Homework

Weekly homework submissions:

• Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices

  HW 1 First, describe a biological engineering application or tool you want to develop and why. This could be inspired by an idea for your HTGAA class project and/or something for which you are already doing in your research, or something you are just curious about. A biological engineering application I am interested in developing is biological haptic actuators. I envision a future where one can fabricate haptic systems driven by living cells to mimic touch sensations. Through some external stimulus, this device could output vibrations to mimic touch. The scenario I am presenting replaces electromechanical systems with biologically powered interfaces.

• Week 2 HW: DNA Read, Write, & Edit

  Part 1: Benchling & In-Silico Gel Art Using Benchling, I imported the Lambda DNA sequence and simulated restriction enzyme digestions with EcoRI, HindIII, BamHI, KpnI, EcoRV, SacI, and SalI. The goal was to design a gel art pattern inspired by Paul Vanouse’s Latent Figure Protocol. The design depicts a figure in a rocky victory pose with a crying face, using 5 lanes of selected enzyme combinations to form the image.

• Week 3 HW: Opentrons & Lab Automation

  Assignment 1: Python Script for Opentrons Artwork I designed an Indonesian cloud pattern called Megamendung using the Opentrons pipetting robot. The pattern uses two colors — red (mRFP1) and green (Azurite) — arranged as interlocking arcs to replicate the traditional Javanese batik motif. Simulated output of the Python script: Python script: