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Proposal

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8.22.16

Today I began my research on earthquakes. I examined P waves (primary waves) and S waves (secondary wave), as well as Love waves, which are slightly ...

8.24.16

Today I decided to join Oliver on his facial recognition project. Dr. Bill also emailed the people I am going to be working with on my project. We ta...

8.29.16

Abstract: Project Smiley Box will serve to provide a sustainable, semi-permanent housing unit within a storage container. The unit will ...

8.31.16

Last class we arranged the picnic tables outside the elab to create a visual representation of how big the container will be. We also discussed the i...

9.7.16

Today my primary focus was writing an email introducing myself to Kanoa Koyanagi, with whom I will be coordinating for my earthquake project. Dr. Bil...

9.9.16

Last class I worked with Oliver to figure out which version of Earthworm (the earthquake monitoring/documenting software) we had installed on the com...

9.12.16

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9.12.16

Last class, Sam, Tommy, and I built a prototype of a water filter. We cut out the bottom of an Arizona ice tea jug and put a coffee filter in the nec...

Weekly 9.10

This week I focused primarily on Project Smiley Box because my earthquake project requires new software that I need Dr. Bill to install. Oliver and I...

9.14.16

Today I discussed grades with Dr. Bill, explained the NASA project to some visitors, and discussed the coffee fundraiser idea with Sam. The solar cof...

Weekly update #4

This week we had class only twice, as it was a four-day week and the schedule was adjusted accordingly. On the last day of the week before this one (...

Summary of project: Project Smiley Box

Project Smiley Box (which I will continue to call it, as I balk at the idea of conceding to calling it Project New Dawn, as Sam wants, because i...

Summary of project: Earthquakes

For the earthquake project, I have been researching seismic activity, specifically the different types of seismic waves. There are two types of ...

9.19.16

Today Dr. Bill, Sam, and I decided on a ventilation system for the sustainable housing unit. We will have vents on the side on the container, as we h...

9.21.16

Today Sam, Dr. Bill, and I talked about the sustainable housing unit, specifically about the water filtration system. We plan to create a model of it...

9.23.16

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Weekly update #5

This week Sam informed me of his thoughts concerning the water filtration system. The system will consist of four levels of 5-gallon buckets; the fir...

Resources and Dependencies

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