Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
Brainstorming 1/12/18 Group Ideas (All ideas were worked on and improved as a group):
- Use a servo for a break: This idea will allow for the AEV vehicle to properly stop and negate almost all error associated with stopping the vehicle. Another big impact that the break will have is it will allow for our engineering group guarantee the complete safety of anyone on the AEV vehicle (presented by Cade after Professor Buick’s recommendation).
- Maybe use 3d printer for printing lighter parts. A substantial impact on the performance of the AEV vehicle will be its weight. Having a lighter vehicle will allow for the AEV to travel up and down the incline easier. Also, custom made parts could be cheaper which would allow for the group to spend more of the budget on other concerns (Presented by Jacob).
- Make sure battery is always fully charged for consistency purposes. The type of the motors that will be used on the AEV vehicle are very dependent on how much of a charge is left in the battery. So, if our group does testing with a full battery it will be very important to run our final test with a fully charged battery (Presented by Jacob).
Upcoming Tasks:
- Update Website: Cade Sbrocco and Ethan Eggeman
- Finalize and Turn in Meeting Notes: Jacob Baumberger and Erin Baumann
- Read Preparation Materials for Lab day #2: Everyone
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Lab 2:
- Preliminary R & D lab one was finished: Motors showed signs of resistance when accelerating at a lower value, but once a higher value (around 20-25%) was achieved the motors ran perfectly fine.
- Preliminary R & D lab two was not finished due to technical difficulties with the Arduino board. The board would not connect to any of the desktops, so we exchanged it for a new one after class. But, this did not leave enough time for the completion of R & D lab 2 causing it to be pushed back to lab 3.
- The codes for both assignments were written by Jacob and Erin, while all building was done by Cade and Ethan.
Upcoming Tasks:
- Website update 2: Cade Sbrocco and Jacob Baumberger
- Progress Report #1:
- Situation and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Analyses: Cade Sbrocco
- Results and Analyses: Erin Baumann
- Figures and Tables: Ethan Eggeman
- Finishing Construction of Sample AEV: Cade Sbrocco and Ethan Eggeman
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Lab 3:
- Preliminary R & D lab two was completed. This showed that sensors were properly working and allowed the group to move on to R & D lab 4. Another big part of the sensor test was that it showed what direction was positive and negative, which determined whether the sensors were in the right ports.
- Preliminary R & D lab four was almost completed. Due to technical errors with the Arduino board again the data could not be saved. This error made it so that provided sample data had to be used in all documents until the real data could be gathered next lab.
Upcoming Tasks:
- Website update 2: Cade Sbrocco and Jacob Baumberger
- Progress Report #1 Continued:
- Situation and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Analyses: Cade Sbrocco
- Results and Analyses: Erin Baumann
- Figures and Tables: Ethan Eggeman
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Lab 4:
- Preliminary R & D lab four was completed except for getting the test data. There were still problems with the Arduino board for the majority of the class and after an hour of troubleshooting it was finally determined that the board was faulty. For the last twenty minutes the board was tested and used, but there was not enough time to record the data sample. This led to the use of sample data again.
Upcoming Tasks:
- Website update 2: Cade Sbrocco and Jacob Baumberger
- Progress Report #1 Continued:
- Situation and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Analyses: Cade Sbrocco
- Results and Analyses: Erin Baumann
- Figures and Tables: Ethan Eggeman
- R & D Labs 3 and 5: Everyone
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Houck House
Time: 5:15 P.M.
What was accomplished for Work Meeting :
– Preliminary R & D labs 3 and 5 were finished. This involved each individual member proposing there own sketch and then working together to make an improved sketch. After this was done all of the sketches went through a screening phase and then a scoring phase to determine what ideas should be continued or scrapped.
Upcoming Tasks:
– Website update 2: Cade Sbrocco and Jacob Baumberger
– Progress Report #1 Continued:
- Situation and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Analyses: Cade Sbrocco
- Results and Analyses: Erin Baumann
- Figures and Tables: Ethan Eggeman
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Lab 5:
- For lab 5 the engineering group began testing for the AR&D lab one. The first research phase that was started was motor quantity testing. For this part of the research a two-motor setup will be compared to a singular motor setup. To do this a modified AEV will be used for both trials and then data will be recorded and compared using the MATLAB data analysis tool.
- Finished Tasks: 4 trial runs for the two-motor setup were finished and the data was recorded and saved.
Upcoming Tasks:
- Website update 3: Cade Sbrocco and Jacob Baumberger
- AR & D Lab 1: Everyone
- Prepare AEV for lab week 6
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Lab 6:
- For lab 6 the engineering group continued testing for the AR&D lab one. The first task that needed to be completed was to finish research point one, which was motor quantity testing. After data was recorded for the singular motor setup, the group moved on to the second research point, which was power breaking versus coasting. This research point was also completely finished and data was recorded for 4 trials of each.
Upcoming Tasks:
- Website update 3: Cade Sbrocco and Jacob Baumberger
- Progress Report #1 Revisions:
- Situation and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Analyses: Cade Sbrocco
- Results and Analyses: Erin Baumann
- Figures and Tables: Ethan Eggeman
- AR & D Lab 1: Everyone
- Prepare oral presentation
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Lab 7:
For lab 7, the group shared their findings from the advanced R&D labs with other members of their corporation. The other oral presentations allowed for the group to gain further knowledge on other research points and compare conclusions with groups who did the same kind of research. The oral presentations took up all of the available work time, so the group was not able to work on the AEV.
Upcoming Tasks:
- Progress Report #2:
- Situation and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Analyses: Cade Sbrocco
- Results and Analyses: Erin Baumann
- Figures and Tables: Ethan Eggeman
- Prepare AEV for more testing
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Lab 11:
For lab 11, the group was able to finish performance test two. To get all of the necessary the point the AEV had to drive through the gate and then attach to the gate. Once the AEV was attached to the caboose it then had to leave the loading zone while maintaining its connection. The AEV was able to complete all the listed tasks with a high degree of precision and accuracy.
Upcoming Tasks:
- Progress Report #3:
- Situation and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Analyses: Cade Sbrocco
- Results and Analyses: Erin Baumann
- Figures and Tables: Ethan Eggeman
- Prepare AEV for final performance test: All
- Final Oral presentation: All
Engineering 1182 Group J
Members Present: Jacob Baumberger, Erin Baumann, Cade Sbrocco, and Ethan Eggeman
Meeting Place: Hitchcock Hall
Time: 8:00 A.M.
What was accomplished for Final Lab:
For the final lab, the group was able to finish the final performance test. To get all of the necessary the points the AEV had to drive through the gate and then attach to the caboose. Once the AEV was attached to the caboose it then had to leave the loading zone while maintaining its connection. Finally, the AEV then had to proceed back through the gate and successfully stop at the loading zone. The AEV was able to complete most of the listed tasks and ran into a couple errors, which can be attributed to batter inconsistency.
Upcoming Tasks:
- CDR:
- Experimental Methodology, Introduction, and Meeting Minutes: Jacob Baumberger
- Results, appendices, and Abstract: Cade Sbrocco
- Figures: Erin Baumann
- Conclusion: Ethan Eggeman
- Final Oral presentation: All
- Final Website Update: Jacob Baumberger and Cade Sbrocco