December 3rd, 2019

Today I worked on further improving my blog as well as on 3D printing something that I can pick up from class tomorrow. I'm also figuring out how else I can improve my senior project and the models it needs to further express the project itself. The project is due sometime in January or February and my teammates and I are looking forward to presenting it at symposium.

November 26th, 2019

Today, I worked on 3D printing some things. It took about an hour to print it. I learned that scaling it down and trying to remove the support material is very difficult unless you have pliers. Working on 3D printing again next week.

November 22nd, 2019

Today I worked on further researching what we can use to improve our solar power. We'd probably use Nano Material because it seems to make the most sense. We'll further work on this process but I need to speak to my team mates.

November 20th, 2019

According to this little article I found online, solar panel study and production dates all the way back to the 1880s. To me, this was very shocking considering how modern the entire concept of converting solar energy into electricity is. Looking back at this I've realized how far ahead we've come in terms of technology and how much better we've made solar panels. Based on this info, I have inferred that perhaps whatever we try to improve with this new solar concept, although very small, it will be something that in about 100 years people in the future will study. Today was more of a looking back at how far we've come in terms on study and production type of day...

November 18th, 2019

Over the weekend my family and I went to the Philip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science and I was able to see how solar panels actually work. For our project, we somehow have to incorporate little gears into the solar panel design so that it can properly produce electricity. So far the several designs we've been having haven't incorporated this but we are working on that for the next design.

November 14th, 2019

Today I worked on what is the weekly report for the project, I explain not only what I've done but also what I've used for it, who helped, etc. This is what helps us keep track of what it is that we do per week and how much we've advanced in the project since we started with our idea in August. As far as our research teacher has told us, we need to have finished the models and our research which is exactly what we've done for the past few weeks. As of now I've looked into the second possible design that I could have for our project and my team members are further working on the research required.

November 12th, 2019

Based on the data I was able to gather, placing two of the cheapest solar panels on the magnet building roof would provide this type of efficiency, the only problem is that this is just some information gathering based on the school so there is no real price or efficiency for a normal house. My team's goal is to improve the efficiency while also maintaining the cheap price for the panel so people can get the best savings for their money.