{"id":2550,"date":"2015-03-06T17:01:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T21:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2015-03-06T17:01:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T21:01:39","slug":"dual-stage-rockets-tables-of-elements-decals-and-a-wonderful-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2015\/03\/06\/dual-stage-rockets-tables-of-elements-decals-and-a-wonderful-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dual-stage rockets, tables of elements decals, and a wonderful visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone,<\/span><\/p>\n

Now into the halfway mark of the semester, activity is picking up in the 3D Lab for student projects.\u00a0 The Dynamics class builds model rockets this semester based on custom designs, aerodynamic studies, and various fabrication methods (including 3D printing).\u00a0 We are thankful that all three printers are working well; they have been running simultaneously for most of the week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of our students is building a two-stage rocket, creating the design in CAD and building it with our first 3D printer provided by the Laura B. Frick Charitable Trust.\u00a0 It is a modular design with stacking sets of fins to support each engine.\u00a0 The student created interlocking tabs to hold the stages together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Notice the rough plastic on the bottom of the green rocket?\u00a0 This is \u201csupport material\u201d that the printer creates to reach areas that hang in mid-air.\u00a0 This is important as the printer creates objects from the ground-up.\u00a0 After printing, this material snaps off then is placed in plastic bins for recycling into new filament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Morgan uses the vinyl cutter extensively to create window decals for the Periodic Table of Elements.\u00a0 This means well over 110 decals that will adorn the Chemistry Lab.\u00a0 She is our expert with vinyl cutting and assists anyone needing this work done.\u00a0 Please stop-by the lab if you have a project for her!<\/span><\/p>\n

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On Thursday, we had a wonderful visit with representatives from the Laura B. Frick Charitable Trust \u2013 PNC Bank.\u00a0 They expressed interest in seeing the lab\u2019s progress especially since the 3D printing initiative started a year ago.\u00a0 Needless to say, they were quite impressed!\u00a0 We grew from a side table in the T.S.S. office to a dedicated room with teaching area, workspace, and sophisticated makerspace equipment.\u00a0 Many of our students and lab staff were present to relate their activities, experience, and excitement for the lab.\u00a0 We are glad to have earnest support from the community in this endeavor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Sadly, Dusty is no longer among us, as he was abducted by aliens.\u00a0 This is evidenced in the above photo taken just seconds before he vanished.<\/span><\/p>\n

In other exciting news this week, the laser engraver arrived!\u00a0 The maintenance department is busy preparing an area in the 3D Lab for its use.\u00a0 This is no small undertaking as the engraver requires an external exhaust port for smoke and fumes, an air compressor feed to keep materials from being scored\/marred by the laser during engraving, and dedicated power for the engraver and exhaust fan.\u00a0 Thankfully the room has plenty of dedicated circuits, as it was an industrial arts classroom in the past.\u00a0 We already have a lot of laser engraving requests from the College, University, and social organizations in the community, so we are excited about its usefulness.\u00a0 And the students are even more excited than us.\u00a0 Stop-in and take a look!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"3d-printing-news\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

3D printing makes continuous news in the medical field.\u00a0 See how scientists 3D print cartilage to repair damaged windpipes:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/01\/28\/3d-printed-windpipe-cartilage<\/a><\/p>\n

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Printing organs and body parts is no longer the stuff of \u00a0science fiction!\u00a0 Startups in the U.S. are working on printing bits of liver tissue, while a Russian provocateur claims to have on-demand thyroids:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/medium.com\/backchannel\/where-s-my-bioprinted-kidney-already-25d8c2a5d676<\/a><\/p>\n

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Check-back next week for the latest happenings in the UAWC\u00b3 3D Lab; there is always something interesting and new going on.<\/p>\n

Tom<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, Now into the halfway mark of the semester, activity is picking up in the 3D Lab for student projects.\u00a0 The Dynamics class builds model rockets this semester based on custom designs, aerodynamic studies, and various fabrication methods (including 3D printing).\u00a0 We are thankful that all three printers are working well; they have been running simultaneously for most of the week.\u00a0 One of our students is building a two-stage rocket, creating the design in CAD and building it with our first 3D printer provided by the Laura B. Frick Charitable Trust.\u00a0 It is a modular design with stacking sets of fins to support eachRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-tjh1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions\/2586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}