5/22 -Day 5
Today was a shortened work day because Dr.K needed to leave early.  Today Dr.K told Cham he would like him to create a protein with the 3D printer so Cham found a simple, single helix protein to print out.  Soon we learned that even the most simple things aren't simple with 3D printers.  Originally we made the protein lye on its side but after a couple attempts it became clear that it wasn't working.  We took a break to test a soil sample with different settings on the HDPrime.  After I suggested to stand up the molecule, instead of lying it down, it seemed for the first twenty minutes that it would work out great, but once the molecule was too tall for its supports the printer started ripping up the print. So we cut that and didn't have enough time in the lab to start another print but Cham came up the solution I believe.  Too lean the molecule so it can have supports throughout and still be built from the ground up.  Me and Cham stayed in the computer labs a little after Dr.K left to make some soil comparison graphs with error bars and that concluded our day.