9/12/2017

This week, we interviewed our client Dr. Xi Jinxing to get an idea of what kind of a product he wants. The main topics that we discussed were:

- The main purpose of the project
- Using COMSOL to simulate magnet strengths
- Which shape of the magnet can maximize the amount of tumor cells harvested
- His previous project

 Image 1: A picture of the notes taken during the interview

Dr Xi also showed us two of the magnets printed by the company that will print our device parts

Image 2: A magnet under a black magnetic viewing film. This film is a thin flexible sheet which is used to visualize magnetic fields of a magnet

Image 3: A magnet printed by POLYMAGNET company from Alabama, which we hope will print the magnets used for our project too.

Overall, we understood better the aim of this project  which is to create a model in Comsol which mimics the fluid flow in a vein with a permanent magnet attached that will provide the ideal magnetic field pattern to attract magnetic nanoparticles for ease of cancer cells extraction; Print out our magnet design and begin testing the magnet on a fluid model using magnetic nanoparticles in water.