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 2017WO
- Began bioreactor design based on former models to be used in a perfusion system
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
WO
- Adjusted design of bioreactor design
- Began a custom design for a MEA
WO RG AM KP
- Continued MEA designing: location of electrodes, leads, contact pad spacing, materials
WO RM AM KP
- MEA
- Altered the electrode arrangement and size for a single well of a 96 well plate
- Predetermined specifications: Gold or TiN wires, embedded in glass
WO RG AM KP MM
- Determined custom MEA design specs, particularly spacing
WO RG AM KP MM
- Revised MEA spacing
WO RG AM KP MM
- Discussed the location of holes for media flow and a bubble trap
WO RG AM KP MM
- Fleshed out design for bubble trap
- Began design for clamp to keep pins on the multielectrode array (extension of bioreactor) - KP
WO RG AM KP MM
- Began discussion on removal of olfactant contaminated media while maintaining a perfusion system via syringes
- Continued clamp design-KP
- Requested a quote for custom MEA
WO RG AM KP MM
- Confirmed the use of a peristaltic pump for media flow
- Finalized MEA design
WO RG AM KP MM PB
- Contacted other MEA fabrication companies for quotes
WO RG AM KP MM PB
- Continued search of MEA vendors
- Worked on specifics regarding flow into and out of the bioreactor/media reservoirs - decided to use luer locks
WO RG AM KP MM PB
- Continued contacting MEA vendors
WO RG AM KP MM PB
- Determined best luer lock connectors for tubing
- Finished printing of clamp design
- Explored photomasking vendors
WO RG AM KP MM PB
- Determined design of media reservoirs to be conical flasks
- Explored pre-made MEA vendors