Work/Play

Microfilm Recycling Process

“According to state and federal regulations, any solution containing greater than 5 parts per million (ppm) of silver must be collected and handled as hazardous waste.

CRE utilizes a chemical enzyme process to recover silver from the film base. The film base, polyethylene terephyhalate, or PET, is first chopped into tiny pieces three-quarters or an inch or smaller, then put into 10,000-gallon enzyme reactor tanks where the silver is removed from the base.”

http://www.mercercoeda.com/view-news.php?id=971

research into a lead from Zeke

Making Room on the Shelf

Printed material is becoming obsolete and being removed from libraries, as online resources replace it as the primary research tool.  Libraries as a physical place still serve as a designated place to gather, study, and relax.  How can university libraries strive to maintain a relevant learning environment for their students and faculty?

This challenge is an opportunity to create an interior environment that satisfies the immediate needs of the user while remaining flexible to future change.  The space that formerly housed large volumes of printed material needs to be redesigned and repurposed to better serve the ever-changing needs of its users.

Thesearch

Books are being removed from libraries as computer data bases are replacing them.  However, libraries as a physical form are still important to students and the community as a unique place to gather, study, and relax.

Concept Statement

How can academia strive to maintain a relevant learning environment?

Full Plate

On the agenda today,  work on thesis, get chair cut out on the CNC machine, finish restrictions page on market project. 

Problem Statement Presentation or “WHAT THE THING IS ON A STICK”

problem statement

make sure you are very clear about what you are working on.  what are your goals?  boil it down.  maintain clarity.

blog Entry: 

           100 word simplification of problem statement,  leave out unimportant stuff but hit all salient points