The last week of SEED truly came upon us too quickly. All of a sudden, we were giving final presentations, concluding our documentation, and boxing up our projects to be handed back to Dr. Wettergreen. The A-Wrist-Ocrats had a very successful week, highlighted by our...
It’s hard to believe that there’s only one week of SEED left, with only three working days remaining. With the program’s closure, our team is also entering the final stretch. This week, we fabricated our final design for testing purposes, pictured...
With the ring measurement block finalized, the A-Wrist-Ocrats tackled the wrist and forearm attachment mechanisms this week. We screened and scored our brainstormed ideas and independently came to two similar solutions: a clamping mechanism for each of the remaining...
A measurement mechanism at last! That’s right, this week my team was finally able to test all of our rotation measurement mechanisms and pick one: the internal tab mechanism shown below. We decided on our choice after a decent amount of testing. First, we...
It’s hard to believe that 3 weeks of SEED are already over; we’re almost halfway done with the internship! The thought brings mixed feelings to my mind. For one, this means that the international students from Malawi and Brazil who I have become good...
To start the week off, we wrapped up our engineering design boot camp and concluded out anteater projects… for now. As it turns out, our prototypes exceeded expectations and they might be tested at the zoo in the near future. I loved the design we came up with...
Week 1 is already over (gasp!) and I think I’m starting to adjust to the SEED lifestyle. We’ve started out by reviewing the engineering design process and applying it to a mock project, an enrichment device for anteaters at the zoo. While the material is a...