My Summer at MIT Beaver Works
During the summer of 2019, I attended the MIT Beaver Works Hack a 3D Printer Program. Prior to the program, I had to complete a 4-week course involving math, physics, computer aided design (CAD) and coding. This course was a big part of the application, as well as my transcript, ACT scores, and 3 essays about myself and my interests. The students who were chosen to participate in the summer program were those with the best performances in the 4-week course as well as considerations about how the student would perform if admitted to the program. The information for this transformational program is in the link above.
Final Project
During the 4 weeks of the program, we played around with many different minor projects such as a glider challenge, designing a bridge, and a few physics problems getting us prepared for our final project which we presented on the last day of the program. My group, consisting of me and 3 other members, started off by brainstorming multiple ideas and comparing each using simple factors like feasibility price and importance. We all agreed on working on a printer which would be able to print 16 different colors in one print. This would consist in an extruder with 3 slots for 3 different filament colors (we used cyan, magenta and yellow), to form others. On the last day, all of the groups from every program set up their own booth had had a competition or presentation on their project. Afterwards, all of the programs met in the ice rink for an award ceremony in which my group won the best executed award for building the most efficient and well-built printer. Our project presentation which explains everything is in the link below the title.
Design/Prototype/Final
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Designed by Josh bass
Final Results
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