We have made it to the end! This week we wrapped up the semester, but it was a very busy week! The IPPD program hosted the SLDR event. During this event we presented our project and progress thusfar to peers,… Read More
The Final Stretch
As the semester is approaching the end, we have been full speed ahead in developing the System Level Design Report (SLDR). The SLDR is the culminating event after one semester of participation in the IPPD program. All of the sponsors… Read More
Pit Stop
The team is on break this week and is resting up for the Thanksgiving Holiday. When we return we will be full speed ahead on preparing for the SLDR presentation and applying the feedback from the PDR presentation.
The Big Day
Yesterday was prototype day — and everything went very successfully! Here are some highlights: Successfully demoed our pipeline on real world data Received exceedingly positive feedback from judges Gained a new sense of direction and interesting ideas The whole team… Read More
Full Sprint Ahead
This past week has been extremely busy with the team preparing for prototype day! Our team has set a very ambitious plan to present a live demo that will involve a workable version of our project. We hope that doing… Read More
Planning Our Next Race
Things are very busy for the FAST Team! Next week is the Prototype Presentation day and we will be presenting our prototype to a panel of judges for feedback. Each member of the group has been working on a distinct… Read More
Sprinting Full Speed Ahead
Now that we have completed the PDR presentation things are getting very busy as we prepare for the upcoming prototype presentation day. Last week we compiled all of the feedback we got from the PDR presentation and created a prototype… Read More
Finishing First (or third)
This past week was very busy with the culmination of the PDR presentation. Here are some highlights: Attended workshops on Professional Engineering Advice and Agile Visit Fanatics and Present PDR Team Bonding Due to other teams being out for their… Read More
Stretching for the Race
We are wrapping up another busy week of IPPD! The primary focus of this week has been preparing for the upcoming PDR presentation. We have been working closely with our Liaison and Coach to prepare a presentation that will both… Read More
Learning to Pitch
Today makes the completion of another very busy week! Some of the highlights include: Developing our elevator pitches in a workshop Testing baseline models using popular data sets Working towards the PDS presentation This week we participated in a workshop… Read More
Earning Our Name
This week was cut short due to Hurricane Irma. School was cancelled, so we do not have as many updates to give as normal. However, we do have some new to report from this past weekend! This past Sunday the… Read More
Planning The Race
We have reached the end of the third week! In this blog post we will talk about the primary focus of this week – planning! The foundation of every successful project is a well-though and thorough plan. That is why… Read More
Learning How to Run
Today marks the end of the second week with our team! We have been very busy this week working on the early stages of our project and finishing all of the IPPD on-boarding tasks. We are officially presenting our team… Read More
Off to a FAST Start
Hi! Welcome to the start of our blog series! We are Team 7 for the IPPD program, and we will be working with Fanatics, Inc for the Fall and Spring Semesters. In this blog series, we will document our experiences… Read More