This week, we presented our System Level Design Review (SLDR) report to our sponsors, Feld Entertainment for review and approval. On Tuesday, the team attended the wonderful SLDR event organized by IPPD, where we: It was wonderful seeing everyone’s efforts… Read More

This week Monster Gator presented their System Level Design Review (SLDR) in class for peer review. It summarized the problem that we are trying solve, our proposed solution, steps taken to get closer to the solution and prove its feasibility… Read More

We had a hybrid IPPD class on Tuesday at the start of the week where we discussed our Prototype Inspection Day experience and learned about the expectations for the System Level Design Review (SLDR). The team then took a few… Read More

This week, Monster Gator presented their prototype during the Prototype Ispection Day (PID). We had a quick meeting with our liaisons to give updates on the components that we had built for the PID. Following that, the team made the… Read More

We had a shorter week due to Tropical Storm Nicole, but were able to have everything prepared for the Prototype Inspection Day (PID). Final preparation before the PID presentation included: 3D printing the hardware mount based on the improved design.… Read More

This week, we made some great progress in our prototyping stage: 3D printed and tested the first iteration of the hardware mount. Designed a second iteration of the mount design with modifications that improved upon the first design’s limitations. Developed… Read More

This week Monster Gator started shifting from a design and documentation phase to the prototyping phase. We had our usual start to the week with our weekly liaison meeting on Tuesday, where we got our updated PDR report approved by… Read More

This week Monster Gator accomplished the following for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) segment of the project: Presented the most significant aspects of the PDR to the liaisons and other stakeholders on Tuesday. Had a Q&A session to answer any… Read More

We started the week with a liaison meeting, followed by the class, on Tuesday where we accomplished the following: Liaison meeting Status update on work completed during the week. A walkthrough of our next steps of action. Q & A… Read More

Back after Hurricane Ian, we started our week with a liasion meeting on Tuesday, where we discussed our current thoughts and plans after the site visit and had a brief Q&A session to clarify some of our questions as well… Read More

Monster Gator had a wonderful start to the week with the sponsor site visit on Monday. Our team, along with our coach Dr. Latorre, had the chance to visit Feld Entertainment’s headquarters in Palmetto, Florida, where we met our liaison… Read More

This week Monster Gator had a quick yet highly productive meeting with our liaison and executive. We were able to get answers to a lot of our questions as well as make some plans for our highly anticipated site visit… Read More

This week we had our first liaison meeting where we interacted with representatives from Feld Entertainment and learned more about their expectations and goals for this project. On Tuesday, we finalized the list of stakeholders for our project during the… Read More

This week Team 08 has become Monster Gator. We are Mark McGinnis (CS), Tarang Donga (CS), Jacob Zecher (ME), Kevin Busto (ISE), and Christopher Kim (EE). Our project is sponsored by Feld Entertainment and is a Phase Two continuation of… Read More