Team Q Meetings

Meeting 1

Date: 16 Jan 2019

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face)

Location: Hitchcock 224

Members Present: All

Topics Discussed:

• Introduction
• Preliminary Research & Development Exercise 1

Objective:

• Initialize Website
• Write first Arduino code
• Document Adruino’s behavior

 

Decisions:

• Nic recorded everyone’s OSU credentials to deliver to the other team within our company who was initializing the website in order for us to gain administrative privileges
• Brent and Tyler wrote Arduino code
• Matthew researched the correct handling procedure of the Arduino Mini
• Nic documented the Arduino’s performance while it executed the program we created

Upcoming Tasks:

• Continue setup of the website (BL & MS)
• Configure Arduino software on a personal computer (TK)

 

 

Meeting 2

Date: 17 Jan 2019

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face)

Location: Hitchcock 224

Members Present: All

Topics Discussed:

• Preliminary Research & Development Exercise 2

Objective:

• Become familiar with external sensor hardware components
• Become familiar with troubleshooting techniques
• Program function calls for using external sensors with AEV control
• Construct AEV
• Take inventory of what AEV components have been provided
• begin programming Arduino board for the first trial
• Determine where to store AEV between labs

Decisions:

• Brent would be responsible for storing the AEV
• Brent and Nic would construct the first iteration of the AEV
• Mattew would take inventory of the provided components
• Tyler would program the Arduino board

Upcoming Tasks:

• See GTA before the beginning of next Lab to complete the rest of the Preliminary R&D part 1 procedure

 

 

Meeting 3

Date: 31 Jan 2019

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face)

Location: Hitchcock 224

Members Present: All

Topics Discussed:

• Preliminary Research & Development Exercise 3

Objective:

• Become familiar with MATLAB based design analysis tool
• Be able to upload Arduino data into the design analysis tool
• Be able to conduct performance analysis of an AEV operation
• Be able to export plots for reports

Decisions:

• Tyler would write Arduino code and setup MATLAB design analysis tool on his laptop
• Brent would reassemble AEV
• Nic would attach reflectance sensors to AEV
• Matthew would aid in the construction of the AEV configuration by pulling up the 3-dimensional model and guiding Nic and Brent
• Brent and Matthew would run the AEV trial on the overhead rails
• Tyler would analyze the

Upcoming Tasks:

• rerun trial at the beginning of next lab as the original trial failed

 

 

Meeting 4

Date: 7 Feb 2019

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face)

Location: Hitchcock 224

Members Present: All

Topics Discussed:

• Preliminary Research & Development Exercise 2 & 3

Objective:

• Catch up on previous labs
  • Become familiar with external sensor hardware components
  • Become familiar with troubleshooting techniques
  • Be able to conduct performance analysis of an AEV operation
  • Be able to export plots for reports
• Compare individual AEV design sketches

Decisions:

• Brent and Nic diagnosed and fixed faulty AEV reflectance sensor setup
• Nic corrected mistakes made within exercise 3 code
• Matthew compared individual AEV design sketches against each other
• Nic and Matthew created scoring criteria for each design and scored each sketch accordingly

Upcoming Tasks:

• Website Update 2
• Progress Report 1

 

Meeting 5

Date: 12 Feb 2019

Time: 4:30

Location: Smith Lab (Face-to-Face)

Members Present: All

Topics Discussed:

• Progress Report 1
• AEV Grant Proposal

Objective:

• Delegate sections of Progress Report 1 to different group members
• Decide on Group’s AEV design
• Plan Grant Proposal

Decisions:

• Tyler sketched group’s AEV design
• Brent, Mathew, and Nic formatted Progress Report 1 document
• Each member was deligated a section of Progress Report 1 to write up

Upcoming Tasks:

• Deliver Grant Proposal
• Individual work on each member’s delegated section of Progress Report 1

 

Meeting 6 

Date: 21 Feb 2019 

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 224 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Committee Meeting 1 
• Division Research assignments 

Objective: 

• Complete Committee Meeting 1 
• Coordinate with different divisions within the Company to each develop a unique Advanced R&D Project. 
• Create the methodology for the first Advanced R&D Lab 

Decisions: 

• Team Q assigned to test engine configuration and how it relates to efficiency 
• Team L assigned to test reflectance sensors and improve their accuracy 
• Team K assigned to test battery configuration and how it relates to AEV performance 

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Advanced R&D Lab 1 
• Progress Report 2 

  

Meeting 7 

Date: 28 Feb 2019 

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 224 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• AEV test designs 
• begin testing 

Objective: 

• Design experiments in which efficiency can be calculated between different motor orientations and power levels 
• Design an AEV frame from which multiple differing motor configurations can be mounted to. 
• Begin collecting data on the first test 

Decisions: 

• One set of trials will be recorded where different motor orientations will be run through constant power and time to analyze their efficiency at displacing the AEV along a flush track. This trial will then be run for the reverse direction as well to account for reverse efficiency of the motors. 
• One set of trials will be recorded where a constant single motor orientation will be tested with differing levels of power provided for a constant time to analyze the efficiency at displacing the AEV along a flush track. This trial will not be run in the reverse direction as engine orientation relative to the AEV’s direction of travel is not being analyzed. 
• Nic will work on creating presentation 

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Finish collecting trial data for motor configuration test 
• Begin collecting trial data for the motor configuration test 
• Oral Presentation 

  

Meeting 8 

Date: 4 Mar 2019 

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Motor configuration test 

Objective: 

• Finish collecting trial data for motor configuration test 

Decisions: 

• Nic will continue to work on presentation 
• Matthew will analyze trial data and aggregate appropriate figures and tables 
• Brent will reorient motors between tests 
• Tyler will recode each trial run and upload trial data to box for Matthew 

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Begin engine power test 
• Oral Presentation 

  

Meeting 9 

Date: 6 Mar 2019 

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Motor power test 

Objective: 

• Collect trial data for motor power test 

Decisions: 

• Nic will continue to work on presentation 
• Matthew will analyze trial data and aggregate appropriate figures and tables 
• Brent will calculate new distance until breaking motor between trials 
• Tyler will recode each trial run and upload trial data to box for Matthew 

 

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Performance Test 1 
• Oral Presentation 

   

Meeting 10 

Date: 7 Mar 2019 

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

• Matthew 
• Tyler 
• Brent 

Topics Discussed: 

• Performance test 1 

Objective: 

• Complete performance test 1 

Topics Discussed: 

• Reducing AEV forward inertia by providing thrust in the reverse direction 

Objective: 

• Finish refining performance test 1 code 
• Complete performance test 1 

Decisions: 

• The team didn’t like how slow the others AEVs’ were traveling after the inclined track in order to achieve stopping at the correct mark. We allowed our AEV to complete this performance test in a fraction of the time of others by allowing our AEV to exit the incline with relatively great speed and achieved stopping by providing a short burst of reverse thrust as the AEV approached the stopping point. 
• Providing moral support for other teams within our company who were having difficulty with performance test 1 

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Progress Report 2 
• Oral Presentation 

 

Meeting 11

Date:  18 Feb 2019

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Progress Report 2
• AEV Design Durability

Objective: 

• Curate the remaining data from aR&D and format it for use within Progress Report 2
• Delegate Sections of the Progress Report to different group members
• Design a more durable AEV Chasis

Decisions: 

• Matthew pulled efficiency data summaries from each trial spreadsheet to one reference spreadsheet for the progress report
• Nic Began formatting a Word document for the Progress report
• Brent and Tyler dismantled the previous AEV design built on the T platform and reassembled it to a vertically mounted rectangular platform.
• Matthew uploaded each trial efficiency curve to the appendix of the report
• Nic Was assigned to write the introduction, Brent and Tyler each assigned to the discussion of an aR&D test, and Matthew was assigned the conclusion.

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Progress Report 2
• Performance Test 2

 

Meeting 12

Date:  20 Feb 2019

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Oral Presentation
• AEV trailer hitch

Objective: 

• Finish script for the oral presentation
• Design a hitch that would not interfere with the front motor that would be able to attach to the cart

Decisions: 

• Tyler devised an arch attachment for the front of the AEV that would reach above the front motor and then come down to meet the AEV trailer at the correct height
• Brent Attached the new hitch to the AEV as Tyler began writing code for the second half of the AEV’s movement to the trailer at the end of the track
• Matthew and Tyler curated slide for the oral presentation and divided up the topics for each teammate to discuss.

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Performance Test 2
• Oral Presentation

 

Meeting 13

Date:  25 Feb 2019

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Complete Performance Test 2
• Critical Design Report

Objective: 

• Complete Performance Test 2
• Begin curating data from the previous progress reports to discuss within the Critical Design Report

Decisions: 

• Brent and Tyler would rapidly test different code to complete Performance Test 2 requirements
• Matthew and Nic would look through previous progress reports to find what should be included within the Critical Design Report

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Critical Design Report

 

Meeting 14

Date:  25 Feb 2019

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Redesign AEV & inconsistent trailer hitch
• Critical Design Report

Objective: 

• Simplify AEV and trailer hitch design
• Begin Drafting of the Critical Design Report

Decisions: 

• Brent and Tyler would disassemble AEV, reassembling it to another smaller vertically mounted rectangular platform
• A smaller rectangular platform would be suspended from the front of the AEV to allow for a lower mounting of the front motor allowing for a simplified hitch design
• Matthew and Nic would begin drafting the Critical Design Report

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Critical Design Report
• Committee Meeting 2

 

Meeting 15

Date:  27 Feb 2019

Time: 3:00 to 3:55 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 308 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• Redesign AEV & inconsistent trailer hitch
• Critical Design Report

Objective: 

• Complete Performance Test 2
• Begin curating data from the previous progress reports to discuss within the Critical Design Report

Decisions: 

• Brent and Tyler would rapidly test different code to complete Performance Test 2 requirements
• Matthew and Nic would continue to draft the Critical Design Report
• At the end of the lab, each group member was assigned a particular section of the remaining CDR to complete.

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Critical Design Report
• Committee Meeting 2

 

Meeting 16

Date:  1 Feb 2019

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 224 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• aR&D 3
• Progress Report 3

Objective: 

• begin testing for aR&D 3
• begin drafting Progress Report 3

Decisions: 

• Brent and Tyler would rapidly test the group’s agreed upon methodology for running each engine trial for the same amount of powered time, but changing power levels to compare efficiency
• Matthew and Nic Drafted Progress Report 3

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Progress Report 3

 

Meeting 17

Date:  3 Feb 2019

Time: 3:55-5:15 PM (Face-to-Face) 

Location: Hitchcock 224 

Members Present: All 

Topics Discussed: 

• aR&D 3
• Progress Report 3

Objective: 

• finish testing for aR&D 3
• begin drafting Progress Report 3

Decisions: 

• Brent and Tyler would finish testing aR&D 3
• Matthew and Nic Drafted continued drafting Progress Report 3

Upcoming Tasks: 

• Progress Report 3