https://linacolucci.com Lina Avancini Colucci's Portfolio Tue, 26 Nov 2019 06:23:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 74108708 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/portable-nmr/ https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/portable-nmr/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:18:10 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=2083 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/portable-nmr/feed/ 1 2083 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/tedxduke/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:46:34 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=2075 2075 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/twitterfountain/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 07:50:36 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=1790 Date: March 2014 & April 2016 Description: I invented a Twitter Fountain - a fountain that pours water into a big vase every time that someone tweets with our event’s hashtag. The goal was to stimulate tweeting in the virtual world by making the tweets manifest themselves in the physical world. The Twitter Fountain has delighted attendees at two 500-person conferences! ]]> 1790 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/hair-tester/ Fri, 05 Sep 2014 06:34:31 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=457 Project Title: Hair Tester: iPhone-based Device to Test Hair Properties Course: 2.131 Advanced Instrumentation and Measurement (MIT) Team: Jessica Artiles, Lina Colucci, Leah Mendelson, Larissa Nietner, and Yichao Pan Date: December 2012 Description: A portable, iPhone™-based device was built to assess basic mechanical properties of hair including diameter, Young’s modulus and Poisson’s ratio.]]> 457 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/pressure-vessel/ Sun, 06 Oct 2013 03:36:38 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=498 Project Title: Pressure Vessel Course: ME141 Mechanical Design (Duke) Team: Shreya Chilukuri, Lina Colucci, Andrew Mang, Rebecca Niven, Stefan Streckfus Date: December 2011 Description: A pressure vessel consisting of an o-ring seal, threaded connection, and NPT port that can hold 50-60 cc of fluid at 700 psig. ]]> 498 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/shaft-design-and-fabrication/ Fri, 27 Sep 2013 04:17:16 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=420 Project Title: Shaft Design and Fabrication Course: ME141L Mechanical Design (Duke) Team: Lina Colucci, Dianhao Luo, Andrew Mang and Byung Seok Kwon Date: 7 October 2011 Description: Given constraint and dimension specifications for a tensioner shaft, we had to take fatigue, stress concentration, standard part availability, and manufacturing considerations into account to finalize and manufacture the design.   ]]> 420 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/kinematic-coupling/ Mon, 26 Aug 2013 03:44:05 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=395 Project Title: Coaster Holder: Kinematic Coupling Date: Fall 2012 Description: Part of an assignment to demonstrate the principle of kinematic constraint for MIT’s 2.75 Precision Machine Design course. Three-groove kinematic couplings ensure that two components rest in the same relative orientation each time they are brought together. ]]> 395 https://linacolucci.com/portfolio/pointe-shoe-project/ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:16:27 +0000 https://linacolucci.com/?post_type=portfolio&p=296 Project Title: Getting to the Pointe: Development of an Innovative Ballet Shoe Date: 2005-2012 Description: Redesigned the traditional ballet pointe shoe for safety, comfort, and improved ergonomics.]]> 296