Team Meeting Minutes- Team J
Date 1/11/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this initial meeting on 1/11/2018 was to network with the team and the company. Communication between Watts Scientific and Team J was very stressed. During this time, the Lab TA also briefed the teams on major objectives of the AEV project. This allowed us to start brainstorming for when our team begins to work on the hardware and software of the AEV project. Brainstorming was also highly suggested along with seeing previous projects and looking ahead in the lesson to get a good handle on the AEV project. Team J is comprised of Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin.
Tasks Completed
- Inventory of AEV parts catalogued and recorded on checklist
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Contracts signed and submitted
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week of (1/11/18-1/18/18)
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Stephanie volunteered for the first week.
- Stephanie
- Created communication channel between Team J
- Group-Me was decided for this because of the ability to allow android users and iPhone users to communicate more effectively
- Dan
- Assign recorder of 1/11/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be Completed for the Upcoming Week
- Assign and Complete Company Website Pages (u.osu.edu)
- Communication between company divisions will also be completed through Group-Me
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, Zahra alone with the rest of Watts Scientific
- Creation of Watts Scientific Company Landing Page using Technical Communication skills
- Dan and Liam
- Creation of Division Team Pages and Uploading Necessary Contact Information
- Each team division will create their own team page on the company website.
- Stephanie and Liam
Team Meeting Minutes- Team J
Date 2/6/18
Time: After Class in SEL
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this initial meeting was to work on the progress report and create an organized plan for the future of our AEV. The group completed a concept matrix and a screening matrix in order to weigh all the different aspects of each individual team concept designs and decide which design with modifications would be the most cost and design efficient. Time was allotted to communicate to the company what Team J decided to do for our Advanced R&D. The meeting was also used to assign tasks for the future labs and Advanced R&D.
Tasks Completed
- Complete Accurate Concept Screening and Scoring Matrix. Decide on Final Deign
- The Final Design that was decided upon by Team J was the concept design by Dan McGill. This design will not be modified, therefore his orthographic drawings will be used as the team orthographic drawing as well. The backup design will be the Wall-E design created by Zahra Amin.
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Decide final project for Advanced R&D and communicate with Watts Scientific the decision
- Team J has decided to do Materials testing, Coasting Versus Power Breaking and Propeller Configuration
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week of (2/8/18-2/15/18)
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Stephanie volunteered for the first week.
- Stephanie
- Assign and complete Progress Report Tasks
- Dan will Upload Concept Screening and Scoring Matrix and work on his individual concept design section
- Liam will Upload Lab 4 graphs from MATLAB and work on his individual concept design section
- Stephanie will complete the Lab 1 Programming Basics and Lab 2 Reflectance Sensors section and work on her individual concept design section
- Zahra will complete the Lab 5 Concept screen and concept scoring section and work on their individual concept design section
- Assign recorder of 2/6/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Assign and Complete Company Website Pages (u.osu.edu)
- Stephanie
- Communication between company divisions will also be completed through Group-Me
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, Zahra along with the rest of Watts Scientific
- Conduct research about materials testing including 3d printing
- Dan and Liam
- Conduct research about the motors and propellers
- Stephanie and Zahra
Team Meeting Minutes- Team J
Date 2/15/17
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this meeting was to present Team J’s proposal in the grant proposal. With a Solidworks design created by Team Member Dan, Team J pitched a proposal for an ABS space shuttle. This short proposal was backed by powerpoint slide highlighting the best features of the design including the aerodynamics, aesthetics and durability. The rest of the class scored and voted on the designs deciding which should be fully funded. In this Team J was elected to have 75% of their budgeted funded, and will calculate for that in their financial statements. Following this committee meetings were held. Each member was assigned a role based on their personal tasks and duties to the team and met with the CEO’s to discuss various operations. Liam and Dan were assigned to be R and D due to their involvement and superior knowledge of coding, mechanics and solidworks. Zahra volunteered to be human resources due to their responsibilities in creating schedules and tracking meetings in team meeting minutes. Stephanie volunteered to be the role of public relations due to her knowledge and experience with updating the team website.
Tasks Completed
- Participated in Committee meeting in assigned role
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Gave 60-90 sec grant proposal speech
- Dan
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Liam
- Create Solidworks and actual model of space shuttle
- Dan
- Assign recorder of 2/15/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be Completed for the Upcoming Week
- Edit grammar and tense of progress report
- Dan and Liam
- Create Team projected schedule and upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Write projected summary
- Stephanie
Date 2/22/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this meeting was to complete the testing of the code of the servo arm. The code was created by Liam, and the arm was created by Dan. This current arm was created using cardboard and electrical tape, however in the future during different material testing labs, the arm may be tested for drag and friction and a new arm may be created. Final testing for the coasting and power braking aR&D was also completed at this time. Recording of the data and the results analysis was done by Zahra. After this lab Liam and Dan spent time after the lab to complete the Propeller aR&D. This lab consisted of testing four different propeller styles and recording data of the time taken to stop the AEV. The propeller styles tested was round propellers up and flat and square propellers up and front. Round propellers was the most efficient, while the square propellers had no movement. Data was passed to team member Zahra, who created graphs and analyzed the data. Next week will be the Oral Presentation in which all members must participate.
Tasks Completed
- Participated in Coasting and Power braking aR&D
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Tested different angles for the Servo arm, to test most energy efficient and least drag on braking distance
- Dan
- Created code to test the different types of Propellers
- Liam
- Complete Propeller aR&D
- Liam and Dan
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Dan
- Create Solidworks and actual model of space shuttle
- Dan
- Create Solidworks of Wall-e
- Zahra
- Create Powerpoint for oral presentation and complete analysis and recording of the data for both aR&D
- Zahra
- Assign recorder of 3/1/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be Completed for the Upcoming Week
- Create Solidworks Wall-e and upload team meeting minutes and create Oral Presentation with analyzed data
- Zahra
- Start Progress Report 2
- Stephanie
- Continue working on solidworks space shuttle
- Dan
Date 3/1/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this meeting was to present the data of the aR&D to the TA’s and the company. The presentation was created to reflect the results of the data and analyze future tasks and tests to make Team J’s AEV the best and most efficient AEV. The presentation was 6-8 minutes in which all members spoke and explained different aspects of the aR&D. Stephanie introduced the project and why our design was the space shuttle. In her explanation she discussed topics of aerodynamics and drag in the design. Liam explained the Arduino code and how the code was used to effectively test each of the different variables. Zahra created the graphs and explained the outcomes and results of each aR&D. According to the data for the first aR&D, the braking style with the least braking distance was the servo. Which had an average of 3.65 inches. Power braking and Coasting braking has an average braking distance of 36.6 and 273.6 inches respectively. Limitations of this lab included limited trials and no materials to test friction and drag on the servo arm. The second aR&D tested the time taken for each propeller to move the AEV a certain distance. The average time was calculated for each of the propeller styles. The round slant up propeller took 4.09 seconds. The round flat propeller took 3.92 seconds, which was also the lowest time. The round slant down took 4.01 seconds. Unfortunately, the square propellers produced no movement and will not be considered for the final design of the AEV. Final conclusions and future testing was explained by Dan. In his explanation he discussed how the design would be thinned and what materials would be best for making the AEV aerodynamic. The materials that would be considered are ABS and carboard and both will be tested for their mass and ability to carry mass efficiently.
Tasks Completed
- Presented in the Oral Presentation
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Dan
- Create Solidworks and actual model of space shuttle
- Dan
- Worked on progress report 2
- Stephanie
- Create Solidworks of Wall-e
- Zahra
- Assign recorder of 3/8/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be Completed for the Upcoming Week
- Create Solidworks Wall-e and upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Continue working on Progress Report 2
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Continue working on solidworks space shuttle
- Dan
Date 3/8/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this meeting was to work on the code and construction of the AEV for the performance Test 1. In performance test 1 the main objective is to have the AEV travel to the gate trigger the sensor then wait for 7 seconds at a stop sign. After 7 seconds the AEV will travel through the gate and continue on the track. The team will have two opportunities to complete the objective and the best run will be graded. The team will continue to work on the progress report 2 which documents the advanced R&D. this includes data and graphs wh9ch were presented in the first oral presentation.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Dan
- Create Solidworks and actual model of space shuttle
- Dan
- Create Solidworks of Wall-e
- Zahra
- Assign recorder of 3/19/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Create Solidworks Wall-e and upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Continue working on Progress Report 2
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Continue working on solid works space shuttle
- Dan
Date 3/19/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
Much like the previous meeting the objective of this meeting was to work on the code and construction of the AEV for the performance Test 1. In performance test 1 the main objective is to have the AEV travel to the gate trigger the sensor then wait for 7 seconds at a stop sign. After 7 seconds the AEV will travel through the gate and continue on the track. The team will have two opportunities to complete the objective and the best run will be graded. Along with the Performance test, the team will start on the CDR draft. This draft is a professional report containing all of the data in the raw and analyzed form. Both of the solidworks models were completed and submitted as well.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Dan
- Create base of the CDR with data and analysis.
- Zahra
- Edit Grammar and insert appendix and figures
- Stephanie
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Assign recorder of 3/21/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Continue working on CDR
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Continue working on space shuttle model
- Dan
Date 3/21/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
This meeting was the date of the performance Test 1. In performance test 1 the main objective is to have the AEV travel to the gate trigger the sensor then wait for 7 seconds at a stop sign. After 7 seconds the AEV will travel through the gate and continue on the track. The team will have two opportunities to complete the objective and the best run will be graded. The balsa wood mode was used for the performance test as opposed to the 3d printed AEV model. The team completed the performance test in one run and opted not to do a second run. Along with the Performance test, the team will start on the CDR draft. This draft is a professional report containing all of the data in the raw and analyzed form. The CDR must be completed by the 24th
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Dan
- Create base of the CDR with data and analysis.
- Zahra
- Edit Grammar and insert appendix and figures
- Stephanie
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Assign recorder of 3/22/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Continue working on CDR
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Continue working on space shuttle model
- Dan
Date 3/22/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
Now that the first performance test was successfully completed, the team started working on the next performance test. Performance Test 2 will take place on 3/28/18. The objective of this performance test is to have the AEV travel to the gate and trigger the first sensor. Then wait for 7 seconds and proceed through the gate. The AEV will then run to the end of the track and using magnetics will attach to the caboose. The caboose must then be pulled from its location. Along with the Performance test 2, team will start on the CDR draft. This draft is a professional report containing all of the data in the raw and analyzed form. The CDR must be completed by the 24th
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Dan
- Create base of the CDR with data and analysis.
- Zahra
- Edit Grammar and insert appendix and figures
- Stephanie
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Assign recorder of 3/26/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Continue working on CDR
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Continue working on space shuttle model
- Dan
Date 3/26/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
On the 24th of March the progress report was to be submitted in its complete form. The CDR for the team was approximately16 pages including figures and appendixes and approximately 10 pages of just analysis. There was a few sections including an executive summary, introduction, experimental methodology, discussion of results and conclusions. The executive summary is a one page overview of the advanced R&D’s and performance test. It includes data but no figures. The introduction explains the MCR and is the opening to the larger discussion section which contains raw and analyzed data accompanied by figures, tables, and graphs. The team discussed how the braking advanced R&D data prompted them to create a servo arm for energy efficiency, and how the propeller R&D prompted the team to use round tip propellers. The team continued to work on the progress report 2 during lab.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Liam volunteered for the first week.
- Dan
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Updated website
- Stephanie
- Began progress report
- Stephanie, Zahra
- Assign recorder of 4/2/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Continue working on Progress Report
- Dan, Stephanie, Liam, and Zahra
- Continue working on space shuttle model
- Dan
Date 3/28/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this week is to complete Performance test 2. The goal of this performance test is to have the AEV travel to the gate and trigger the first sensor. Then wait for 7 seconds and proceed through the gate. The AEV will then run to the end of the track and using magnetics will attach to the caboose. The caboose must then be pulled from its location. When the caboose is struck by the AEV ideally there will be little to no recoil. The team successfully completed this performance test and will now focus on the final performance test. This final performance test means the AEV will complete the entire path. Then the TAs will use the Joules used and the time needed to calculate the final grade. The final performance test will take place on 4/12/18
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Dan
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Updated website
- Stephanie
- Assign recorder of 3/29/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
Date 3/29/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
This week there was another round of committee meetings. Each member was assigned a role based on their personal tasks and duties to the team and met with the CEO’s to discuss various operations. Liam and Dan were assigned to be R and D due to their involvement and superior knowledge of coding, mechanics and solidworks. Zahra volunteered to be human resources due to their responsibilities in creating schedules and tracking meetings in team meeting minutes. Stephanie volunteered to be the role of public relations due to her knowledge and experience with updating the team website.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Dan
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Updated website
- Stephanie
- Assign recorder of 4/2/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
Date 4/2/18-4/3/18 and 4/9/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this week is to continue working on the final Performance test. This final performance test means the AEV will complete the entire path. Including the objectives of the first two performance tests, then returning to the start of the track with the caboose. Then the TAs will use the Joules used and the time needed to calculate the final grade. The final performance test will take place on 4/12/18. During lab time of 4/5/18 the second solidworks midterm took place and no work will be done on the AEV.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Dan
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Updated website
- Stephanie
- Assign recorder of 4/10/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
Date 4/10/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this week is to continue working on the final Performance test. This final performance test means the AEV will complete the entire path. Including the objectives of the first two performance tests, then returning to the start of the track with the caboose. Then the TAs will use the Joules used and the time needed to calculate the final grade. The final performance test will take place on 4/12/18. The team decided to do a single official final run on this day to make adjustments for the next testing day. This final run took 180.5 J and the AEV completed the task in 51.7 seconds. The AEV cost of just the parts is $149,410. All these factors result in a 97%. However the team wanted 100% , so the code will be adjusted to use less energy by modifying the reverse commands on the motor. This specific code will be modified as the Team noticed from the Power graphs from the previous performance tests that reversing caused a big spike in energy costs. The goal is to get the energy consumption down to 160 J.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Dan
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Worked on website updates
- Stephanie
- Assign recorder of 4/12/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
Date 4/12/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
The objective of this week is to continue working on the final Performance test. This final performance test means the AEV will complete the entire path. Including the objectives of the first two performance tests, then returning to the start of the track with the caboose. Then the TAs will use the Joules used and the time needed to calculate the final grade. The final performance test will take place on 4/12/18.This final run took 180.5 J and the AEV completed the task in 51.7 seconds. The AEV cost of just the parts is $149,410. All these factors result in a 97%. However the team wanted 100% , so the code will be adjusted to use less energy by modifying the reverse commands on the motor. This specific code will be modified as the Team noticed from the Power graphs from the previous performance tests that reversing caused a big spike in energy costs. The goal is to get the energy consumption down to 160 J. The team also qualified for the AEV showcase so a team member will be assigned to work on the poster for the showcase. This poster will show the development process, results and conclusions and the basic objectives of the AEV mission.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Dan
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
- Assign recorder of 4/16/18 meeting minutes
- Zahra
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Continue finishing and editing the poster for the showcase
- Zahra
Date 4/16/18-4/18/18
Time: During Lab-Hitchcock 224
Members Present: Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin
This week and the next week was dedicated to running data and code for the AEV showcase. The team also qualified for the AEV showcase so a team member will be assigned to work on the poster for the showcase. This poster will show the development process, results and conclusions and the basic objectives of the AEV mission. Using feedback from Rahel, the team member modified the draft of the poster. The team also did practice during lab time of the track competition. There are three scenarios the team is preparing for, for the AEV showcase.
Scenario 1 is an accuracy test in which the AEV must travel 8 feet in exactly 6 seconds. The front wheel must be on the marks provided on the track. The first scenario has no incline on the track.
Assuming the team is able to successfully score in the top fifteen teams, the AEV will then complete scenario 2. Scenario 2 tests how the space shuttle can handle various loads. The AEV must pull the load 12 feet down an incline in exactly 10 seconds. In order to be versatile, the team added a rear connection hitch in addition to the front connection hitch, so the AEV can pull loads from either side.
If the team is in the top 5 teams the Team will continue on to scenario 3. This final test tests efficiency. This AEV must travel 17 feet up an inclined track pick up a cargo carrier then travel back down the inclined track to the beginning. This scenario judges based on smallest energy to weight ratio.
Tasks Completed
- Took responsibility of being AEV keeper and transporter for the week
- Members will take turns transporting the AEV materials. If for some reason the transporter will not be able to bring the AEV, they must contact another team member for assistance. Dan
- Test and revise AEV design and code
- Dan and Liam
Tasks to be completed for the Upcoming Week
- Upload team meeting minutes
- Zahra
- Final Website updates
- Stephanie
- Continue finishing and editing the poster for the showcase
- Zahra
- Work on showcase and attend showcase on 4/23/18
- Dan McGill, Stephanie Duros, Liam McNamara, and Zahra Amin