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Team Status Report for Feb 10th

This week, our team presented the proposal slides to our peers and mentors. Received useful feedback that we’ll be utilizing to improve future presentations. This week will be important for researching what parts we need to order, reserve from local inventories, and/or create (perhaps through 3D printing). We will also start working on narrowing down technologies + circuit diagrams as part of the preparation for the design presentation.

 

Status Report: On schedule

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Corrado Govea’s Status Report for Feb 10th

This week’s accomplishments

  • Created initial Gantt chart and system block diagram for the project.
  • Attended proposal meetings and provided feedback to peers in other groups.
  • Started exploring technology options and drafting equipment we will need to buy for the heating element, pump, and power unit.

Next Week’s Deliverables

  • First draft of electrical circuit diagram, which will inform what parts we need to buy for the first “breadboard-style” prototype.
  • Work with team on deliverables for design presentations due by the end of week.

Status Report: On schedule

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Elijah Knupp’s status report for Feb 10th

Personal accomplishments

  • Finalized the slide deck for the proposal presentation
  • Presented the team’s proposal slides and fielded questions regarding the project
  • Read and analyzed feedback from peers and mentors regarding the quality of the presentation
  • Began researching gantry solutions (specifically, what needs to be created vs. what already exists)

Next Week’s Deliverables

  • Create a list of components that need to be ordered for the gantry
  • Research and save essential resources I’ll be using to guide the gantry’s creation process

Status Report: On schedule

 

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Rio Pacheco’s status report for Feb 10th

This week’s accomplishments

  • Write presentation of initial design ideas and present to the class
  • Attend mandatory lab
  • Research existing designs, begin thinking about parts to use for finalized design
  • Reserve Raspberry Pi from inventory

Next weeks plan

  • Look through inventory to see what other parts we can adapt to our design
  • Begin sketching general ideas based on feedback and existing inventory
  • Research existing methods for insulating electronics from heat + moisture