This week continued the excitement for our team.  After a successful PDR presentation last week, this week we finished acquiring all of the required signatures from our team, IPPD staff, and Newell Brands. With the support of IPPD and our liaisons, we’re excited to now shift away from the PDR to our upcoming Prototype Inspection Day (PID)! For the next couple weeks, we’ll be working full steam ahead to iron out any remaining design questions, and begin putting together a design for our first prototype.  

In preparation for this, each member of the team has continued their individual tests to help gather the data we’ll need to be sure in and to back up any choices we make. We also have set dates and times for both a mechanical and electrical breakdown of the products Newell Brands has sent us throughout the semester. By being able to reverse engineer existing products, our team will be gaining invaluable knowledge that will aid us in our own designs. As we move closer to the PID, our own excitement grows about being able to present a design to our peers! 

To cap off our week, our team experienced an unexpected fire alarm, and was able to spend some time outside with each other and our IPPD peers!