Sofya Calvin's Individual Contribution Page

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Spring 2016 Contributions

As a new member of the Design team, there is a lot for me to learn! I plan to spend the first half of the semester familiarizing myself with MathCAD and AutoCAD. I then hope, after gaining fluency, that I can take on one of the larger projects and begin contributing to the actual code. It is more than likely that this will involve designing modular code for the various parts of the plant. This task is very interesting and I cannot wait for what is to come!

 This semester, I look forward to exploring new territory within the design lab as I plan to begin writing code for plants with lower and higher flow rates than we have yet to work with. There are many different challenges associated with this task especially with defining the limits of when flow rates warrant the addition of parts to the plant. In these situations, there is research to be done on the set up of the plant and the layouts that the code produces. I am very excited for the work ahead and am optimistic that if we can perfect this code, it is possible for AguaClara to further expand the capacity of the plants that we build with our technology.