[Discuss] [thingiverse] Fwd: open source polylactic acid

Thu Dec 20 17:54:43 UTC 2012

Hi Catarina, thanks for sending! I've contacted Eric off list.

jordan

On Dec 20, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Catarina Mota <catarina at openmaterials.org>
wrote:

Hi makers,

A graduate student at the Michigan State University is trying to develop an
open source method for making PLA and is looking for help - see below. Any
materials scientists and engineers out there willing to help a project that
would benefit us all?

Thanks,
Catarina

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: eric poliner <polinere at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: open source polylactic acid
To: Catarina Mota <catarina at openmaterials.org>

Hi Catarina,

Thanks for your willingness to help. The main areas that I could use
technical feedback on would be from polymer material scientists and
mechanical engineers. I think the project is doable, especially with
the collaborations I started to build so far. Dr Pearce is a material
scientist and an advocate of open source in science and sustainable
development. He is trying to locate as much necessary hardware on his
campus as he can find. Dr Kerem Bora is a post-doc at Sabanci
University in Istanbul that very soon will be releasing hardware
designs and software for an open source fermentor and I will be
utilizing his designs. I am arranging to get the lactic acid bacteria
Bacillus coagulans 36D1 from Dr Shanmugan at University of Florida.
The weak areas of the proposal are configuring the membranes for
purification and building a reactor for polymerization, so if you know
anyone that may have expertise in those areas you can forward them to
the wiki page or have them email me.

Best,
Eric

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Catarina Mota
<catarina at openmaterials.org> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> This is a wonderful project, thank you for getting in touch! I'd be more
> than happy to share contacts and help in any way I can. What kind of
support
> are you looking for at the moment?
>
> Cheers,
> Catarina
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:44 PM, eric poliner <polinere at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Catarina
>>
>> I am working on a project to demonstrate small scale open source
>> production of polylactic acid and characterize it for 3D printing. I am a
>> graduate student and MSU-DOE Plant Research Fellow at Michigan State
>> University but this project is outside of my thesis work. The project is
>> being conducted under the banner of Open Source Ecology but (hopefully)
will
>> be implemented on the campus of Michigan Technological University with
>> oversight by Dr Joshua Pearce and a number of collaborators. I've seen
your
>> work on open source materials and thought you may have some advice or
>> contacts you could share?
>>
>> Peace,
>> Eric Poliner
>
>

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 2:07 PM, eric poliner <polinere at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Catarina,
>
> Thanks for your willingness to help. The main areas that I could use
> technical feedback on would be from polymer material scientists and
> mechanical engineers. I think the project is doable, especially with
> the collaborations I started to build so far. Dr Pearce is a material
> scientist and an advocate of open source in science and sustainable
> development. He is trying to locate as much necessary hardware on his
> campus as he can find. Dr Kerem Bora is a post-doc at Sabanci
> University in Istanbul that very soon will be releasing hardware
> designs and software for an open source fermentor and I will be
> utilizing his designs. I am arranging to get the lactic acid bacteria
> Bacillus coagulans 36D1 from Dr Shanmugan at University of Florida.
> The weak areas of the proposal are configuring the membranes for
> purification and building a reactor for polymerization, so if you know
> anyone that may have expertise in those areas you can forward them to
> the wiki page or have them email me.
>
> Best,
> Eric
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Catarina Mota
> <catarina at openmaterials.org> wrote:
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > This is a wonderful project, thank you for getting in touch! I'd be more
> > than happy to share contacts and help in any way I can. What kind of
> support
> > are you looking for at the moment?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Catarina
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:44 PM, eric poliner <polinere at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Catarina
> >>
> >> I am working on a project to demonstrate small scale open source
> >> production of polylactic acid and characterize it for 3D printing. I am
> a
> >> graduate student and MSU-DOE Plant Research Fellow at Michigan State
> >> University but this project is outside of my thesis work. The project is
> >> being conducted under the banner of Open Source Ecology but (hopefully)
> will
> >> be implemented on the campus of Michigan Technological University with
> >> oversight by Dr Joshua Pearce and a number of collaborators. I've seen
> your
> >> work on open source materials and thought you may have some advice or
> >> contacts you could share?
> >>
> >> Peace,
> >> Eric Poliner
> >
> >
>

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