Timeline
4/30-Procedure and methods due
5/3-Research summary due
5/7-Remaining project schedule due
5/8- EDP draft due
5/14-Presentation rough draft due
5/17-Portfolio review
5/22-All materials due for final review
5/24-STEMPOSIUM
Research
We have to research the process of installing asphalt into the roads, what asphalt consists of, settlement of asphalt, and how to alter the asphalt process. We have already researched the process used to repave potholes and how asphalt is made. We need further research on how to effectively alter the repaving process to make it more time efficient. We must test our alteration of the process and document our findings from the test before 5/14 (Presentation rough draft). Create the research summary before 5/3 which will include citations of all the research we have found thus far.
Solution
We will be constructing samples of traditional asphalt as well as mixtures of asphalt with different ratios of rock, sand, and additional materials - such as steel. These samples will give us a basis to compare how different components of asphalt change its properties and how it will react to weathering. We will also compare how different lengths of time allowed for settling affect the stability of the asphalt by letting different samples settle over different periods of time.
Presentation Prep
We will make a google sides power point to put all of our findings and solutions in as well as much of our research. We will also have physical prototypes to show during the presentation that we made with the materials given to us by our mentors at Barnhill Contracting.