Team Meeting Minutes

Meeting 1

Date: 17 January 2018

Time: 9:30 A.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Pre-Lab

Objective: Set up the u.osu.edu website for Lab 1, begin to construct the AEV project

To Do/ Action Items: Finish Website, Complete assembly of AEV Project

Decisions: Meet every Wednesday for one hour after class and more as needed, communicate through text message

Reflections: The group had enough time to finish the To Do items during the meeting time.

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Meeting 2

Date: 24 January 2018

Time: 9:30 A.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Website Update 1

Objective: Adding to u.osu website and assigning roles to individual team members

To Do/ Action Items: Finish Website Update 1, check WU1 with rubric, Complete assembly of AEV Project

Decisions: Aaron J: website coordinator, Jay L: website coordinator, Chris C: programmer/data analyst, Nitisha B: quality engineer

Reflections: All have a goal of doing well in this class and on this project

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Meeting 3

Date: 30 January 2018

Time: 9:30 A.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Website Update 2 (due next Thursday)

Objective: Continue to work on Website Update 2, find a design for AEV

To Do/ Action Items: Concept Design Sketches, Start to build designs from concept sketches, upload pictures of CDS to website

Decisions: Choose one design to continue project

Reflections: We’re still familiarizing ourselves with the AEV and the website

 

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Meeting 4

Date: 8 February 2018

Time: 8:30 – 9:45 AM

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Next Labs deliverable and continuation of AEV development

Objective: Complete Screening and Scoring Charts to narrow down AEV options

To Do/ Action Items: Charts, upload them to website

Decisions: Decide to meet another time to work on Advanced R&D

Reflections: We’re doing Motor Configuration, Energy Analysis, Battery Testing

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Meeting 5

Date: 26 March 2018

Time: 1:30PM – 3:00PM

Location: Engineering Lab Room
Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Advanced R&D Labs to finish, R&D Oral Presentation

Objective: Today’s main focus was to finish the Motor Configuration lab, and finish the powerpoint due Thursday for the R&D Presentation

To Do/ Action Items:

-start progress report questions

-start committee meeting

-Battery Testing, Motor Configuration, Energy Analysis

-Progress Report Questions

-Committee Meeting 1

Decisions:

-Chris: Programming Basics and Data Analysis Tool

-Jay: Creative Design Thinking (first two bullet points)

-Aaron: Concept Screening and Scoring

-Nitisha: Reflectance Sensors and Creative Design Thinking (second two bullet points)

Reflections:

-Progress report 1 is our biggest group assignment to date and must be treated as such

-Work will be divided up between members

Resources:

Technical Communications Guide: Page 20 (guidelines on how to write progress report)

LM_Advanced_R&D_PerfTests_SP18.pdf Page 4 (Battery Testing)

LM_MCR&Deliverables_SP 18_pdf Page 25 – Committee Meetings 1 Overview

(next page – page 6 is Rubric)

LM_MCR&Deliverables_SP 18_pdf Page 31 – Information on Progress Reports Progress Report 1 Overview (next page

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Meeting 6

Date: 19 February 2018

Time: 9:30AM

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Grant Proposal, updated AEV

Objective: Create outline of Grant Proposal and rehearse

To Do/ Action Items: Work on Grant Proposal

Decisions: 

Reflections:

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Meeting 7

Date: 27 February 2018

Time: 4:25 P.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Performance Testing

Objective: Performance Testing

To Do/ Action Items: Code for Performance Testing, work on the AEV stopping at the gate for 7 seconds

Decisions: Found a general code

Reflections: The AEV is inconsistent but we don’t know why

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Meeting 8

Date: 26 March

Time: 9:30 A.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Performance Testing

Objective: Website UPdate 2

To Do/ Action Items: CDR Draft

Decisions: post pictures upon website

Reflections: professionsalism

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Meeting 9

Date: 30 March

Time: 9:30 A.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Website Update 2

Objective: continue on working on AEV code, final design

To Do/ Action Items: finalize design

Decisions: energy analysis

Reflections: yes

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Meeting 10

Date: 1 April

Time: 11 AM

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Things that need to be done

Objective: Battery Testing Uploaded to Website

To Do/ Action Items: Energy Analysis Uploaded

Decisions: Advanced R&D Online

Reflections: make a to do list

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Meeting 11

Date: 29 March 2018

Time: 9:30 A.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Worked on Performance Test 2 Code

Objective: Get code for AEV to go to caboose without recoiling too much

To Do/ Action Items: Perfect the code as much as possible for the Performance Test 2

Decisions: It was as good as it was gonna get

Reflections: During the Performance Test 2, the AEV stopped a few inches away from the caboose and we got lucky because it rolled and connected to the caboose

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Meeting 12

Date: 3 April 2018

Time: 4:25 P.M.

Location: Engineering Lab Room 225

Members Present: Chris Calomino, Jay Lin, Aaron Jacoby, Nitisha Bhatt

Topics Discussed: Work on Final Performance Test Code

Objective: Begin the Final Performance Test Code

To Do/ Action Items: Code for the AEV to go down, pick up the caboose and stop at the gate

Decisions: The AEV is very inconsistent so we’d have to redo the code anyway

Reflections: We were off to a good start for the code

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