Today was THE day: Final Design Review! We met in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom with the other teams and their liaisons to show our final projects. We are beyond thrilled at the prototype we were able to demonstrate. It… Read More

This week, SurgiGators continued to work hard towards Final Design Review. We spent a lot of time this week focused on running our assurance tests. This is the information that will be presented in Volume 3 of our FDR Report.… Read More

Today, SurgiGators traveled to Naples to give our Prototype Inspection Day presentation to our liaisons and other team members at Arthrex. We were so thrilled to receive tons of positive feedback from the panel as well as advice as we… Read More

The past few days have been exciting for SurgiGators as we have been working hard in the lab! We tested our newly prototyped canisters and have made some small tweaks to get them perfect. We also ordered the 80/20 aluminum… Read More

We are so excited today because our canisters arrived! After a few small modifications, like caulking the tubing and plugging the hole in the bottom, we will be able to test them up to our maximum negative pressure specification. With… Read More

On Tuesday, we participated in Prototype Inspection Day at UF in the Reitz Union. IPPD staff, coaches, and other professors listened to our project updates, saw our latest prototype demo, and gave us feedback on the progress of our project.… Read More

Following Spring Break, SurgiGators have been focused on preparing for Prototype Inspection Day next week! We met in the lab today and assembled most of the electronics, finalized some code, and worked on a new manifold design idea. We were… Read More

This past month, SurgiGators have been super busy working with our coach and liaisons towards Prototype Inspection Day and our Final Design Review. Our main focus has been acquiring all of the parts that we need, including the electronically controller… Read More

SurgiGators have been busy making slow and steady progress on our individual tasks for our final prototype. This week, we completed calculations and reviewed calculations for the customizable electronically controlled regulators. The preliminary canister design has been completed and sent… Read More

Earlier this week, SurgiGators presented our Qualitative Review Board #1 to a panel of IPPD staff and coaches. We provided current updates on our project and our future plans and timelines. We received lots of positive feedback and a few… Read More

SurgiGators have continued working on our individual and team tasks towards our final prototype. We are most excited to have power to the pump through the connectors that Carson ordered! We have also made steady progress on the canister design,… Read More

Following about a month of winter break, SurgiGators are back and working on our project! Each team member is actively working on their tasks, with plans to begin the integration of components in February. The first resin print of the… Read More