Prototype inspection day is approaching! and the team is excited about moving toward implementing the design ideas we have come up with. The preliminary design report has been signed off on by engineering liaisons from Northrop Grumman, and another round of meetings with turtle research experts is being planned. In our team meeting this week we discussed the questions we have for experts at this point, in preparation for the meetings so that we can gather as much information as possible before our prototype inspection. We are primarily concerned with the feasibility of our design as it compares to other devices currently being used, and getting a sense of how our device could impact the environment, so we can minimize any possible negative impact. In regards to our prototype inspection coming up on November 16, the team has split up mechanical and electrical/computer engineering tasks to implement and test some core components of our design. The mechanical aspects include a model of the device using CAD software, and running simulations to test the strength of the design. The model may also be 3D printed to provide a sense of a possible size and shape for the final device. The electrical and computer engineering aspects include doing some preliminary interfacing of sensors on the device and creating a simple GUI that will be used for viewing collected data from the device. So far we have received a temperature sensor and the ARGOS transmitter, and plan on getting at least these working together with a microcontroller and making satellite transmissions by prototype inspection day.