01/09/19
4:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Self-introduce and meet the other members of the Group A and BIG. Begin preliminary research and development for AEV project.
Completed tasks:
- P R&D Exercise 1 – All members
- Website Update 1 – Minji (Completed and submitted to Carmen)
Tasks to be completed:
- P R&D Exercise 2 – All members
- Website Update 1 – Any
- Establish roles – All members
- Establish team approach to MCR
- Determine Project Timeline – All members
01/16/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Conduct weekly meeting and give progress updates to all team members. Discuss ongoing assignments and delegate upcoming group tasks.
Completed tasks:
- Website Update 1 – All members
- Establish MCR Approach- All members
- P R&D Exercise 2 – All members
Tasks to be completed:
- Website Update 2 – Any
- Determine Project Timeline – All members
- Team Working Agreement
02/01/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 308
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Continue testing AEV and complete the given assignments.
Completed Tasks:
- Conduct Reflected Sensor Test – All members
- P R&D Exercise 3 – All members
- Begin brainstorming design concepts – All members
Tasks to be completed:
- Website Update 2:
- Create an evolution of design section that features
- Update (and comment) various codes used.
- Update (and comment) various designs examined.
- Update research that supports your AEV decisions.
- Complete any other tasks from the Preliminary R & D Lab Guides (see MCR for additional details).
02/06/2019
3:55 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Fill in missing data from Lab 3 and work on Excercise 4 & 5.
Completed Tasks:
- Reflected Sensor Tested – All members
- Update (and comment) various codes used.
Tasks to be completed:
- Website Update 2:
- Create an evolution of design section that features
- Update (and comment) various designs examined.
- Update research that supports your AEV decisions.
- Complete any other tasks from the Preliminary R & D Lab Guides (see MCR for additional details).
02/12/2019
8:30 p.m.
KSA Cafe
Present Members: All
Work cooperatively to complete due assignments (Progress Report 1 and Grant Proposal).
Completed Tasks:
- Grant Proposal – all members
- Progress Report – all members
Tasks to be completed:
- Prepare for the Committee Meeting
02/20/2019
3:55 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Brainstorms ideas for R&D testing.
Completed Tasks:
- Committee Meeting – R&D, HR, Public Relations representatives met with staff to discuss the project and ask advice for improvements – Kyle, Minji, Alex
- R&D Methodology – decided on motor configuration and battery testing – all members
Tasks to be completed:
- Motor configuration testing
- Battery testing
02/27/2019
3:55 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Test different motor configurations.
Completed Tasks:
- Committee Meeting Reflection – Completed and submitted the document on carmen – Minji
- Ran 5 trials with different motor configurations and collected data – all members
- Decided to omit battery testing and test breaks instead – all members
Tasks to be completed:
- Continue collecting data
- Analyze the data
- Progress Report 2 (Due March 5)
- Website Update 3 (Due March 8)
03/05/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Alex Weaver
Tested different codes for the Performance Test
Completed Tasks:
- Started analyzing the collected data from past motor configuration trials.
- Ran a trial to test the approximate distance the AEV needs to travel in order to pass the performance test.
Tasks to be completed:
- Continue collecting and analyzing data.
03/06/2019
3:55 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Test different motor configurations.
Completed Tasks:
- Ran 9 trials to test the approximate distance the AEV needs to travel in order to pass the performance test.
- Completed the code for the performance test from stopping at the gate to passing the gate.
Tasks to be completed:
- Run Performance Test 1
- Write Progress Report 2
- Website Update 3
- Prepare for R&D Oral Presentation
03/08/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: Kyle Hendershot, Alex Weaver
Performance Test 1
Completed Tasks:
- Passed the Performance Test 1.
Tasks to be completed:
- Website Update 3
- Write Progress Report 2
- Prepare for R&D Oral Presentation
03/18/2019
8:00 PM
Thompson Library Cafe
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Complete the tasks that needs to be completed
Completed Tasks:
- Completed Progress Report 2 by sharing the data, results and analysis, and future work.
- Completed Website Update 3 by sharing the link, re-organizing the website, explaining Team A’s current AEV findings supported by research, inserting previous codes, the evolution of design, etc.
- Worked on R&D oral presentation materials.
Tasks to be completed:
- Finish preparing for R&D Oral Presentation.
03/19/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Prepare for the R&D oral presentation.
Completed Tasks:
- Worked on R&D oral presentation materials. Finished power point slides and assigning slides to each person.
Tasks to be completed:
- R&D Oral Presentation.
- Performance Test 2.
03/20/2019
3:55 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
R&D Oral Presentation day.
Completed Tasks:
- Presented our R&D findings and progress in front of multiple groups in class.
Tasks to be completed:
- Prepare for Performance Test 2
03/22/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 308
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Prepare for Performance Test 2
Completed Tasks:
- Changed the orientation of the reflectance sensors to fit the AEV on the track.
- Created a code for Performance Test 2.
Tasks to be completed:
- Prepare for Performance Test 2
- Run Performance Test 2
- Critical Design Review (CDR) Draft
03/26/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Finish preparing for Performance Test 2 and run it.
Completed Tasks:
- Ran trials to allow the AEV to proceed to the gate from the starting point, stop for seven seconds, proceed through the gate, go down the ramp to attach to the caboose, pause for five seconds, and exit the loading zone with the connected load.
- Finished Performance Test 2.
Tasks to be completed:
- Critical Design Review(CDR) Draft
- Committee Meeting 2
03/27/2019
3:50 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Attend the Committee Meeting 2.
Completed Tasks:
- HR, PR, and R&D directors met with the staff to report the progress of the group.
Tasks to be completed:
- aR&D 3
- Progress Report 3
- Final Oral Presentation (Draft)
- Final Performance Test
03/29/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 308
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Assign tasks and discuss aR&D 3.
Completed Tasks:
- Assigned tasks to each member for the progress report, oral presentation poster.
- Discussed aR&D in terms of what specifically we want to test and decided to test servo and adaptable code.
Tasks to be completed:
- aR&D 3
- Progress Report 3
- Final Oral Presentation (Draft)
- Final Performance Test
04/02/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Plan a R&D 3 and work on assigned tasks
Completed Tasks:
- Planned out aR&D 3 and started on the code.
- Worked on assigned tasks from the previous meeting.
Tasks to be completed:
- aR&D 3
- Progress Report 3
- Final Oral Presentation (Draft)
- Final Performance Test
04/03/2019
3:55 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Finish and test code from last meeting. Determine the most effective code for the AEV.
Completed Tasks:
- Finished the initial arduino code using while loop and if statements.
- Ran trials with the initial code and improved it based on the results of the trial.
Tasks to be completed:
- aR&D 3
- Progress Report 3
- Final Oral Presentation (Draft)
- Final Performance Test
04/05/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 308
Present Members: Kyle Hendershot, Alex Weaver
Finish and test code from last meeting. Determine the most effective code for the AEV.
Completed Tasks:
- Continued testing while loops and if statements and came to the conclusion that we should not use the conditional statements
Tasks to be completed:
- Progress Report 3
- Final Oral Presentation (Draft)
- Final Performance Test
04/09/2019
3:00 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Work on Final Performance Test code and run trials. Run 1 graded performance test.
Completed Tasks:
- Continued working on Final Performance Test code and ran 1 graded performance test.
Tasks to be completed:
- Continue improving the code and run 2 more graded trials.
04/10/2019
3:55 PM
Hitchcock 224
Present Members: All (Kyle Hendershot, Minji Jeong, Shania Munagekar, Alex Weaver)
Make final adjustments to the code for the Final Performance Test and complete the last 2 graded runs.
Completed Tasks:
- Completed fine tuning on the code and successfully completed the last 2 graded runs.
- Disassembled AEV and took inventory
Tasks to be completed:
- Final preparations for the Final Oral Presentation
- Final revision of Concept Design Review
- Final update for website