Meeting Notes

Meetings:

 

Meeting 1 (1/18/18) 6:00p.m

Location: Drackett Tower

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Discuss team goals for the semester
  2. Discuss division of labor and assign roles
  3. Website Design

Goals Achieved

  1. Assigned roles to each member of team
    1. Treavon- Coder
    2. Nathan- Web Design
    3. Michael- Editor
    4. Luke- Project Manager
  2. Website organization implanted
  3. Meet the team page of website completed

Tasks

  1. Finish the team page-Michael
  2. Read prelab pages for basic understanding of all parts- All
  3. Finish the meeting notes- Treavon

Reflections

  1. Should plan meetings in advance and meet sooner due to the difference in living areas
  2. Clear roles will help achieve success, so we should assign clearer roles to each member for each task

 

 

Meeting 2 (2/1/18) 10:30p.m

Location: Drackett Tower Room 1131

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton

Agenda

  1. Website update 2
  2. Finalizing AEV design
  3. Identify research points

Goals Achieved

  1. Laid out a research plan
  2. Finished and posted final design.
  3. Arduino Code for exercise 1,2 and 4

 

 

Meeting 3 (2/8/18) 5:00p.m

Location:  Thompson Library

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Discuss and reflect on our work so far
  2. Work to form a progress report
  3. Worked on website Design

Goals Achieved

  1. Determined who was doing what for the progress report #1

Tasks

  1. Everyone worked and figured out our roles for being ready for the progress report

Reflections

  1. Did good work to be ready for our first progress report

 

 

Meeting 4 (2/25/18) 7:00p.m

Location:  Drackett Tower

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

1.      Discuss and reflect on our work so far

2.     Work on group speech presentation

  1. Work more on cleaning up and adding everything needed to the website

Goals Achieved

1.      Cleaned up website

2.      Got presentation looking almost ready

Tasks

1.      Luke worked on meeting notes

2.     Treavon worked on the website

3.     Michael worked on the website and the speech

4.     Nathan and Luke worked on the speech

Reflections

1.      Nearly ready for presentation and website is looking very good.

 

 

Meeting 5 (3/1/18) 9:00p.m

Location: Thompson Library

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

1.      Be ready for presentation.

Goals Achieved

1.      Slideshow ready and roles ready for presentation.

Tasks

1.      Finish all the slides on the presentation slideshow

2.     Assign who will say what for the presentation

3.     Talk about everything due in the coming weeks

Reflections

1.      Did a good job of getting everything we needed for the slide show done, getting ready to present, and being ready for what’s happening in the weeks to come.

 

 

Meeting 6 (4/1/18) 7:00p.m

Location: Thompson Library

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

1.      Prepare for the final stretch of the year. Look at what is left to accomplish.

Goals Achieved

1.      Planned work for the month of April and made or progress known and goals well defined.

Tasks

1.      Discuss the AEV performance and how will will improve upon it in the final weeks.

2.     Talk about everything due in the coming weeks.

Reflections

1.      The meeting was short, but effective. Everyone left on the same page and focused on the future progress.

 

 

Meeting 7 (4/15/18) 5:00p.m

Location: Thompson Library

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

1.      Be prepared for the final presentation.

Goals Achieved

1.      Slideshow ready and roles ready for presentation.

Tasks

1.      Finish all the slides on the presentation slideshow

2.     Assign who will say what for the presentation

Reflections

1.      Did a good job of getting everything we needed for the slide show done, getting ready to present, and wrapping up the year semester.

 

 

Lab Meetings:

 

Lab Meeting 1 (1/19/18) 11:10a.m

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Go over programming basics and read up on the code and tasks.
  2. Go over what is needed for the website update #1

Goals Achieved

  1. Assigned finishing team page to Michael
  2. Went over the lab notes and readings

Tasks

  1. Finish the team page-Michael
  2. Read lab pages for basic understanding of all parts of AEV- Everyone

Reflections

  1. Organized and off to a good start for lab

 

 

Lab Meeting 2 (1/26/18) 11:10a.m

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Become familiar with the external sensor hardware components.
  2. Become familiar with troubleshooting techniques.
  3. Program function calls for using external sensors with AEV control.

Goals Achieved

  1. Coded and wrote a program for the AEV to run.
  2. Constructed a sample AEV.

Tasks

  1. Continue learning about the AEV.

Reflections

  1. Good day of starting code and seeing the actual look of the AEV.

 

 

Lab Meeting 3 (2/2/18) 11:10a.m

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Learn two techniques used for creative design thinking.
  2. Become familiar with obstacles to creativity.
  3. Become familiar with the components in the AEV kit.
  4. Learn the basic of orthographic drawings.
  5. Brainstorm on individual AEV concept sketches.

Goals Achieved

  1. Did more coding and programming for the AEV and tested it on the tracks on the ceiling.
  2. Brainstormed more AEV ideas.

Tasks

  1. Create individual AEV designs

Reflections

  1. Another good day of work with plans for continuing work out of lab.

 

 

Lab Meeting 4 (2/9/18) 11:10a.m

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Test the voltage of a battery at full capacity
  2. Perform test runs with the AEV on the track
  3. Record the distance the AEV travelled and voltage used after each run
  4. If time permits test this on other batteries

Goals Achieved

  1. Found the starting voltage of a charged battery
  2. Successfully ran a test run
  3. Recorded the voltage required to move the AEV

Tasks

  1. Perform tests without crashing

Reflections

1.            While we were able to get basic data on battery usage we were hoping we would be able to test more runs but couldn’t due to limited track space

 

 

Lab Meeting 5 (3/22/18) 11:10a.m

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Apply code to the AEV
  2. Perform a run with the AEV
  3. Revise the code after the run to better the performance
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the AEV can successfully go past the gate
  5. Run these steps with a different design

Goals Achieved

  1. Completed Performance Test 1 by getting the AEV past the gate
  2. Created a code for two different AEV designs
  3. Compared the two designs and their codes

Tasks

  1. Complete Performance Test 1
  2. Decide which design will be used moving forward

Reflections

  1. After running both designs it was found that a single propeller model is able to use less total power than a two propeller design. However, due to worries that the single propeller would over exert itself once it received the extra weight it was decided to move forward with the two propeller design

 

 

Lab Meeting 6 (3/29/18) 11:10a.m.

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Add to the AEVs code
  2. Perform a run with the AEV
  3. Revise the code after the run to better the performance
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the AEV can successfully pick up the extra weight load

Goals Achieved

  1. Completed Performance Test 2 by getting the AEV to move the extra weight load
  2. Created a code for two different AEV designs

Tasks

  1. Complete Performance Test 2

Reflections

  1. The group is confident in their AEV moving forward and believes that they are on pace to create an efficient AEV in the time allotted

 

 

Lab Meeting 7 (4/3/18) 11:30a.m.

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Add to the AEVs code
  2. Perform a run with the AEV
  3. Revise the code after the run to better the performance
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the AEV can successfully pick up the extra weight load and return to the stop sign

Goals Achieved

  1. Work towards performance test 3 by completing more small objectives in the AEV’s performance
  2. Created a code that maximizes energy efficiency

Tasks

  1. Complete steps towards performance test 3

Reflections

  1. The group is confident in their AEV moving forward and believes that they are on pace to create an efficient AEV in the time allotted

 

 

Lab Meeting 8 (4/10/18) 11:30a.m.

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Add to the AEVs code
  2. Perform a run with the AEV
  3. Revise the code after the run to better the performance
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the AEV can successfully complete performance test 3

Goals Achieved

  1. Refined the AEV code makin it more enery efficient, safe, and reliable.

Tasks

  1. Complete performance test 3

Reflections

  1. The group is confident in their AEV moving forward and believes that they are on pace to create an efficient AEV in the time alloted

 

 

Lab Meeting 9 (4/12/18) 11:30a.m.

Location: Hitchcock

Members Present: Treavon Clark, Michael Twardowski, Nathan Scranton, Luke Bower

Agenda

  1. Add to the AEVs code
  2. Perform a run with the AEV
  3. Revise the code after the run to better the performance
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the AEV’s performance satisfies the group’s expectations and completes performance test 3.

Goals Achieved

  1. Completed Performance Test 3 by completing a full run on the track (picking up the cargo and returning to the beginning)

Tasks

  1. Complete Performance Test 3

Reflections

  1. The AEV performed well in the final performance test and the group is satisfied with their work.