This week Team Grape Expectations has been making great progress towards our prototype.

We are working hard on our prediction models. Currently, there are two models in development: drought prediction, and fire prediction. As the names suggest, the models are going to be used to predict whether or not there is a drought and/or fire, the severity of the event, and the duration of the event. These models are first drafts and have not yet been refined, so they will not be entirely accurate yet, but that is what we will work on for the rest of the semester.

We have also been developing a presentation for the biological engineering team to discuss at PID. With this presentation, the BE team will be able to receive feedback on the types of sources they are using, and hope to potentially have new sources recommended to them if judges are familiar with the topic.

In class this week, we listened to a very helpful presentation about negotiating offers by Erin Lin of the CCC. Since our team is all upper level students who will have job offers soon, learning how to conduct ourselves in an interview and how to talk to potential employers about offers was informative and will be directly relevant.