Team Grape Expectations completed their System Level Design Review this Tuesday!

An entire semester’s work culminated in SLDR, which was the final IPPD event of the year. At this event, our team was able to present our work to an audience of our peers, coaches, and liaisons. The presentation went very well, and it was rewarding to share all that we’ve done this semester as well as our plans for the coming semester! Our team was able to also watch the SLDR presentations of Teams Easy Money and Keysaurus. Some of these teams we had seen in previous reviews, and others we had never seen before, so it was interesting to see teams’ progress.

The SLDR event was more than the actual presentation – there was networking and a keynote speaker, which the team really enjoyed. Being able to talk with other team members, coaches, and liaisons in a stress-free environment led to some engaging conversations. The keynote speaker Mr. Jamie Kraft’s presentation was also very interesting, as he combined both business and engineering under the concept of innovation. It was very inspiring to consider the possibilities of what we can do as engineers, both in the context of our IPPD project and in general.

Overall, Team Grape Expectations has had a spectacular semester and we are very grape-ful to have accomplished all that we’ve done so far. Be on the lookout for us in the new year as we continue our project!