As my first week assignment, Dr. Schreck directed me to pick a fractal to study and write a brief recap of what I learned, and to find a 3D printable design of that fractal. I chose a design called the "dragon curve" or "Heighway dragon," and a vase created using that fractal that can be 3D printed. design credit: Scott Rodgers @scottyprogrammer on myminifactory.com https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Scottyprogrammer The Fractalfoundation.org describes a fractal as "a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over in an ongoing feedback loop." As such, fractals can be composed of very simple or very complex shapes, and explain more completely the surfaces of objects found in nature that don't fit easily into standard geometric shapes like cones, cylinders, cubes and spheres. Most spheres in nature aren't actuall...