With the semester wrapping up, team Monster Gator spent this past week putting on the finishing touches to the Final Design Review presentation. The team also gave a mock presentation at the Peer-Reviewed FDR, which went successfully as we were able to clearly present our objectives and solutions, as well as answer any questions that were unanswered from our initial presentation.

Additionally, the team spent the majority of the rest of the week finishing important documentation for the final deliverables that will be sent to Feld. The 5 volumes of information cover all of the work that was completed throughout the year. This will greatly aid in the transition of the project from the team to the sponsor.

Lastly, the team spent all of Thursday compiling and organizing any materials that will be turned over to Feld, in order to make sure that they receive every component if the system and that nothing is misplaced.

It’s a peer review final design report (PR-FDR) week! Monster Gator gathered to prepare and finish the final presentation and report. After the last week’s feedbacks for the project video, Monster Gator discussed about how to improve the project video.

The summary of project work completed:

• Finished preparing for PR-FDR presentation
• Began work on improving the project video
• Prepared to finalize the project inventory
• Completed the FDR report

Monster Gator has been working hard throughout the semester, and as the end draws near, they are determined to finish strong. With the final version of their presentation just around the corner, they are putting in extra hours to ensure that everything is perfect.

This week, Monster Gator worked on creating a video for the project that explains all the components and provides a brief overview of the problem and how the group created a solution. Additionally, a poster was created that displays all of the key components of the project.

Project work completed:

• Created project video
• Created project poster board
• Finalized bill of materials for the project
• Competed electrical documentation for FDR report
• Began work on FDR presentation

This week was the first big push for the group to get ready for FDR and Monster Gator will undoubtedly finish this semester strong!

This week the Monster Gator team presented the project at Prototype Inspection Day. Overall it was a great success, receiving lots of praise for being an inventive and interesting solution. This also served as a good preview of what questions might be asked during our project showcase at the Final Design Review event later this month, giving the team further experience in answering questions about the project.

More project work was also completed, summarized below:

• Mock-up project video including storyboard and script/voiceover
• More documentation for software, specifically the processing software
• Documentation for setup/configuration of Raspberry Pi’s and processing computer
• Electrical circuit diagram for electrical system manual override
• Collecting all required information for Bill of Materials

All in all, Monster Gator is gearing up for the last push to the finish line of the FDR event, showcase of our project and project video, and the delivery of project materials to Feld Entertainment.

After refreshing themselves during the spring break, Monster Gator returned to work this week. The team’s major accomplishments for the week included:

• Finalized a plan for the Prototype Inspection Day and starting preparations for the same.
• Communicated team plans for the project showcase at the Final Design Review event and got approval from the liaisons for it.
• Started thorough documentation for some code snippets that will be reviewed with liaisons in the upcoming week and the documentation style will then be followed for the rest of the code after approval with any necessary changes.
• Implemented major improvements on one of the dashboards as a part of planned stretch goals.
• Finalized ideas for the team poster and video.

Following the QRB 2 from last week, Monster Gator reflected on feedback provided during the presentation and made some calculations to measure and add another Technical Performance Measure that will be used to evaluate the project’s success. Furthermore, Monster Gator worked on the following things this week:

• Learning about story telling from the guest lecturer, Dr. Elif Akcali.
• Finalizing the outline for the Final Design Report.
• Brainstorming ideas for the project video and poster.

Next, the team took some time off from work for spring break to refresh themselves before returning back for the final stretch of the project.

Following our recent visit to Jacksonville, Monster Gator had the opportunity to present to the Qualification Review Board 2, outlining our achievements, challenges, and proposed future plans. As we approach the final stages of our project, our primary objective is to effectively allocate our time and resources in order to successfully prepare for the upcoming Prototype Inspection Day (PID) and Final Design Review (FDR). Some objectives includes:

• Start documenting the manual for our engineering components
• Meet with the team to organize materials needed to be shipped to Feld Entertainment
• Decide how to demonstrate our sophisticated system to other IPPD teams and coaches

This past week, Monster Gator completed our third site visit of the semester, this time to a Monster Jam event in Jacksonville, Florida. The aim of this event was to test a full-scaled system in a real environment, which included all of the desired camera units, as well as a new processing computer and dashboards.

Some accomplishments from this past week are:

• Tested a fully integrated system with the final desired number of camera units.
• Tested both the technician and troubleshooting dashboard
• Installed an improved mounting box that featured improved cable management.

The team was content with the testing that was completed and is excited to now be in the final stretch of the project. We are excited to present Feld with the finished project and finalize any developments left pending.

This week, Monster Gator prepped for the event in Jacksonville next weekend. At this event, the team plans to scale the system to its desired capacity. To accomplish this, a lot of this week was spent planning ahead for next week and ordering the necessary materials to have a successful testing event. Among the group’s accomplishments this week were:

• Ordered materials necessary for the site visit in two weeks
• Began work on dashboards for technicians
• Manufactured materials for hardware components
• Designed remaining electrical components for use on truck

The group is looking forward to a successful site visit next weekend! Wish us luck!