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Final Project Presentation.pdfDuring my junior year of Mechanical Engineering at Wheaton College, I began an in-class materials science research project on ABS plastic beams. After escalating this assignment to an undergraduate research project with the Vazquez Lab at Wheaton including 12 months of experimentation and data analysis, I became the primary author of a conference abstract titled The Role of Color Additives on the Tensile Strength of Varied-Temperature Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.
I had the opportunity to present the results and process of this research during the recent National Diversity in STEM conference hosted by SACNAS in Columbus, Ohio. Stresses and strains in over 75 ABS beams were measured using a Material Testing System. Additional NCORR analysis of microstresses revealed the fracture patterns and internal stresses in the plastic. The ABS beam manufacturing process required my partner and I to design a custom aluminum fixture for use in every trial.
SACNAS Presentation Poster
SACNAS Presentation Poster
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