February
Meetings #8,9
Date: January 29, 2018
Time: 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM (face to face)
Place: Hitchcock 224 and Hitchcock 324
Members Present: Feifan Lin(F.L.), Joey Gill(J.G.), Jingming Chen(J.C.), Pravesh Khanal (P.K.)
Topic: Finish Unfinished AEV Labs and Progress Report 1
Date: February 2, 2018
Time: 2:55 PM – 5:15 PM (face to face)
Place: Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Feifan Lin(F.L.), Joey Gill(J.G.), Jingming Chen(J.C.), Pravesh Khanal (P.K.)
Topic: Progress Report 1 and Advanced R &D.
Objective:
During the week 4 meetings, the group’s goal is to complete the lab materials from preliminary R&D, finish Progress Report 1, and prepare for Advanced R&D labs.
To do/Action items:
During the eighth meeting, the group attended the 5:30 lab on Thursday to make up lab 2 and lab 4. They discussed details about the AEV design and tested their code during this time. After the make-up lab, the group met in Engineering lab 324 for 4 hours to discuss the progress report and each person’s responsibility.
During the ninth meeting, researched Coasting vs. Power braking. The group tested two separate codes to determine whether Coasting or Power braking was more energy efficient. The group discussed how wedge-like wings could potentially harm the AEV stopper since it is like catching a knife. The team encountered several problems when uploading the code to the AEV. The AEV was not recognizing the reverse command. The coder, Feifan learned that a brake command did not have a time specified which caused the motor to be powerless and the reverse command was not working. Joey noticed the error and told Feifan to fix the error which ultimately fixed the problem. The team was confident that 50% power would not be too much, but the result showed that the AEV reversed too much.
Initial ideas:
Provide specific roles for each member for Progress Report 1. (J.G., F.L. P.K., J.C.) Each member received a part of Progress Report 1 and discussed the parts with each other.
Review the Advanced R&D topics for the lab. (J.G.)
Design a better strategy to finish labs quickly and accurately, (P.K., J.G., F.L., J.C.)
Decisions:
-Finish each assigned role before submission deadline for Progress Report 1. (FL, JG, JC, PK)
-Prepare for Advanced R&D topics. (FL, JG, JC, PK)
-Split up lab work to finish labs on time. (PK, FL)
Upcoming tasks:
Prepare for the upcoming grant proposal presentation. (J.G.)
Design PowerPoint slides for grant proposal (P.K.)
Update team meeting notes. (P.K.)
Update the website. (F.L., P.K.)
Roles subject to change.