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1 | SUMMER MENTORSHIP | |||
2 | Date | Hours | What I Did | Total Hours |
3 | 6/30/2014 | 8 hours | I was shown around the AeroInstitue facilities and eventually left in the hands of a few engineering interns. They introduced me to the project they have been working on and explained a lot of basic Aerospace and engineering concepts. I also was show microscopic fiber-optic sensors that were being tested to be further applied to almost anything | 8 Hours |
4 | 7/1/2014 | 6 Hours | I began the day with one of the mechanical engineers teaching me a little about a program called Autocad Inventor and how it is used. I was allowed to mess around with that for a while and input an airfoil design for a wing. Using that design we tested its airflow and resistance. I later was with a Civil Engineer who let me fix his program in LabView. This program allowed us to view, in real time, a graph of a small fake building rigged with the fiber optic sensors to measure its stress in different locations. | 14 Hours |
5 | MENTORSHIP HOURS | |||
6 | Date | Hours | What I Did | Total Hours |
7 | 3/21/2015 | 8 | Got introduced to a program that they use to look at underground piping to start estimating the cost of the project they are working on it. | 8 |
8 | 3/22/2015 | 8 | Continued to be introduced to this program and learned that this process is called the takeoff. They basically look at the hours they will have, the supplies and estimate the cost. | 16 |
9 | 3/28/2015 | 8 | Basically some more of the same stuff, this time however, Brendan, the engineer, told me a little about how going to college for engineering works. | 34 |
10 | 3/29/2015 | 8 | This was one of the last times I planned to go here, they are working on estimating an underground pipe change in San Diego and I helped look at the pipe maps and type up some numbers for the takeoff. | 42 |
11 | 5/4/2015 | 2 | First time going to the Cal Poly Pomona water treatment plant. This time he was by himself and just introduced me to what they do here and where the well that they use is located. | 44 |
12 | 5/5/2015 | 2 | I met Javier this time, he is an environmental engineer that went to UCR. He showed me all around the plant and helped explain the process of what they are doing. | 46 |
13 | 5/6/2015 | 3 | This time Javier taught me some stuff. He introduced me to how wells use motors to pump the water out of a resevoir hidden within thin layers of dirt. | 49 |
14 | 5/7/2015 | 3 | He showed me how the process of inserting the chlorine into the water works. They have a bunch of small tubes that inject it so it maintains a certain part per million count that is healthy. | 52 |
15 | 5/8/2015 | 3 | I couldn't do much this time for the first hour because he was being interviewed for the Poly Post about the plant and basically explaining everything I had already learned. After that, we determined the PH and Nitrate level of a water sample from my house. | 55 |
16 | 5/12/2015 | 2 | They were undergoing construction this time and he showed me how they were attempting to cut out a piece of old pipe they believed was leaking some bacteria into their clean water. I also got some cake since he is a friend of my mom and had him call in my hours. | 57 |
17 | INDEPENDENT COMPONENT 1 HOURS | |||
18 | Date | Hours | What I Did | Total Hours |
19 | 1/5/2015 | 3 | Researched and began to explore the math and aerodynamics behind airfoils that I could use for my aircraft. | 3 |
20 | 1/8/2015 | 4 | Watched a bunch of videos and got background information on RC planes and the easiest way to make one from scratch. | 7 |
21 | 1/14/2015 | 2 | Went to hobby lobby and a few other hobby stores in search of balsa wood and tools to build my airplane | 9 |
22 | 1/15/2015 | 2 | Using the only balsa wood I could find I tried cutting it using an exacto knife, which was recommended by most people, but I could not manage to get any cuts easy and precise enough. | 11 |
23 | 1/18/2015 | 3 | After more research I came to realize that I would not be able to make a high quality rc plane from scratch without a laser cutter, thus I decided to purchase a kit that requires a great deal of construction, but has pre-cut parts. | 14 |
24 | 1/20/2015 | 3 | Spent a couple hours browsing the internet for the best place to purchase a kit. Found a company from the same people I had bought the balsa wood from (Guillow) and ordered a P-51 Mustang kit. | 17 |
25 | 1/25/2015 | 5 | Got the kit and began to work on it. I decided I would only attempt to complete the wings for my component because they have the most learning involved. I started taking out the pieces and organizing the airfoils. | 22 |
26 | 2/1/2015 | 9 | Spent all day(on and off) Saturday glueing and attaching the different laser cut pieces to support beams and such for the interior of the wing and placed the cover over it to seal off the interior. I will complete the rest over time and hopefully get it to fly, but the wings have the most aerodynamic properties so I decided to focus on that. | 31 |
27 | Independent Component 2 | |||
28 | 4/11/2015 | 3 | Spent this time going out and buying the supplies I would need to complete the remainder of my project. This included white glue, wood glue, cement and plastic sheeting. I also had to locate some clamps and pins of sort so I would be able to hold down the pieces as they glue. | 3 |
29 | 4/12/2015 | 6 | First day of construction, today I got familiar with the blueprints for the rest of the aircraft and read up on the best ways to put it together. I began to construct the fuselage of the aircraft. | 9 |
30 | 4/15/2015 | 3 | Glued a few more pieces to the fuselage and such, took a while to get them cut out and in the right place. Then I clamped and let the glue dry. | 12 |
31 | 4/18/2015 | 8 | Long day working on it on and off. I got a big portion of the fuselage done today. It took a bunch of glue, even had to go out and buy some more. My hands were covered in dry glue has I was usually wiping away the excess with my hands. I ate some In-N-Out on a break, so it was a pretty good day of work. | 20 |
32 | 4/19/2015 | 8 | I decided I might aswell spend this boring weekend getting a lot done on this component. Today was just like yesterday, lots of glueing and clamping. Lots of instruction reading aswell. No In-N-Out though, so that was a bummer. | 28 |
33 | 4/25/2015 | 6 | Last day of work. I finished up the fuselage, and put the whole thing together. I added all the details as best I could. Takes some real precision to get this part looking nice. I finalized my project by putting on the plastic where the cockpit would be in the real aircraft. She looks beautiful and I can't wait to try and get her to really fly. | 34 |
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