Week
1
Work Done on Project: I am working with another undergrad student on a project that will study natural convection heat transfer on a discrete heat source. We are using a project originated by a graduate student in 1998. The apparatus has been cleaned and assembled by Stephanie, (the other under grad) and she will be testing one of the boards created by the originator of the project. I will be designing a board to be tested in the cold plate apparatus as well. My board will be made of an insulating material called Renshape that will be about 1 inch think. At the center of the board will be the 1" X 1" heater. The board will have approximately 31 thermo couples attached to it. This week I am taking measurements and creating the basic design for the board. I am going to try to design it in Auto Cad for the experience.
Projected Future Difficulties : I am going to attempt to design my board on Auto Cad, but I am not that familiar with the program so it may not actually get done that way. I also will be machining the material myself. I am welcomed into the AME machine shop (thanks to Dr. Bickle) so I am pretty sure that I can handle it, but this will be my first machining project. I am really mainly concerned that my measurements are accurate.
New science Learned: I have learned quite a bit about the different kinds of heat transfer. Also the relationship between materials abilities to conduct heat and electricity. I am working with a really cool material called Renshape. It's very woodlike and an excellent insulator, also it is very easy to machine.
New Contacts Gained: I am working with several under graduate student currently. Although we meet with the graduate students and Dr. Ortega on Mondays, I haven't have a lot of experience working with them yet. So here are some of my favorite people this week:
This is Seth Pleskach. Seth is
junior mechanical engineering major who had been working in Dr.
Ortega's lab for a couple of semesters now. Seth knows everything!
where is it? how do I get it? who do I see? ask Seth!
This is Stephanie Rodriguez.
Stephanie is also a junior majoring in mechanical engineering.
Stephanie was awarded the NASA Space Grant last year and has been
working in Dr. Ortega's lab ever since. She's my hero.
This is Bryan Hassell. Bryan is a
junior/senior mechanical engineering major. Not only is Bryan extremely
helpful, but he's always smiling. Really! I defy anyone to see him not
smiling.
I've met several graduate students and a couple other undergrads briefly, one of the under grads that I met the other day was Ben. Ben was an REU student last summer and got back on with Dr. Ortega this summer.
Not shown are two of my favorite contacts so far. They are Jim and Dimitri in the machine shop. They are the best, I don't know if they would let me take thier picture though.
Oh and you know this guy:
Work Done on Project: I am working with another undergrad student on a project that will study natural convection heat transfer on a discrete heat source. We are using a project originated by a graduate student in 1998. The apparatus has been cleaned and assembled by Stephanie, (the other under grad) and she will be testing one of the boards created by the originator of the project. I will be designing a board to be tested in the cold plate apparatus as well. My board will be made of an insulating material called Renshape that will be about 1 inch think. At the center of the board will be the 1" X 1" heater. The board will have approximately 31 thermo couples attached to it. This week I am taking measurements and creating the basic design for the board. I am going to try to design it in Auto Cad for the experience.
Projected Future Difficulties : I am going to attempt to design my board on Auto Cad, but I am not that familiar with the program so it may not actually get done that way. I also will be machining the material myself. I am welcomed into the AME machine shop (thanks to Dr. Bickle) so I am pretty sure that I can handle it, but this will be my first machining project. I am really mainly concerned that my measurements are accurate.
New science Learned: I have learned quite a bit about the different kinds of heat transfer. Also the relationship between materials abilities to conduct heat and electricity. I am working with a really cool material called Renshape. It's very woodlike and an excellent insulator, also it is very easy to machine.
New Contacts Gained: I am working with several under graduate student currently. Although we meet with the graduate students and Dr. Ortega on Mondays, I haven't have a lot of experience working with them yet. So here are some of my favorite people this week:
This is Seth Pleskach. Seth is
junior mechanical engineering major who had been working in Dr.
Ortega's lab for a couple of semesters now. Seth knows everything!
where is it? how do I get it? who do I see? ask Seth!This is Stephanie Rodriguez.
Stephanie is also a junior majoring in mechanical engineering.
Stephanie was awarded the NASA Space Grant last year and has been
working in Dr. Ortega's lab ever since. She's my hero.This is Bryan Hassell. Bryan is a
junior/senior mechanical engineering major. Not only is Bryan extremely
helpful, but he's always smiling. Really! I defy anyone to see him not
smiling.I've met several graduate students and a couple other undergrads briefly, one of the under grads that I met the other day was Ben. Ben was an REU student last summer and got back on with Dr. Ortega this summer.
Not shown are two of my favorite contacts so far. They are Jim and Dimitri in the machine shop. They are the best, I don't know if they would let me take thier picture though.
Oh and you know this guy: