https://andrewparda.com/home daily 1.0 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610055001470-343FF2A7YF39D16AABX3/Andrew+William+Parda Home - Hi, I’m Andrew A Mechanical Engineer + Product Designer committed to a human focus of design at the intersection of technology, health, and sustainability. See my projects below to learn more about what drives me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610135580765-7H2OE68XC65ST3F8U8FV/FLOW+trio%403x.jpg Home FLOW: Empowering Menstrual Cup Usage for Sustainable and Affordable Long Term Period Care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610485458012-CSB2U1TWHU7O6PWECX9A/Screen+Shot+2021-01-12+at+4.03.37+PM.png Home Reusable Rewards: Making Delivery Apps Part of the Solution to Single-Use Container Waste https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611022005173-NG8KTV2LKJJYH9MQA6TW/CDIWell.jpg Home Microscope Viewing Well: Leveraging Modular Design for Analysis of Solution While Protecting Valuable Equipment https://andrewparda.com/about daily 0.75 2021-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ce2e1b47977970001d9545e/1559249367710-990SKXY4GDXK1E5F9KKD/about-us.jpg About https://andrewparda.com/flow daily 0.75 2021-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610488206319-1TCZBR7VAP0W0VDXLP1H/Period+Care+Market+Analysis.png FLOW *Calculations found on 'Market Analysis Calculations' sheet, click on above table for excel workbook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610493225144-9RWTA76JM80W3CFUMWO3/Screen+Shot+2021-01-12+at+6.13.11+PM.png FLOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610493614837-1LFMVP1OB96097MKHIBY/Screen+Shot+2021-01-12+at+6.19.52+PM.png FLOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610493676384-3VIHIZJJZU4MQRM79EEN/FLOW+trio%403x.jpg FLOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489724027-42SZOIUB2ZFQG1PDZMAC/Bathroom+Door.png FLOW The menstrual cup user goes into the bathroom to empty their cup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610491185890-KA49XW0OJ5TBZYBZJ5MS/Screen+Shot+2021-01-12+at+5.36.17+PM.png FLOW The potential to introduce pathogens to the body, risking the user's health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610492151044-BUTR3IERG798A6Z99WTR/IMG_3007.JPG FLOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489740703-4X5XSI6HAPHG7F7SZ0KW/Wash+Hands.png FLOW Before removing the cup, the user washes their hands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610491192464-XWBZASVAP2UYPKZYR1VN/Screen+Shot+2021-01-12+at+5.36.28+PM.png FLOW Users must wash blood and bodily fluids off the cup by hand. This can be a daunting, uncomfortable experience, and met with stigma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610492304699-Z5KT4471P3EBT9XAEQUH/IMG_9341+%281%29.jpg FLOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489761497-EPHQXFYG6KSYZHBWMKFE/Stall.png FLOW The user enters the stall, which may not be clean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610491210502-ZY0F2FHYSVEIE5VO8K69/Screen+Shot+2021-01-12+at+5.36.59+PM.png FLOW Users risk stained clothing and wasted time if they have to leave the stall and get back into line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610492146342-LWT5J50L0MXXH71EWNOL/IMG_3004.JPG FLOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489773627-1HQCA4O3YJ13QDGZX17A/Empty+Cup.png FLOW Once the cup is removed, the cup contents are emptied into the toilet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489816823-VXN55YV9SGOEWLEMAKMO/Wash+Cup+in+Sink.png FLOW The user then has the option to leave the stall and clean their cup in the sink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489827384-39MO7STHY6NA9LMW1BMA/Bathroom+Line.png FLOW But, they may then have to wait in line to get back into a stall, risking dropping the cup or staining their clothes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489844624-I2HGKKQFZZ1QX8LDFP4S/Stall.png FLOW Alternatively, the user can stay in the stall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610489861428-FYLQZKVUO9GIO3GR4SP8/Toilet+Paper+Wipedown.png FLOW There they can wipe down the cup with toilet paper, but this option could introduce fecal matter or pathogens into the body. Disposable wipes work, but create more waste. Is there a better way? https://andrewparda.com/reusable-rewards daily 0.75 2021-01-08 https://andrewparda.com/mathracer daily 0.75 2021-01-08 https://andrewparda.com/microscopeviewingwell daily 0.75 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611013154060-URK3VGNGQAF8NI8A724E/IMG_8336.jpg Microscope Viewing Well - Microscope Viewing Well Leveraging modularity, and the strengths of a variety of materials to design and create a system capable of viewing bacterium in solution safely over a microscope objective lens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611016265573-S418SU8BNUYY9TDYH9QX/image-asset.jpeg Microscope Viewing Well - Areas of Analysis in Our System It was critical to analysis of our system to understand the behavior of E.Coli at any part of our system. We chose to distinguish three regions for analysis. Region 1: On cathode side - do we see masking effects, or still impacted by anode? Region 2: In between the cathode and anode - does pull of cathode plus push of anode lead to loss of E.Coli cell membrane integrity (disinfection)? Region 3: On anode side - do we see masking effects, or still impacted by cathode? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611020221516-OAS6CZTOKL45U4YTRJY8/IMG_8238.jpg Microscope Viewing Well - The lead researcher made use of a press fit design with acrylic walls pressing on ecoflex rubber for timed disinfection tests at varying voltages. The ecoflex rubber provided the recess into which E.Coli solution was loaded. Perhaps an extension of this design, with a glass slide for microscope viewing, will make it viewable on a microscope stage, using the press fit to prevent any leaks or spills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611019449366-K6QOBPOFM1ZE697CMBXE/IMG_8473.PNG Microscope Viewing Well - This setup allowed us to get our first image: fluorescent stained bacteria can be seen adhering to the surface of the cathode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611020926481-A69U2NMU9UOUQ4CKFPLG/IMG_8338.jpg Microscope Viewing Well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611021527920-TI0YXH87O83EWKJLCFU1/CDIWell.jpg Microscope Viewing Well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611021555813-NVEZEN3Z8ZGOCE2PMHK1/graphite.jpg Microscope Viewing Well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611018780670-Y6UM5OAF2XLI5NSKB999/BREAD.png Microscope Viewing Well Carbonized (Burned in Absence of Oxygen) Bread with Graphite lead for Power Source Connection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1611018952207-5XFWMXZ3XLY9J31SOX6S/ideation.jpg Microscope Viewing Well Rough Draft of Experimental Setup: Cathode and Anode in E.Coli Solution on top of Microscope Stage https://andrewparda.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610055001470-343FF2A7YF39D16AABX3/Andrew+William+Parda Home (Copy) - Hi, I’m Andrew A Mechanical Engineer + Product Designer committed to a human focus of design at the intersection of technology, health, and sustainability. 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After a couple of days, the container will not be able to be returned because there would be reasonable sanitary concerns. To help users avoid this fee, reminders are sent from the app letting you know to pack your container before heading to campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff75cdf9cd0371f21ae97e4/1610656914845-OXGN4NQBCSIT8KN542K8/points.png Reusable Rewards - Adding some positive reinforcement feels justified, as we want to ensure repeated use of this reusable system despite the risk of the container fee. We envisioned an accrual system that would incentivize you to make use of reusable containers, with increasing free rewards as you go. 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