TEAM C MEETING MINUTES

TEAM C MEETING MINUTES

Meeting #1

Date: 02 – Sep – 2017

Time: 4:00-5:30 pm

Method: Face to Face

Location: The Union, The Ohio State University

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in creating a website for the company Baker International Group. The team went through the ADVANCE ENERGY VEHICLE DESIGN PROJECT MISSION CONCEPT REVIEW (MCR) AND DELIVERABLES and discussed about the roles of each individual in the team. The team also discussed about the future team meeting minutes and came up on a common ground with the time and place for these meetings.

To do/Action Items
  • Work on creating a website for the company.
  • Discuss team meeting minutes.
  • Decide the roles of team members.

 Topics discussed:

  • Dharoov and Kenya : Worked on the basic layout of the group website and formed pages for the group and filled in the information about the group members.
  • Nikitha and Kuo : worked on the team meeting minutes for this assignment as well as suggestes roles for the members of the group.

Reflections:

  • The team decided on the team meeting minutes and should stick to the schedule that the team agreed on.
  • Assigning roles will surely help in working together as a team on future assignments.

 

Meeting #2

Date: 15 – Sep – 2017

Time: 4:00-5:30 pm

Method: Face to Face

Location: The Union, The Ohio State University

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in discussing about the content needed for the website update 2 for the company Baker International Group. The team discussed about the roles and responsibilities of the team members in creating the website update 2 and future tasks pending for the lab on Tuesday.

To do/Action Items
  • Work on creating a website update 2 for the company.
  • Discuss the work pending from previous lab to be completed in the lab on Tuesday.
  • Decide the roles of team members.

Topics discussed:

  • Dharoov and Kenya : Worked on the AEV design and the final team design.
  • Nikitha and Kuo : worked on the codes for the labs scenario 1 and sensory lab.

Reflections:

  • The team decided that the members should invest more time in the team meeting for the smooth running of the AEV project.
  • Completion of the task in the lab itself will surely go a long way.

Meeting #3

Date: 17 – Sep – 2017

Time: 2:00-3:30 pm

Method: Google Chat

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in discussing about the progress of the AEV and finish the incomplete labs 3 and 4. The team discussed about the roles and responsibilities of finishing tasks pending for the lab on Tuesday.

To do/Action Items

  • Discuss the work pending from previous lab to be completed in the lab on Tuesday.
  • Decide the roles of team members.
  • Discuss roles for progress report

Topics discussed:

  • Dharoov and Kenya : Worked on the assembling of AEV design
  • Nikitha and Kuo : worked on the codes for the labs 3 and 4.
  • Progress report divided between team members

Reflections:

  • The team decided that the AEV design was heavily balanced at the end and decided to reconsider the AEV design.
  • The team considered other design layouts in order to balance the AEV.
  • The team assigned parts to complete for the progress report.

 

Meeting #4

Date: 22 – Sep – 2017

Time: 4:00-5:00 pm

Method: Google Chat

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in discussing about the progress of the AEV and decide on how to work on fixing the AEV design based on errors encountered in previous lab. The team discussed about the roles and responsibilities of finishing tasks pending for the upcoming lab.

To do/Action Items

  • Discuss the work to be done to finalize AEV design.
  • Decide the roles of team members.
  • Test the AEV design

Topics discussed:

  • Dharoov and Kenya : Worked on the assembling of AEV design
  • Nikitha and Kuo : worked on the codes for testing the AEV model, collected data for reference.
  • The team assigned parts to complete for the upcoming presentation and committee meeting .

Reflections:

  • The team decided that the AEV design needed to be redesigned in order to move further with the upcoming labs and test.
  • The team considered other tests to conduct for the AEV.

 

Meeting #5

Date: 2 –Oct – 2017

Time: 2:00-3:00 pm

Method: In Person

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in discussing about the progress of the AEV after the success test run. The team discussed about the roles and responsibilities of finishing tasks for upcoming tests which included battery testing and servo function .

To do/Action Items

  • Discuss the work to be done to finalize AEV design.
  • Decide the roles of team members.
  • Write code to test design

Topics discussed:

  • Dharoov and Kenya : Worked on the assembling of AEV design
  • Nikitha and Kuo : worked on the codes for testing the AEV model.
  • Split work for upcoming Research and Development Presentation

Reflections:

  • The team decided that the AEV design needed to be tested for maximum efficiency.
  • The team considered the new results from the tests conducted for the AEV.
  • The team assigned respective roles for the upcoming presentation.

 

Meeting #6

Key Priorities

Key Priorities are as follows:

To allow for a more efficient motion of the AEV with the use of a servo motor to enhance the braking system.

To allow for efficient energy use with the help of a productive battery.

To allow for easier and safer motion of AEV by using an aerodynamic design as discussed in presentation to move across the inclined plane.

In order to achieve the key priorities the Approaches are as follows:

1.Research on battery testing

2.Research on Servo function

3. Aerodynamic design

 

 

 

TEAM C MEETING MINUTES

Meeting #7

Date: 31– Oct – 2017

Time: 2:00-3:00 pm

Method: Face to Face

Location: Hithcock Lab, The Ohio State University

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in order to review the AEV design setup and discuss on how to proceed on developing the AEV before the performance test. The team went through the ADVANCED ENERGY VEHICLE DESIGN PROJECT MISSION CONCEPT REVIEW (MCR) AND DELIVERABLES and discussed about the roles of each individual in the team. The team also discussed about the future team meeting minutes and came up on a common ground with the time and place for these meetings.

To do/Action Items

  • Work on website update for the group.
  • Research for performance test
  • Discuss team meeting minutes.
  • Decide the roles of team members.

 

Topics discussed:

  • Dharoov and Kenya : Worked on the basic layout of the group website and formed pages for the group and filled in the information about the group members.
  • Nikitha and Kuo : worked on the team meeting minutes for this assignment as well as suggests roles for the members of the group for next lab.

Reflections:

  • The team decided on the team meeting minutes and should stick to the schedule that the team agreed on.
  • Assigning roles will surely help in working together as a team on future assignments.

 

Meeting #8

Date: 5-Nov– 2017

Time: 2:00-3:30 pm

Method: Online

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in discussing about the content needed for the committee meeting  as well as decided to go through the second performance test requirements. The team discussed about the roles and responsibilities of the team members in accomplishing the tasks before the deadline.

To do/Action Items

  • Work on upcoming lab
  • Decide the roles of team members.

Topics discussed:

  • Dharoov and Kenya : worked on getting documentation for the upcoming committee meeting and gave input on arduino
  • Nikitha and Kuo : worked on the arduino code for loading part of performance test

Reflections:

  • The team decided that the members should invest more time in the team meeting for the smooth running of the AEV project.
  • Completion of the committee meeting as well as second performance test requirements  in small portions  will surely go a long way.

 

Meeting #9

Date: 11 – Nov– 2017

Time: 2:00-3:30 pm

Method: Google Chat

Members Present: Dharoov Verma, Nikitha Kovvuri, Kenya Gray, Kuo Liu

Objective:

The objective of this meeting was to work together in discussing about the progress of the AEV and the upcoming progress report..The team discussed about the roles and responsibilities of finishing tasks pending for the final performance test. The team also split up work regarding progress report 3.

 

To Do/Action Items

  • Discuss the work pending from previous lab to be completed in the lab on Friday morning.
  • Discuss roles for progress report 3.
  • Assigning roles for team members for the progress report 3.

Topics discussed:

  • Progress report 3 divided between team members.
  • Testing to be conducted to check different codes for performance test 3.

Reflections:

  • The team assigned parts to complete for the progress report.
  • The team felt that they had tested the AEV thoroughly and needed one more test run in order to check the loading routine as well as gate routine performance of the AEV test, according to the performance test requirement.