Ahmad’s Status Report 3/7

The week before spring break, my group and I were focused heavily on completing the design report. Along with working through several sections such as testing and validation requirements, system implementation details, and other technical documentation, I helped guide the team through organizing and finalizing the overall report structure. I spent a lot of time coordinating with teammates to make sure our sections aligned and that the technical decisions we described were consistent across the document. I also ordered the battery packs and UWB sensors right before spring break, and they’ve already arrived, so I’ll just need to pick them up once I’m back on campus so we can begin assembling and testing the hardware. Along with this, we’ve continued working with Dr. Dueck and her students, which has been really helpful for thinking about how we’ll approach testing and getting deeper insights into how the system should behave in real-world scenarios. These conversations have helped us better understand what kinds of testing setups and feedback will be most valuable once our system is operational. I’m excited to get back to Pittsburgh and start connecting all of the components together and beginning our initial testing phase. We also plan to begin building the physical rail system once we return, which will allow us to start integrating the mechanical components with the sensing hardware. Once everything is assembled and connected, we’ll be able to begin validating the system and iterating based on feedback from Dr. Dueck and her students as we move further into development.