Crafting Material Interfaces

Assignment Announcements

Final Project Presentations

Due: Tuesday, November 13, 2011 For your final project, you’ll explore a specific set of materials, techniques, or applications in depth. The project could take many different forms, including but not limited to:

Actuators Project

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, November 29, 2011 See student posts here Working either individually or in a small group (2-3 people), you will experiment with material actuators in a hands-on project. For Tuesday’s class you should prepare a 5-10 minute presentation and a blog post that documents your project. Your presentation and blog post should include: [...]

Research on Actuators

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 For this assignment, you’ll research different material actuators in small teams.

Final Project Proposals

Due: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 See student proposals here. For your final project, you’ll explore a specific set of materials, techniques, or applications in depth. You are very welcome (in fact encouraged) to work in groups. The project could take many different forms, including but not limited to:

Sensors Project

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, November 1, 2011 See student posts here Working either individually or in a small group (2-3 people), you will experiment with material sensors in a hands-on project. For Tuesday’s class you should prepare a 5-10 minute presentation and a blog post that documents your project. This project can take one of two [...]

Assignment 5: Research on Sensors

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, October 25, 2011 See student posts here For this assignment, you’ll research different classes of sensor materials in small teams.

Assignment 4: Reading on Sensors

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, October 18, 2011 To deepen your understanding of electricity and begin to build an understanding of sensor technologies, read the following sections from Jacob Fraden’s Handbook of Modern Sensors: Chapter 1: Data Acquisition Chapter 3, Section 3.5: Resistance Optional reading: Chapter 2: Sensor Characteristics Chapter 3: Physical Principles of Sensing All readings [...]

Assignment 3: Conductors Project

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 See student posts here Working either individually or in a small group (2-3 people), you will experiment with novel conductive materials in a hands-on project. For Tuesday’s class you should prepare a 5-10 minute presentation and a blog post that documents your project. This project can take one of [...]

Assignment 2: Research on Conductors

Due: 3pm, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 See student posts here You will research different classes of conductive materials in small teams.  The goal of this assignment is for you to get a deeper understanding of a particular material, learn how to use scientific papers in your explorations, and discover new materials that you can employ [...]

Assignment 1: Registration Survey

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