in developing an experimental plan that utilizes digital image correlation methods. 1.Experiment and Data Collection (~1 page) a.Describe a study that uses digital image correlation to improve a previous experiment or creates an entirely new experiment within your topic of interest. b.Address sample loading conditions, speckle application, camera positioning, calibration, and image collection. c.You may include a figure if it helps describe the experiment. It may be a figure copied (with reference) from a literature paper. Describe the basic analysis steps to generate displacement/strain data. b.Describe specific results, such as displacement magnitude or maximum shear strain magnitude, and why those results are the most useful for the problem you are studying. I will look for some logic here as to why those specific results are the most useful, not just a general reference to shape, displacement or strain. c.Assume that you are limited to six figures for a final project report. What would you illustrate in those six figures? 3.Quantitative Model Comparison (~1 page) a.Identify a model that could be used for analysis of the object you are studying experimentally. It could be a theory of elasticity solution such as the disc compression analysis, a finite element model, a dynamics model, or anything else of relevance. Your literature papers will be useful for ideas. b. Identify a specific set of parameters that are part of the model specification and contain some level of uncertainty. c. Describe how you would construct a quantitative comparison between your experimental results and the model output in order to identify optimal parameter values for the model.