Michael Lombardi ’23
Peltier Cooling and Heating Enclosure
Michael Lombardi ’23
Major: Applied Physics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erich Gust
I have engineered and constructed a temperature controlled heating/cooling enclosure for an existing research experiment, that is an acoustic resonance sound wave experiment. The goal of the enclosure was to ensure a desired, consistent temperature inside of the enclosure, and the acoustic resonance experiment will be installed inside it. Because the existing acoustic resonance experiment requires a stable temperature, the enclosure was necessary to improve the quality of the experiment, as it previously depended on the fluctuating HVAC system of the building. Similar to a central air system, we can set the enclosure to a desired temperature and the enclosure will automatically turn on/off the temperature system to maintain a constant, desired temperature for the experiment inside.
