In the last week, we were able to finally finish making our final cervical models!!! With a lot of hard work, we were able to print 16 models (4 normal, 4 cystic, 4 precancerous, 4 cancerous) using the new Ninjaflex filament to make the models more realistic. I am...
This has been a very exciting week!!! On Monday we finished up our models that we wanted to present to Dr. Schmeler. Tuesday we walked over to the BRC in the morning and presented four variations of each of the four stages of cervical cancer that our client had asked...
After our long fourth of July weekend, we continued making our medium fidelity prototypes in preparation for our meeting with Sonia Parra. In an email to Sonia, we included the pictures of the different models we had made. She expressed that the cervical models we...
After deciding that our final solution would consist of four plastic cervices that use temperature sensitive pigment as the color changing mechanism, we began using three methods of prototyping. In the past week we have made more than 30 cervical models. We began by...
After meeting with our client, Sonia Parra, we learned more about our project. The goal of our project is to make a model cervix that can change colors to indicate the presence of cervical cancer. My team has spent a lot of time this week researching cervical cancer....
This week, we spent most of our time prototyping for our anteater enrichment devices. After using several screening matrices and a scoring matrix, our team selected a clear, three compartment fence tube as the final design. We had a lot of fun trying to bring our...
On the first day of SEED we all didn’t really know much about each other. So of course the first thing we did was a bunch of icebreakers to introduce ourselves. I learned that we had students from different parts of the U.S., Malawi and Brazil. One of the best bonding...