Progress of Project for Week 1 (14 May 2018):
- Ordered 2 Makerfabs Acoustic Levitator Kits and 80 16mm ultrasonic transducers online
- 14 May – 16 May: Attended 3D printing and COMSOL lessons in NTU
Progress of Project for Week 2 (21 May 2018):
- 23 May: 3D printed BigLev (Acoustic Levitator skeleton)
- 24 May: Meeting with Dr Koh about possible ways to implement 3D motion within the acoustic levitator
- 24 May: Established timeline of project
Progress of Project for Week 3 (28 May 2018):
- 31 May: Attended COMSOL Workshop on Acoustics Modelling at i-Math
Progress of Project for Week 4 (4 June 2018):
- 6 June: Sharing Session 1
Progress of Project for Week 5 (11 June 2018):
- Solder and assembly of first mock prototype for proof of concept
Progress of Project for Week 6 (18 June 2018):
- 18 June: Prototype tested and proven to work, moving onto preparation for 2-axis levitation
- 19 June: Design new 3D print for the array of transducer, buy material for new array
- 20 June: Sharing Session 2
- 21 June: Conducted schlieren imaging
Progress of Project for Week 7 (25 June 2018):
- 28 June: Buy materials for 3 more arrays
- 29 June: Assembly of 4 arrays (transducers)
Progress of Project for Week 8 (2 July 2018):
- 2, 3 June: Soldering of components
- 4 June: Sharing Session 3
- 5, 6 June: Soldering of components
Progress of Project for Week 9 (9 July 2018):
- 9, 10, 11 June: Soldering of components
- 12, 13 June: Arduino code
Progress of Project for Week 10 (16 July 2018):
- 16-20 July: Troubleshooting – re-soldering of components
- 18 June: Sharing Session 4
Progress of Project for Week 11 (23 July 2018):
- 23 July: Change of array design, re-soldering of components
- 27 July: Programming, Troubleshooting – re-soldering of components
- 28 July: Assembly of 2-sided array + Troubleshooting
Progress of Project for Week 12 (30 July 2018):
- 30 July: Assembly of 2-sided and assembly of 4-sided acoustic levitators
- 31 July – 2 August: Assembly of single sided acoustic levitator