Team Meeting Notes
Time: 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Date: 3/9/2017
Location: Room 324, Hitchcock Hall
This week meeting was aimed to summarize the work the group did on previous labs and schedule a plan for the next week. At the beginning of the meeting, the group mainly talked about the potential error that caused the mark errors on Lab 7. Nick held the view that it might be caused by the wheel sensors because they were not accurate enough. And then the group focused on the AEV design based on the Lab 5. Enoch talked about the first AEV design. He held the view the most important factor that reduce the AEV’s efficiency was the weight of the AEV. The heavier AEV could increase the friction force between AEV and the track. Therefore, Enoch thought that the final design should be cut off unnecessary materials. Nick pointed out that the first AEV design had a minimal blockage which made it possible for the AEV run smoothly on the track. Marcus thought the balance was more important to the weight because if the AEV tilted forwards, all the forces would be added on the front wheel and the AEV could not run at this scenario. Charles talked about the proportion of each criteria. Finally the whole group agreed on the standard for evaluation which was posted on “Tables & Figures” part. And then the group split up the task of the Lab 06 progress report and everyone was assigned to take charge of specific part. The group was supposed to finish the Lab 8A progress report by 3/9/2017.