Learning Objectives: – Practice assembling a moderately complex electromechanical device
– Learn the details of how your printer operates
Build a 3D printer from a kit. For this assignment you are being asked to demonstrate the basic operation of your machine by doing the following:
Moving each axis (x, y and z) independently
Homing (all axis)
Printing a test object — specifically, the “0.5mm-thin-wall.stl” file from the “Essential Calibration Set” (posted to Thingiverse by coasterman as: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5573).
Turning Your Project In
This assignment will be peer graded on a pass/fail basis. To turn in your completed assignment find another student in class to certify that you have fulfilled the requirements above and have them send me an email by the end of the day the assignment is due.
[credit for this assignment goes to Scott Hudson, whose plan & text I borrowed]
There is so much more on this topic! Some of the readings I set aside (possibly for a second case study later this quarter) include:
Not enough space:
Stickel, Oliver, Dominik Hornung, Konstantin Aal, Markus Rohde, and Volker Wulf. “3D Printing with marginalized children—an exploration in a Palestinian refugee camp.” In ECSCW 2015: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 19-23 September 2015, Oslo, Norway, pp. 83-102. Springer, Cham, 2015.
Megan Hofmann, Julie Burke, Jon Pearlman, Goeran Fiedler, Andrea Hess, Jon Schull, Scott E. Hudson, Jennifer Mankoff: Clinical and Maker Perspectives on the Design of Assistive Technology with Rapid Prototyping Technologies. ASSETS 2016: 251-256
Cynthia L. Bennett, Keting Cen, Katherine Muterspaugh Steele, Daniela K. Rosner: An Intimate Laboratory?: Prostheses as a Tool for Experimenting with Identity and Normalcy. CHI 2016: 1745-1756
Optional:
Jeremiah Parry-Hill, Patrick C. Shih, Jennifer Mankoff, Daniel Ashbrook: Understanding Volunteer AT Fabricators: Opportunities and Challenges in DIY-AT for Others in e-NABLE. CHI 2017: 6184-6194
His research takes a hybrid of technical and design approach to:
• Harness new fabrication technologies to enable end-user creativity in making physical objects of their design;
• Enable an eco-system of smart devices to collectively create new interactive experiences for the users
The goal of the Stepgreen project is to leverage Internet scale technologies to create opportunities for reduced energy consumption. The original vision of the project was to leverage existing online social networks to encourage individual change. Since then the project has broadened to include a number of other ideas. We have explored the impact of demographics on energy use practices; studied the value of empathetic figures such as a polar bear for motivation and exploredorganizational-level planning. We have also developed mobile technologies that can provide feedback about green actions on the go.
StepGreen.org Website
Try StepGreen.org out: The Stepgreen.org website provides a mechanism for allowing individuals to report on and track their environmental impact. It includes a visualization that can be displayed on an individual’s social networking web page. Go to Stepgreen.organd see for yourself how we leverage social networks to engage individuals in green behaviors.
Learn about our software products. Stepgreen is a service that we are hoping to share with non-profits that are encouraging behavior change, such as an open API you can use to build your own clients for encouraging green behavior. Please contact us at stepgreen@cs.cmu.edu if you are interested in collaborating with us.
Tawanna Dillahunt, Jennifer Mankoff, Eric Paulos. Understanding Conflict Between Landlords and Tenants: Implications for Energy Sensing and Feedback. Ubicomp ’10. (full paper)(pdf)
Jennifer Mankoff, Susan R. Fussell, Tawanna Dillahunt, Rachel Glaves, Catherine Grevet, Michael Johnson, Deanna Matthews, H. Scott Matthews, Robert McGuire, Robert Thompson. StepGreen.org: Increasing Energy Saving Behaviors via Social Networks. ICWSM’10. (full paper) (pdf, video of talk)
C. Grevet, J. Mankoff, S. D. Anderson Design and Evaluation of a Social Visualization aimed at Encouraging Sustainable Behavior. In Proceedings of HICSS 2010. (full paper) (pdf)
T. Dillahunt, J. Mankoff, E. Paulos, S. Fussell It’s Not All About “Green”: Energy Use in Low-Income Communities. In Proceedings of Ubicomp 2009. (Full paper) (pdf)
J. Froehlich, T. Dillahunt, P. Klasnja, J. Mankoff, S. Consolvo, B. Harrison, J. A. Landay, UbiGreen: Investigating a Mobile Tool for Tracking and Supporting Green Transportation Habits. In Proceedings of CHI 2009. (Full paper) (pdf)
J. Schwartz, J. Mankoff, H. Scott Matthews. Reflections of everyday activity in spending data. In Proceedings of CHI 2009. (Note). (pdf)
Jennifer Mankoff, Deanna Matthews, Susan R. Fussell and Michael Johnson. Leveraging Social Networks to Motivate Individuals to Reduce their Ecological Footprints. HICSS 2007. (pdf)
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Rachael Nealer, Christopher Weber, H. Scott Matthews and Chris Hendrickson. Energy and Environmental Impacts of Consumer Purchases: A Case Study on Grocery Purchases. ISSST 2010
Dillahunt, T., Becker, G., Mankoff, J. and Kraut, R. Motivating Environmentally Sustainable Behavior Changes with a Virtual Polar Bear.” Pervasive 2008 workshop on Pervasive Persuasive Technology and Environmental Sustainability. (pdf)
Johnson, M., Fussell, S. Mankoff, J., Matthwes, D., and Setlock, L. “When Users Pledge to Take Green Actions, Are They Solving a Decision Problem?” INFORMS Fall 2008 Conference. (ppt)
Johnson, M., Fussell, S. Mankoff, J. and Matthwes, D. “How Does Problem Representation Influence Decision Performance and Attitudes?” INFORMS Fall 2007 Conference. Abstract
Johnson, M.P. 2006. “Public Participation and Decision Support Systems: Theory, Requirements, and Applications.” For presentation at Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Conference, Madison, WI, November 3, 2006. (pdf)
I go to school at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. I am a rising junior there and I am majoring in Computer Science. I plan to graduate in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Science.
This summer’s mission: Completing an interface for our knitting machine that will allow the user to manipulate textures and sizing of a sweater
I am a junior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute planning to graduate in May 2019. I am pursuing a dual major in Computer Science and Mathematics in the School of Science. This summer I am participating in CRA-W’s Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates (DREU). You can contact me at zadunl@rpi.edu
This summer I am working with Professor Jen Mankoff (CMU), Professor Kaite Siek (Indiana University), and Ujjwai Baskota(Jackson State University) to investigate online reviews for Ob/Gyns and Urologists. We are hoping to discover how they reflect the patient experience, and how satisfaction and language use change based on a variety of factors. To do so we are using Google reviews and federal datasets.
Aarudra Moudgalya is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer from CMU who’s interested in designing and manufacturing for assistive technology. His creativity is focused towards making affordable prosthetics and exoskeletons using rapid prototyping techniques. Aarudra is currently working on designing modular upper limb prostheses at the Human Computer Interaction Institute. He enjoys DIY projects, making music and doodling.
