Explore the journey of Digital Knowledge Center fellows through their personal reflections and documentation of their fellowship projects.
Most Recent Fellows Posts
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #4!
It’s been such a busy few weeks that I haven’t made it into the DKC! However, I do have more fun code! This one is a variation of the code I used in blog post #2, but this time it has sparkles added in. See if you can spot the difference! When I think about coding lights, adding sparkles is both one of my favorite things to do and one of the most difficult because it requires the inclusion of random selection. If I end up hard coding the lights, which I’m leaning towards, I’d definitely include this code! Also,…
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First Steps: 3D Molecular Representations
Good morning everyone, this is my first of many posts in which I will be learning how to utilize CAD software in order to edit 3D molecular structures for 3D-printing. My first step was to find a good CAD software that was both cheap (or free) and had enough processing power to edit extremely complex protein structures. After doing some research and speaking with my father I was able to find the software called Autodesk Fusion, which excels in 3D-pritnting related CAD work. Also, Autodesk Fusion is completely free for college students and if it wasn’t it would be like…
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Andrew’s Video Essay #1
Hi all. Writing blog posts on the internet is a new experience for me, so I will try my best to make this a cool and casual experience for both the reader and myself. First off, my name is Andrew Lee. I am a senior here at UMW studying geography. I know everyone was expecting communications or theatre from my topic, but really, I am just a theory-ridden senior spending most of his time somewhere between the HCC and Jepson (RIP Monroe). I do, however, have my foot in the door in Theatre, as I was a theatre major for…
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #3!
Guess what- the sparkle lights came in this week! I tested the 5 volt LED strip with both the ESP8266 chip and the hard-coded Arduino Uno. The 5 volt strip lit up extremely well. I didn’t see any signs of voltage drop in the 60 light strip. Hopefully that means I can use the light strips instead of the strands for this project. The strips come with an adhesive backing, and as such, they’re far easier to install in any given location. However, this week wasn’t perfect. I tried to set up the WiFi connection with the ESP8266 chip and…
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Evelynestallation Blog Post #2!
Hello! Thank you for taking a look at my second blog post! For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been planning how to test various types of lights and connectors to see what would work best in the HCC. I put together a purchase list with 2 types of lights (strand lights and strip lights) and 2 types of microcontrollers, or chips. One of them can connect to WiFi! Another thing I added to my purchase list was a power converter that takes power from a wall outlet and dials it down so that I can use my boards without frying…