This past Tuesday, April 19, 2022, UF IPPD held their Final Design Review(FDR) event. Team MATR delivered their FDR presentation and final prototype to Northrop Grumman engineering liaison Jessica McDaniel and team faculty coach Dr. Eric M. Schwartz. Unfortunately, Northrop… Read More

This one was a big week for Team MATR. On Tuesday, they visited the Cade Museum of Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, FL, to showcase the IPPD program to local business investors. Team MATR, along with 3 other UF IPPD… Read More

Team MATR is getting ready to wrap up their project with some full-system testing on the prototype Sea Turtle tracking device, which they have recently decided to name “Casper”. The name was mainly adopted due to its clear and light-weight,… Read More

Team MATR is now in the final few weeks of their project for UF IPPD and Northrop Grumman. Preparations have begun for the Final Design Review (FDR) presentation. The team is getting a promotional video together for the FDR event… Read More

On Tuesday of this week, Team MATR participated in IPPD’s Prototype Inspection Day (PID). The team delivered a 15 minute presentation of the current prototype 4 times, each time with a different audience of UF faculty members who were able… Read More

Members of team MATR had a restful spring break last week and are back to work this week getting ready for Prototype Inspection Day (PID), which will be held next Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The event will follow the same… Read More

This week was an exciting one for Team MATR! On Tuesday, March 1st, they were able to visit Northrop Grumman’s(NG) Melbourne, Florida campus. Northrop Grumman engineering liaisons, Jessica McDaniel and Mary Alice Beck, were kind enough to set up tours… Read More

On Tuesday, February 22, Team MATR delivered their second Qualitative Review Board (QRB2) for the semester. Thanks to the UF faculty members and IPPD coaches that participated and were able to give us meaningful feedback that the team can take… Read More

This week Team MATR has been hard at work to meet the goals set for the second Qualitative Review Board of the semester (QRB2). The presentation for QRB2 will be delivered to IPPD faculty on Tuesday, February 22. The Electrical… Read More

This week the electrical and computer engineering teams made progress on the system integration. Writing programs for communication between the microcontroller and peripheral ICs. This will allow them to move forward with integrating the specific components and conduct testing next… Read More

Exciting news this week! Northrop Grumman has been kind enough to invite the members of team MATR including faculty sponsor Dr. Eric Schwartz to visit their site in Melbourne, FL. The team is grateful for the invitation and looking forward… Read More

MATR delivered their first Qualitative Review Board (QRB1) for the development of their prototype. The team was able to present the current status of their prototype development, as well as the current plans for completing the prototype. Updates on the… Read More

Team MATR has had an exciting week of building and testing. Preliminary testing of ARGOS satellite communication was conducted and turned out to be a success! The team was able to get location and message data sent from their hardware,… Read More

As we begin the second and final semester of the IPPD course, Team MATR is getting ready to build a final prototype of the turtle tracking device. Since returning from holiday vacations, the team has been hard at work on… Read More