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Fall 2008
I spent the first two or three weeks of this year helping with organizational aspects of the team than with research. I put together the first class meetings and helped Alissa transition into the team leader role by working on class schedules and assignments. I also re-organized the entire research wing of the wiki and developed wiki organizational guidelines.
My research set-up was not returned to the lab until the 3rd or 4th week of the semester, which is when I learned about the actual physical apparatus. Since then I have written a MathCAD sheet for the design. The sheet is not working completely yet, but it is largely done.
I have also modified the apparatus from my experiences playing with it (and having it produce very erratic results) in the lab. There were some pieces that caused the tubes to balance incorrectly and cause "hidden headloss". I set up the improved apparatus with pressure sensors to collect precise data, and I have taken a few data sets with it so far.
I plan to continue the data collection and get the MathCAD sheet working soon so I have plenty of time to compare the data to the theoretical expectations this semester. I have already found one more modification that I need to make to the apparatus from this preliminary data set, though.
Spring 2008
This semester I have focused mainly on organizing team class meetings, organizing and populating the wiki, and outreach. I came up with a Calendar of class and forum times, and (attempted) to make outlines for each class. Some weeks this entailed just contacting groups to give teach-ins, while other weeks it involved more thoughtful attempts to construct discussions for forums.
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