Date/Time: Jan. 17, 2018 – 6:30pm
Location: Thompson Library
Members Present: Matthew Comes, Mike McCormick, Jake Metzer, Kunal Gakhar (all members)
Topics Discussed: Future meeting times, creation of u.osu.edu website
Objective:
Today’s main focus was to determine what times work best for all members of Group J to meet for future discussions. These discussions will begin to occur once more directions for the AEV project are provided and projects, lab reports, memos, etc. are assigned. The other focus for today’s meeting was to discuss the creation of the website for the AEV project.
To Do/Action Items:
• Create u.osu.edu site
• Complete necessary sections of the website (such as contact info)
• Schedule future meetings
Decisions:
The group decided that the majority of future meetings will be held after classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at the Thompson library. Weekend meetings are also possible and the group decided that at least three of the four members must be able to attend a meeting in order for an official one to occur. It was also decided that Mike McCormick would contact the other members after granting them access to the u.osu.edu site which will be created tonight.
Reflections:
• This meeting felt rather informal since there was not much to discuss yet
• The meeting ran fairly smooth despite the lack of topics
• Next time, there will be more material to discuss and the meeting minutes will be more detailed
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Date/Time: Feb. 5, 2018 – 6:30pm
Location: Thompson Library
Members Present: Matthew Comes, Mike McCormick, Jake Metzer, Kunal Gakhar (all members)
Topics Discussed: Progress Report 1
Objective:
Today’s main focus was to divide up the parts of the upcoming sections of the “Progress Report 1” assignment that have not already been completed.
To Do/Action Items:
• Assign team members to sections of the “Progress Report 1” assignment
• Create a group document on Google Docs or OneDrive
Decisions:
The group decided that Mike will write the portions of the report for the reflectance sensors, the data analysis tool, and the weekly schedule for the upcoming week of aR&D. Jake will write the programming basics and weekly goals sections. Kunal will write the creative design thinking and situation section of the upcoming week. Matthew will make and format the concept screening and scoring tables, write the week 5 situation, and continue keeping track of team meeting minutes. Google Docs was settled on for the method of collaboration for this assignment.
Reflections:
• This meeting was very straightforward with a narrow focus
• The sections were divided up with little need for further discussion
• Google Docs will likely be the choice for groupwork in the future because everyone is familiar with it and it is easier to use than OneDrive
• Much of what has been discussed since the last meeting has taken place in class during the lab activities, hence the gap in progress since the last recorded set of meeting minutes
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Date/Time: Feb. 7, 2018 – 6:45pm
Location: Thompson Library
Members Present: Matthew Comes, Mike McCormick, Jake Metzer, Kunal Gakhar (all members)
Topics Discussed: Advanced Research and Development
Objective:
Today’s main focus was to discuss the topic that will be covered in tomorrow’s aR&D session (aR&D 1) and the next session of aR&D .
To Do/Action Items:
* Bring up topics for the first and second aR&D labs
* Settle on one topic for aR&D 1 and another for aR&D 2
Decisions:
The group decided that a servo motor break will be the topic of the first aR&D lab. The servo motor break will be beneficial because it will likely be more efficient than other methods of stopping the AEV (power breaking by reversing the motors and coasting to a stop). For the second round of aR&D in two weeks, we will likely research different materials for the servo motor break. At this time, we did not settle on what those will be.
Reflections:
* This meeting was very straightforward with a narrow focus (upcoming aR&D testing)
* There was little debate on what the subjects for the aR&D will be
* There likely will not be many meetings taking place for the next few weeks because we will be discussing aR&D topics during class time
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Date/Time: Apr. 14, 2018 – 2:00pm
Location: Thompson Library
Members Present: Matthew Comes, Mike McCormick, Jake Metzer, Kunal Gakhar (all
members)
Topics Discussed: Final Assignments
Objective:
Today’s main focus was to determine the roles of everyone in the final assignments, including the CDR, presentation, and website update. Seeing that all AEV testing is finished, there is not much left to do and this will be the last meeting for this group.
To Do/Action Items:
· Address revisions and additions to the CDR draft to be turned in as the final CDR
· Add “Final Performance Test” slide to the presentation and assign a speaker for that slide
· Designate roles for finishing the final website update
Decisions:
The group decided that we will write up and edit the same sections of the CDR that we did last time in order to ensure efficiency. We made the presentation slide for the final performance test and decided that Kunal will be presenting this slide because the “Looking Forward” slide is no longer necessary. We also decided that each of us will be addressing the same components of the website that we have in the past.
Reflections:
· This meeting went well and was rather quick
· We are excited to be done with our AEV testing
· Our group worked well together this semester and is glad to have done so well