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

[Catarina Mota]

Yay, thanks Jordan!


On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Jordan Miller <jrdnmlr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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