For my first artifact, I chose the project portfolio for my 1182.03 class. The portfolio was done as a website and can be found by following the link below. The main objective of this project was to build a Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) that could reliably test the concentration of fluorescein. This website contains everything that was accomplished for this semester long project.
Overall, I enjoyed this project; It felt satisfying to build something and have it work well. Our chip worked so well that, for the final test, we had the least percent error out of the class for 2 of the 3 samples. Through this project, I think that I grew as both a team member and a problem solver. Throughout the project, we needed to work on a team for nearly everything. We also had to troubleshoot the problems with our first LOC design. The liquid kept flowing backwards and often created bubbles in the wells. We deduced this was because the liquid was moving too fast and the pressure was different in the well than in the channels. We then needed to fix these issues in our second design.