The IPPD program is coming to a wrap and we wanted to share everything we have done. A video pitching our project can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_2b2l6kGLkfD43U52I4rtRE0LXtKFJtb/view?usp=share_link. The team would like to thank Dr. Catia Silva for all of her… Read More
FDR Poster
The team is proud to present our poster for FDR. Additionally, our video pitch can be found here.
Testing in the Wild
This week the team traveled to the Orange and Blue game! The team went to the game to test out our application in a real-world environment. We had a great experience! We also got some footage for a video that… Read More
Extraordinary Engineers
Last week was a very successful week after our presentation at prototype day. The team has be working this week to implement the changes from the feedback we got at prototype day. At the same time, we had the opportunity… Read More
Prototype Inspection Day
This week we participated in Prototype Inspection Day (PID). This invent involves faculty judges approaching our display and being walked through our demonstration of our prototype. Overall, we got very positive feedback and the judges we very impressed with the… Read More
Preparing for the Prototype
This week the team has been busy finishing the prototype before Prototype Inspection Day (PID) next week. We have been meeting regularly to get each of our individual components integrated and are very excited to present our prototype to the… Read More
Spring Break
This week is Spring Break so there are no major updates from the team. We are all still hard at work on the prototype which we will present a couple of weeks from when we get back!
Telling Our Story
In class this week we had the opportunity to participate in a workshop with Dr. Elif Akçalı who is a professor in Industrial Systems and Engineering at the University of Florida. Her workshop focused on storytelling and involved several engaging… Read More
Navigating the Second Review Board
This week we successfully completed the second review board. The Qualification Review Board (QRB) is a series of two presentations followed by committee deliberation and evaluation. The committee consists of faculty coaches and IPPD staff. The purpose of these review… Read More
Leadership In Engineering
Here are some of the highlights from the past week: This week in class we had a presentation from Dr. Elliot Douglas who is a professor and undergraduate coordinator in environmental engineering sciences and engineering education. He presented on implicit… Read More
Crunch Time
This week has been very busy! We were given class time to work on our project and have been working hard to make as much progress as possible. The team met together and put our heads together to rework certain… Read More
Looking to The Future
This week has been an exciting and busy week in the IPPD program. Here are some highlights: In class this week we got to hear from IPPD and UF alumni speaker William Johnson. He talked us through his professional experiences… Read More
QRB 1 – Planning the Sprint
Now that the second semester has fully warmed up it is time to take all of the work from the past semester and create a fully functional prototype that solves our research problem. A preliminary step in this process is… Read More
Breakthroughs
This past week has been another busy week of IPPD! The team has been working hard on project implementation. We have had some challenges but we also had a big breakthrough – the discovery of a data set has greatly… Read More
Planning Ahead
The semester is in full swing and we are working hard to ensure we have a successful semester. One of our biggest focuses right now is planning! We got together as a team to talk about what our short-term and… Read More
Back to Business
This week marks the start of the second semester of IPPD and the beginning of the second phase of our project! Last semester our focus was on closely following the principles of engineering design in order to develop a solution… Read More