What I wish was different
I wish I had started on the adhesive testing earlier in the summer so that I could have adequate time to learn how to prepare and layout the adhesives film for myself, so that there was a constraint on how much I could do. There simply was not enough time to be taught how to do the processes along with becoming proficient enough to allow for the possibility. I also wish there had been less complications with equipment for the reactor as the chilling unit did not work once set up due to manufacturing problems, so the reactor was just short of being completed before the end of my term. Overall, I wish I had more time to advance the adhesive development as there were promising results with the most recent adhesive, and I wish I had a chance to finalize the setup of the reactor and see it get put to use.