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
Tag: Fanatics
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
The Finish Line
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