Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Fabrication and testing of mechanical stirrer in progress.
Fabrication and testing of ultrasonic bath attachment in progress.
Workspace setup in progress at the sponsors facility.
Research has been done on enzymatic processes and vial material composition.
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Plan of action made with sponsor to obtain and store tissue samples for the purposes of our research. Lab procedure and safety training to be scheduled this week.
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Have a usable amount of tissue samples stored and ready to process.
Perform training tasks at sponsors lab
Perform at least one experiment with tissue.
Research Flow Cytometry
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
The sponsor verbally indicated that the tissue samples, enzymes and lab equipment will all be provided by his lab. Any special training needed to work in the lab will also be provided. (4/12/2018)
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Professor Gillett verbally indicated that we should be extremely careful when dealing with human tissue samples. Special training will most certainly be needed. (4/12/2018)
We will meet with our sponsor on Thursday 1pm to discuss the status of the tissue sample collection and lab training.
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
During our presentation a student advised that a process known as “Flow Cytometry” should be considered for evaluating the yield of the machine. (4/12/2018)
Risks and Areas of Concern
Main concern remains to be the viability of cells after the tissue is agitated.
The following topics should be covered in the meeting with sponsor on Thursday:
lab safety training
status of tissue sample collection effort
procedure training for the instruments to be used in experiment
Prototype progress
Resources or Information Required but not Available
NA
Schedule
Next milestone will be the design and setup of experiments which are to be performed with finished prototypes.
Quantify effectiveness of prototypes.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
Total amount of $124.96 was spent on purchasing Raspberry pi3, SD Card (16GB), a 10A Bi-directional DC Motor Driver and kuman 7 Inch Capacitive Touch Screen TFT LCD Display..
Amount remaining is $6875.04.
Progress on Report and Webpage
Improved report draft 1 per instructor’s comments