Date: 1/18/18
Time: 8 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All member Present
Topics of discussion: Discussed what we needed to do in solid works for our project, very minimal substantial conversations
To do: Prepare for preliminary research and development. Read prep material
Date: 1/23/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of discussion: Started our preliminary research, went through the steps of the labs, didn’t take much out of the labs but maybe gave us some ideas on how to build/difficulty of building.
To do:
Date: 1/25/18
Time: 8 am
Attendance: All members Present
Topics of discussion: Worked on non related orthographic drawings, looked at one of Cole’s complex pieces from solid works to see the potential complexity of our object.
To do: Prepare to continue with the preliminary research and development
Date: 1/30/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of discussion: we messed around with all types of different codes, starting basic to working to a more complex code where motors were on and off after a certain time as well as working one motor only and both motors working together in 2 directions. We also completed the in class lab activity.
To do: Finish up the preliminary research and development. Also start working on the first progress report
Date: 2/1/18
Time: 8 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: We briefly went over what was needed to be done for the weekend/next week at the end of class today.
To do: Finish preliminary research and development, get started on the progress report, and prepare for advanced research and development. Also make sure that the website is up to date for the website update.
Date: 2/6/18
Time: 8 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Talked about what we want to do for the aR&D. Looked over what the aR&D is.
To do: Pick the topics that we want to pursue for the advanced research and development.
Date: 2/6/18
Time: 8:30 pm
Location: 18th Ave. Library
Attendance: All members Present
Topics of Discussion: We completed he rest of the pR&D. We went through the scoring and screening of the different concepts. Picked two designs to move forward with. Also completed Progress Report 1 and the first website update. Went over what we want to do for aR&D
To do: Get ready for Committee Meeting 1, finish grant proposal
Date: 2/12/18
Time: 8:30 pm
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: Virtual meeting with all members present.
Topics of discussion: Went over what need to be finished for our committee meeting. Set plan to work on AEV at the end of this week with more advanced research. Also completed our grant proposal.
To do: Committee Meeting 1, prep for aR&D
Date: 2/13/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of discussion: Start Advanced Research and Development (battery testing)
To do:
Date: 2/20/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of discussion: Finish Advanced Research and Development (track variance testing)
To do: Advanced Research and Development presentation and website update 2
Date: 2/26/18
Time: 8 pm
Location: Smith Lab
Attendance: All members present
Topics of discussion: Completing our aR&D presentation, and making sure our website is good for the second website update
To do: Start working on Progress Report 2
Date: 2/27/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Presented aR&D
To do: Performance Test 1
Date: 3/3/18
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Smith Laboratory
Attendance: All members present
Topics of discussion: Completed revised version of Progress Report 1.
To do: Performance Test 1
Date: 3/6/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Worked on Performance Test 1, Trying to figure out what codes work and what we need to do to complete the test.
To do: Complete Performance Test 1
Date: 3/8/18
Time: 8 pm
Attendance: All members present (virtual)
Topics of Discussion: Brief meeting to clarify what needed to be completed on the progress report and delegate who was taking on which parts. Started working on a few parts.
To do: Finish Progress Report 2
Date: 3/9/18
Time: 9 pm
Attendance: All members present (virtual)
Topics of Discussion: Group worked together to complete Progress Report 2 and execute what we talked about during the last meeting.
To do: Complete Performance Test 1
Date: 3/19/18
Time: 8 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All group members
Topics of Discussion: Completed Performance Test 1 and began working on Performance Test 2
To do: Complete Performance Test 2
Date: 3/20/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Continued to work on Performance Test 2. Talked about changing the code and other adjustments that need to be made to succeed.
To do: Complete Performance Test 2
Date: 3/22/18
Time: 8 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Continued to work on Performance Test 2. Also planned how we are going to complete the CDR.
To do: Complete Performance Test 2 and complete the CDR Draft
Date: 3/23/18
Time: 8 pm
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present (virtual)
Topics of Discussion: Complete the CDR draft
To do: Complete Performance Test 2
Date: 3/26/18
Time: 8 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Worked on Performance Test 2. Have noticed that there is a lot of inconsistency with the battery. Talked about how to approach and negate that
To do: Complete Performance Test 2
Date: 3/27/18
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Completed Performance Test 2 and began working on Performance Test 3. Talked about what we need to do for Committee Meeting 2.
To do: Prepare for Committee Meeting 3, complete Performance Test 3
Date: 3/28/18
Time: 9 pm
Location: Hitchcock 324
Attendance: David and Garrett
Topics of Discussion: Updated website and cleaned up some other things. Assembled the second AEV design so we can test that one.
To do: Complete Performance Test 3 and test the other AEV design.
Date: 3/29/18
Time: 8 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: Garrett Cole Vincent
Topics of Discussion: Talked in our respective committee meetings followed by working with and testing our new AEV design. The new design was not as easy to work with we will have to see if we will continue testing.
To do: Keep working on our code to complete the performance test and make a decision on wether the new design is better or need to resort to our old design.
Date: 4/02/18
Time: 8am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: David and Vincent and Cole
Topics of Discussion: We worked to find a more efficient way to propel the newly designed AEV down the track and back. After looking to see how we could make it better we found the consistency was lack dramatically.
To do: Fix code to improve consistency through adding power braking. We need to find a good design and working code by next Tuesday so we are Prepared for the final performance test.
Date: 4/03/18
Time: 11 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All
Topics of Discussion: Discussed briefly what we were going to do about our design.
To do: Figure out after Thursday if we are changing to the older more consistent design or sticking with out current one.
Date: 4/05/18
Time: 8am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: Garrett David Vincent
Topics of Discussion: Running tests to adapt the code to flawlessly pass the performance tests, also discussed what we were going to do if we couldn’t get the current code and AEV design to work.
To do: Reassemble AEV into older design and keep adding to the progress report.
Date: 4/06/18
Time: 1 pm
Location: Seibert Hall
Attendance: Vincent Garrett
Topics of Discussion: Talked about what else still needed to be added to the progress report and discussed what we should do about our problems with recording the data from our AEV.
To do: Finish Progress report and make sure the new design is completely assembled.
Date: 4/09/18
Time: 8am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Working to complete the final performance test. Had some problems with our AEV. Not really sure what it is that is causing the problem. Could be the code, the Arduino or the motors.
To do: Figure out what the problem is.
Date: 4/10/18
Time 9:35 am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: David, Vincent, Garrett
Topics of Discussion: Spent most of the time working on figuring out what our problem was. Finally figured out it was something with our sketchbook and background code outside of the sketchbook. Got the AEV running again.
To do: We have next class to complete the final performance test
Date: 4/12/18
Time: 8am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Completed the final performance test.
To do: Work on the final oral presentation
Date: 4/12/18
Time: 7pm
Location: Virtual
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: Working on the final presentation
To do: Finish all the final documents and website
Date: 4/16/18
Time: 8am
Location: Hitchcock 224
Attendance: All members present
Topics of Discussion: We presented the our AEV project
To do: CDR and Website