Team:USMA-West Point/Notebook

USMA-West_Point

Notebook

Document the dates you worked on your project. This should be a detailed account of the work done each day for your project.

What should this page have?
  • Chronological notes of what your team is doing.
  • Brief descriptions of daily important events.
  • Pictures of your progress.
  • Mention who participated in what task.
Inspiration

You can see what others teams have done to organize their notes:

Perfusion System with Bioreactor Design

23 May 2017
WO
  • Began bioreactor design based on former models to be used in a perfusion system
25 May 2017
WO
  • Used AutoDesk Inventor to design a general bioreactor
  • Incorporated shape and general items such as holes for screws and cavity for neuronal culturing
  • Determined location of a multielectrode array (MEA) in bioreactor design, where the neurons would be transfected and tested
30 May 2017
WO
  • Adjusted design of bioreactor design
  • Began a custom design for a MEA
31 May 2017
WO RG AM KP
  • Continued MEA designing: location of electrodes, leads, contact pad spacing, materials
1 Jun 2017
WO RM AM KP
  • Altered the electrode arrangement and size for a single well of a 96 well plate
6 Jun 2017
WO RG AM KP
  • Discussed the location of holes for media flow and a bubble trap
7 Jun 2017
WO RG AM KP
  • Fleshed out design for bubble trap
  • Began design for clamp to keep pins on the multielectrode array (extension of bioreactor) - KP
8 Jun 2017
WO RG AM KP
  • Began discussion on removal of olfactant contaminated media while maintaining a perfusion system
  • Continued clamp design-KP
9 Jun 2017
WO RG AM KP
  • Confirmed the use of a peristaltic pump for media flow