by Tim May. Moving forward, I am now focusing on creating a light display through use of a centralized object and light source. I intend for the central element to produce an interesting ambient lighting…

Custom Bike 4/19 Update

April 19, 2016

Andre

I’ve made a few changes to my design in the process of manufacturing. All of it is still within the scope of my original intent, but the changes will make the process more straightforward and limit errors. I really want this thing to sit straight (not always be riding to one angle) so I’ve decided…

Stirling Engine Update

April 18, 2016

Nicholas Flood

Student Work, Update Weds April 13 2016, Update Weds April 6 2016

After having some troubles with the 3D printer, I’ve finally gotten some critical parts tweaked and finished. I had to make some updates to the fly wheels so account for the screws that I had. The connecting rods attach much more nicely now with less play. The fly wheels now have a set screw…

Update Joseph Yoshimura- Useless Box (For Week 13)

April 18, 2016

Joseph Yoshimura

Hello all, I doubt that anyone has been following my progress with a great deal of anticipation and attention, but if there is anyone that has been doing so, I apologize for not posting more updates the past few weeks. I have been making progress, but it has been very very slow. However, I do feel…

Alcohol Stove Update 4/13/16

April 17, 2016

Kenzy O'neill

Unfortunately, I am still very sick with some sort of bacterial infection and have been in bed with a fever for the last two weeks. As a result of my sickness, I have made no progress on my project and have nothing new to show you all. Hopefully within the next couple days these antibiotics…

Wind Chime update

April 17, 2016

Jacob Mccormick

Since the last post I have calculated the hanging length for each pipe (length from the end to drill the hole by which the pipe will be strung up) and machined those holes in the shop. I also started, or tried to start drilling the hole pattern for the top plate but ran into trouble.…

Updates

April 16, 2016

Dennis Can

I haven’t had much time to work on my project this week. I spent a few hours getting the inside of the LCD portion shaped and symmetrical. I lasercutted an acrylic piece to fit inside. Once I fill in the gaps I will spray paint some primer or possibly leave it as it is to…

Radial Engine Update

April 15, 2016

Brendan Warren

I had some issues posting (my house internet went out) and then senior design pulled me away for two days, so I’m posting a little late. Sorry! My project is done…ish. Everything is machined and assembled, but the motor doesn’t work. The issue lies within the timing system. Basically, I tried to cut corners to…

LED Orb 4/13

April 15, 2016

Shawn Sprinkle

This past week I’ve mainly worked on the circuitry and coding, nothing too exciting. I’ve also made a few changes to the CAD which I will be 3D printing and doing final testing next week. From here on out I just need to integrate all the working parts which will most likely require redesigning a…

Bladeless Fan update 4/13

April 15, 2016

Brandon Boiko

I don’t have much to update, other than I have began printing and it will take approximately 30 hours to finish. Once it is complete I can put my parts in to a bath to remove all filler material (which may take a day or two). Afterwards I can finalize the parts with some post…

Pearl Progress 4/13

April 15, 2016

Elyse Skinner

lasercut, LEDs, light, map, pearl, progress

I made a lot of progress on my project this last weekend and am about to make even greater strides tomorrow and this weekend. This last weekend I laser cut all of my pieces out, the map and the pieces to create the 3D buildings. Then I spent time cleaning them all off in preparation…

Infinity mirror update 04/13

April 14, 2016

Yusen Ji

Since I have finished majority of the project for the last three weeks. For this week, I am trying to find a better aesthetics that fits my project. For right now, I would like to apply the traditional Chinese porcelain into my infinity mirror. I am trying to use some oil-based light blue paint to…

Weekly Update – Wednesday, April 13th

April 14, 2016

Joseph Graff

Over the course of this project, I have considered time and time again doing something which I am entirely unsure of how it will be received: contacting the designer of the project which inspired my own. Jakub Pollág is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, and is the co-founder of Studio…

Project Update 4/13 | Peter

April 13, 2016

Peter Brunsgaard

I have spent the last week designing the rest of the parts for my mendocino motor. A big hurdle was that my 3D printer has been acting up and a large part of my design is dependent on printed parts. This has greatly hindered my progress this week. I have all the parts that I…

4-13-16 Coffee Brewer Update

April 13, 2016

Ben Yorkey

A lot of progress has been made on the build of the coffee brewer. I bought all the materials that we’d need over the weekend and started building early this week. Started by cutting the wood planks down to size. Then cut out slots for some L-Brackets to help support the weight of the water,…

Building the Sand Picture Frame 🙂 (April 13th update)

April 13, 2016

Aly Badran

frame, Picture, Sand, Silicone

Last week was a lot of purchasing, planning, designing and prototyping but no building, this week I have been mostly building. I am glad I started because I ran into a lot of issues with my build and I think I am close to solving them. I started by putting the two glass pieces together…

April 13 update

April 13, 2016

Sophia Glik

The wood arrived and I started the building process. I glued the 7 ply layers together. (Shout out to my minion Tyler for helping me frantically glue and place the layers together evenly before the glue set). I ordered the wood normal cut, normal cut, cross cut, core cut, cross cut, normal cut, normal cut.…

Barn Door Progress 4/13

April 13, 2016

Laura Bonney

The barn door is coming along. The pallet boards are painted and wood for the frame has been acquired. I am still playing with ideas for the back of the door, and nothing solid yet. The weight is still a big concern so I will be looking for wheels to place on the bottom for…

Bamboo Cafe Bike 4/13 Update

April 13, 2016

Daniel Moody

Well I have run into some hiccups for the bamboo bicycle. I ordered some extra nice bamboo specifically selected, cured, and double butted for strength and bike building however when it came in on Monday it arrived cracked. AHHHH!!!! With the switch in materials I am in a bit of a time crunch. I quickly…

MIDI Drum Pad 4/13/16

April 13, 2016

Jakob Oreskovich

I spent most of week trying to figure out what was wrong with my original code. Like I was talking about in my last post, whenever I strike one of the drum pads, the light will either stay on, or flash on and off at the rate that my void loop() takes to cycle. What…

Weekly Update (4/13)

April 13, 2016

Katie Hortik

With the expo in a little over a week I have been moving beyond prototyping. I have been making my designs with cardboard to prototype. This week my head pins finally arrived and I cut my designs out of acrylic. I have also determined that I will be cutting scrapbook paper using the laser cutter…

Swing Bike Update 4/13

April 13, 2016

Brendan Lee

I’ve been able to get some cutting done this week, some in the machine shop, some at home with my borrowed hacksaw and angle grinder. I just have 3 more cuts before I’m able to start prepping the tubes for welding, which should get done after my System Dynamics test tomorrow. I also sourced some…

Update April 13th-Fiber Optic Jellyfish

April 13, 2016

Brittany Warly

Good news is my project is complete! I had a goal of finishing up this project before Spring Break, which wasn’t possible due to some issues I had with getting the sensor working. I trudged away and worked really hard the past month on the photosensor and finally got it to behave the way I…

Progress! Desk Garden Update

April 13, 2016

Ashley Zimmerer

concrete, desk, garden, messy, plastic

I made the structure! Yay! It was super frustrating and took way too long, but I did it. Let me tell you the story with pictures and several words… I coated the mold for the base with WD-40. WD-40. Nothing seems wrong yet… Then I mixed up a batch of fast setting concrete. This stuff…

Project Update: Glass Writing Boards – April 13

April 13, 2016

Matthew Sturm

While I am still being affected by the big setback of waiting to have another meeting set up with facilities, my prototyping efforts have paid off! Use this link to see the details about this prototype introduced last week. To reiterate, for this prototype, I used an old about-to-be recycled metal picture frame. New Additions:…

Rankin Progress Update 3

April 13, 2016

Daniel Rankin

This week, I spent some time cutting and gathering branches for the wall, then weaving them together out in the yard. I only got enough branches to make a single panel because I underestimated the number of boughs I would need, but I’m thinking I might end up just making one of these pieces instead of…

Infinity Mirror Clock Update

April 13, 2016

Rachel Grosskrueger

So now that the majority of my project is complete, all I have left to work on is improving the visibility of the clock when the LEDs are off. What I am currently working on is painting on a glow powder that is supposed to glow for 12+ hours after enough exposure to light. The…

Cafe Racer Update April 13

April 13, 2016

Chad Alvarez

Unfortunately I still have some work to do but luckily I still have a week to get it done. I have been shopping around Boulder and found a few shops that sell tan grips similar to my tan seat. I also found some nice leather wraps that I can wrap the bars in myself if…

Lugged Bike Frame Update

April 13, 2016

Albert Como

Finally in the project’s end game. There is a very good chance this will be done on time. The last of adhesive testing is done. My blend of epoxies is good for a shear strength of over 3000 psi. Given the smallest overlap is 2 inches, the weakest compressive/tensile link in the frame is 6000…

Sami’s Update 4/13

April 13, 2016

Samantha Maierhofer

This week I finally saw my project start to come together with the LEDs. Unfortunately, cutting and rebuilding the LED strip ended up being a lot more tedious than I initially anticipated as the solder did not want to cooperate and there was a lot more soldering that needed to be done that I initially…

Levitation Audio Visualizer Update

April 12, 2016

Student Test

This past week was spent gathering the last of the loose ends before assembly. I purchased all the required fasteners, pipe clamps, fans, tubes, and the remaining electronic components. I was nervous about some components that were shipping from China, but luckily those arrived over the weekend. One of the items I was waiting on was the power…

Mechanical Buffalo – 4-13-16 Update

April 12, 2016

Sreyas Krishnan

Ralphie IV lives!!!!! *MIC DROP* *** Ralphie V is currently printing. In real life, the current Colorado Buffalo is Ralphie V. Therefore, this is the final design iteration :). I have made some minor adjustments to improve the toy’s ability to be assembled. As you can see, I’ve added arrows to depict the correct orientation…

4/13 Update Wind Turbine

April 12, 2016

Christopher Coffman

Since my post last week, I haven’t made much progress on this project. I am planning on completing the housing for the motor and hub over the weekend, as I will have plenty of time to do so. I am still troubleshooting the electronics portion of the turbine, but that should be completely ready and…

Wine Knife (almost there)

April 12, 2016

Ryan Yankowsky