Spray Adhesive!

Yesterday, Nate and I went outside with the Schlieren System and the carrying case to glue the pieces together. Then we came back in to let it sit overnight. We also looked at really cool posters that showed some research done during the summer. After, we went to lunch and came back to watch a presentation about life on mars. This was a really interesting topic and the speaker also kept me intrigued with her deep interest in the topic!

Slow Tuesday

On Tuesday, Nate and I worked on our final presentation. We then ate lunch with the other interns and afterwards, I had to leave. It was a very slow day, but at least we are getting prepared for next Friday! We also spoke with Ally and she gave us some adhesive spray glue to glue the foam together!

Busy Monday

On Monday, Nate and I worked on our case for the Schlieren System. We were able to go to the machine shop and get our Plexiglas cut to protect the mirror while it's in the case. After, we ate lunch with the other interns at global village. Later, we did the grey scale tests. This was taking pictures with different exposure levels at different points on the knife edge to see which point would give us the most contrast (clearest image). This time we took two pictures at each point, made data points, and then graphed them on excel.

Graphing and Data

Today, Nate and I first cut the piece of Plexiglas at the machine shop that would be used to protect the mirror. After, we talked to Gary and did our grey value testing. We tested different amounts of light the knife edge covered - each with multiple exposures. We compiled all our data onto spreadsheets and made graphs for each point. We plan on emailing our results to Gary and Aly and see if we should retake some images.

Bring Your Friend to Work Day

Today was bring your friend to work day, so I invited my friend Katie. It was so much fun showing her all the labs and the campus, and I think she's beginning to like science more! We ate lunch outside again like we do every Friday, and we worked on some more designs afterwards.

Bike Trip!

This morning, Nate and I glued together the foam pieces and looked at ways to solve the super saturation of  the images we took for our test. After, everyone went on a bike ride to Mt Hope cemetery and a sub shop. This was my first time on a bike in many years so it was definitely challenging, but a lot of fun! After, I cleaned up the place for bring-your-friend-to-work day, which is tomorrow!

Outline

Title: Schlieren Imaging System

Background/ Principals                

-Reflection vs. Refraction

-Basic Setup (with and without air pocket)

-Camera focuses on mirror

Objective

-Original system

-Pros/Cons

-Our Solutions/designs

Final Design

-Video of Assembly

-Possible additions (iPhone/Color Wheel)

-Case

-Before and after pictures