Contact Information
Collin Whitt – Aeropace Engineer – whitt.134@osu.edu
Role: “Team Leader” and Website Manager – In charge of keeping everyone informed and reporting any problems as well as managing all updates to the website.
Alex McCann – Biological Engineer – mccann.309@osu.edu
Role: Main Coding and Progress Tracker – In charge of the code on the AEV project and also in charge of the progress reports.
Brandon Brown – Computer Science Engineer – brown.6928@osu.edu
Role: Design and Research – In charge of researching improvements for the AEV as well as informing all the group members on any new designs.
Daniel Zitello– Civil Engineer- zitello.6@osu.edu
Role: Human Resources Representative – In charge of keeping the team together as well as making sure everyone works together towards their common goal.
Team Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes 1:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: January 17, 10:00am-10:55am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt
Topics/Agenda: Assigned Roles, Preparation for Labs, Future Meetings
First Topic – Team Roles – Collin
To initiate the meeting Collin brought up the assignment of team roles and assignments in future dates. It was decided Collin will be responsible for the management of the team website. Daniel is responsible for design research and other research necessary for the benefit of the team’s AEV. Alex is assigned with the oversight of the progress reports and the coding process. Brandon will be assigned with the responsibilities of the human resources representative. These roles are subject to change but are set in stone until issues occur.
Second Topic – Assignments and Readings – Alex
The next order of business was the pre-work assignments and reading that needs to be done before class and labs. Alex wanted to refresh everyone that there were readings and assignments that were necessary for our team’s success. He also wanted to let everyone know about the future assignments due before next lab. These assignments include the 4 applications, website update, and designs for the AEV.
Third Topic – Meeting Times – Alex
Lastly, the issue of team meetings was brought up by Alex. In order to have a meeting before the labs every week the meeting time changed from 10:00-10:55 to 8:00-8:30. It was believed that this would allow the group could discuss things before the lab in order to better be prepared.
Meeting Minutes 2:
Location: MSE Room 225
Time/Date: January 17, 8:00am-8:30am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Progress Report, Past Labs, Assignments
First Topic – Progress Report – Alex
The first act of business is discussing when to start working on the first program report that is due in two weeks. The progress report will go over the labs that have been done in the past and discuss what issues we will have with the project, etc. Team F decided to start working on it periodically throughout next week, so we won’t be crammed with work from other projects and exams.
Second Topic – Past Unfinished Labs – Brandon
Because the progress report is dependent on finishing the labs, we will have to go back and finished unfinished labs, sensor check and future unfinished labs. Team F decided that due to time constraints the group would come back later to finish that labs, most likely next week of the first progress report due date.
Third Topic – Assignments – Daniel
In the coming weeks we have a progress report due on February 7th, the same date advanced R&D starts. In the coming weeks team F has a progress report due on February 7th, the same date advanced R&D starts. An exam is scheduled to be on February 4th so each group member should get most of the progress report finished before then.
Meeting Minutes 3:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: January 31, 10:00am-10:55am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown Topics/Agenda: Sensor Test Laboratory Catch up & Lab Cancelation
First Topic – Sensor Test Laboratory – Collin
The Sensor Test Laboratory was used to help the group discover the uses for these sensors as well as how they work. Before the lab a code was written to be run to test and make sure the sensors run properly on the AEV. Before this could be done a separate code must be run to test to make sure the correct readings are being analyzed by the system so the AEV doesn’t over or under travel.
The first task of the group was to run this code. It was realized that the sensors were giving the team a reading that was opposite of what was expected. If left alone this would cause major issues with writing code for the track. To fix this issue, Collin flipped the propellers as well as the wheel dock to make the AEV go in the correct direction.
Second Topic – Lab Cancellation and Completion – Alex
Next, Team F needed to finish the lab that was canceled January 31. The lab was a concept and screening lab to discuss the design created for the AEV. All members filled the concept screening and concept scoring data tables. Discussions were made on each design and the compared to the reference design given in class.
Meeting Minutes 4:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: February 7, 10:00am-11:30am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Completion and Revision of the Progress Report
First Topic – Assignments – Brandon
Though the progress report was almost completed there were still a few things that needed to be addressed. These assignments were divided and given to the group members of Team F. They are below.
Collin – Appendix and Schedule
Daniel – Takeaways
Brandon – Situations
Alex – Analysis
Second Topic – Revising – Daniel
It was discussed that when revising members would make sure everything sounded right and was formatted neatly. Things like sentences written in the first person needed to be changed as well as sentence run-ons, etc. It was agreed that everyone would do at least one read-through of the progress report.
Third Topic – Missing Information – Collin
It was brought up that when executing the analysis lab, Collin did not plug in the sensors to the micro controller. This caused the distance of the AEV to not be recorded and the graphs need for the report were unable to be made. It was decided that Collin would go back and do another run of the code with the sensors plugged in. After he would then create the graphs for the report.
Meeting Minutes 5
Location: MSE
Time/Date: February 14, 8:30am-9:55am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Brake Testing
First Topic – Code – Collin
Before class Collin decided to run the sensor, test and upload the code he was assigned to do before the class, so Team F could have a possibility of finishing brake testing. The other team members were informed this information as soon as they came in.
Second Topic – Data Collection – Alex
After the first data collection run for brake testing Alex realized we would not have enough time to finish the testing. He expressed his concerns to the Team and it was decided that another meeting would be conducted the following day, 2/15/19, to finish the testing.
Third Topic – Consistency and Averaging – Alex
Alex notice that because all our data was very consistent we could average out the data and create graphs that could represent all the data and not just one run which was being done before. Because of the time constraint this was not able to be done but was put off until the next meeting
Assignments –
Collin – Finish Testing on the break testing
Brandon – Figure out ways we could place the propellers for the next test
Alex – Work on the deliverables for the brake testing
Daniel – Look at and inform the group on what assignments are coming up
Meeting Minutes 6:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: February 15, 10:00am-11:30am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Finish Brake Testing
First Topic – Brake Testing – Collin
Though the brake testing was supposed to be finished during this meeting it was done before by Collin. The only thing that was discussed is the preparation for the grant proposal and the next test. Group members from Team F were able look at the data and try to understand the relationships each run had.
Assignments –
No new assignments were given out
Meeting Minutes 7:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: February 21, 8:30am-9:55am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Propeller Configuration Testing
First Topic – Code – Collin
Collin did the pre-run work that needed to be done, sensor test and code test. He also uploaded the code he made for propeller testing and did a dry run to make sure the code ran smoothly. The other team members were informed this information as soon as they came in.
Second Topic – Data Collection – Alex, Daniel
It was noted, again, by Alex and Daniel we would not be able to run all the tests before the time was over and would have to be finished the next day. Also, we would try to understand and start analyzing the data the next meet.
Assignments –
Collin – Finish Testing on the propeller testing
Brandon – Start analyzing the data and make conclusions
Alex – Work on the deliverables for the propeller testing
Daniel – Start making the data presentable
Meeting Minutes 8:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: February 22, 10:00am-11:30am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Finish Propeller Testing, Next Step
First Topic – Finish Propeller Testing – Collin
Collin was able to finish the Propeller Testing before the meeting to commence. The same procedure was taken as last week, the team looked at the data to check its validity and future on the data were made.
Second Topic – Next Step – Alex, Brandon
Alex and Brandon brought up the upcoming assignments like the progress report, committee meeting, and oral presentation. Each member was given a role for the Committee meeting and the rest was left for discussion over the weekend via instant message. The roles can be seen below
Human Resources – Brandon
Research and Development – Daniel, Alex
Public Relations – Collin
Assignments –
No new assignments were given out
Meeting Minutes 9:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: February 28, 8:30am-9:55am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Errors in data, upcoming Assignments
First Topic – Errors in data – Alex
As the meeting started Alex noticed so errors in the brake testing data. When looking at the average power usage of the servo it became obvious that there was no way it could be less than the coasting usage. When looking closer when noticed that the starting voltages of the runs were not similar mean the battery wasn’t fully charged when the runs were executed.
Second Topic – Upcoming Assignments – Daniel
Next Daniel brought up what upcoming assignments we needed to do. These things include: progress report 2, oral presentation slides, fixing the braking data, and the first performance test.
Assignments –
Collin – Fix the propeller testing
Brandon – Start the presentation slides
Alex – Create a progress report document
Daniel – Figure out what needed to be done for the performance test
Meeting Minutes 10:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: March 1, 10:00am-11:30am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt
Topics/Agenda:
First Topic – Fixing the errors in the data – Collin
Before the meeting started Collin had already ran the test and completed the slides. The data graphs, and tables were presented to the group and suggestions were made about how to change them to make them presentable, these things are: Font size, color, and line size. This meeting was very short, but it was just to fix up the data for the progress report.
Assignments –
No new assignments were created
Meeting Minutes 11:
Location: MSE
Time/Date: March 7, 8:30am-9:55am
Members Present: Alex McCann, Daniel Zitello, Collin Whitt, Brandon Brown
Topics/Agenda: Performance Test 1, Progress Report
First Topic – Performance Test 1 – Everyone
As soon as the meeting started Team F assembled to try and finish the performance test code so they can disassemble and reassemble a new prototype vehicle to test again. Alex and Collin split up so they could work on the code while Daniel and Brandon worked on the Presentation slides since the due date was moved back till after spring break. 4-5 test were run in order to perfect the code for the AEV and all the things that were planned to get done were finished.
Second Topic – Progress Report – Alex
At the end of the meeting the progress report that was due the Monday after spring brake was discussed. It was decided that we would text each other to figure out who was doing what and how the work load would be divided. The progress report is planned to be finished the day before the due date for last minute editing and formatting.
Assignments –
No new assignments were created