As September draws to a close, team Grape Expectations wants to take this time to reflect on our first month in IPPD. We have accomplished a lot this month! From starting off not knowing which team we would join to having a semester-long plan ready to go, this month has been full of great growth and learning opportunities. We have developed so much as a team in this short time and are excited to keep working on this project!

This week we completed our first minor report. It included everything the team had done, including our initial analysis of the scope of work, the requirements and specifications we developed, and our plan for the rest of the semester. In talking to our coaches and liaisons, we have a solid plan set out for the rest of the semester, and are hopeful about having a functional prototype by December! For now, we will continue to gather data and practice with the development environment to get closer to our goal.

On our own and in meetings this week, we were able to make good progress. The biological engineers of the team have been working on collecting data about smoke and about previous wildfires. This data will be able to inform our model so that it can make better predictions. The computer science team continued working with the development environment tools and are becoming more familiar with the software that the Terraview development team uses.