Fractal Carpets Showcase

December 14, 2017 Haleigh Sink

Our group consisted of Haleigh Sink, Summer Xia, and Megan Shanian and we were assigned to present the classes fractal carpets. For our presentation, we showed everyone what fractal carpets are and all the ones that the class made for their individual projects. We decided […]

Computer RAM Carpet Fractal

November 10, 2017 Haleigh Sink

In my fractal, I removed 3 coordinates, [2,1], [0,2], and [2,2]. Before I removed squares in my fractal, there were 16 squares in total. For my level 1, I removed 3 squares, leaving 13 in the fractal. The area for level one is 13. For level 2, I multiplied the 13 remaining squares […]

Rhombicuboctahedron

October 4, 2017 Haleigh Sink

The chapter we chose for our project was chapter 9, which is all about graphs. For our project, we chose to do a 3D print of a Rhombicuboctahedron. We believed it would be easy to print because it is made up of triangles and squares. We would like to learn coding to make a wire frame […]

Koch Snowflake

August 31, 2017 Haleigh Sink

The first fractal I want to print is the Koch Snowflake. According to fractal.org, in an article by Edyta Patrzelk, in order to create a Koch Snowflake, you must begin with an equilateral triangle. It claims the length of the boundary is 3 x 4/3 x […]

Hello – Haleigh Sink

August 29, 2017 Haleigh Sink

My name is Haleigh Sink. I am currently a sophomore at JMU. I am working towards my BS in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice. I have never been excellent at math and never used a 3D printer before, so this class should be […]