Hello all!
This week, EvapoGATOR had the great experience of presenting our preliminary design report (PDR) to our liaison, Dr. Andrew MacIntosh, and the department chair of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Dr. Sue Percival. We put a lot of hard work into this presentation and were very excited to share it with our sponsors. In our presentation, we included the following:
- A summary of the project statement and our solution
- Diagrams of the physical architecture of the system
- An outline of the pre-lab and accompanying undergraduate lab we performed
- Project specifications
- Our current part solutions for each component of the system
- A project risk table
- A Gantt chart with a project timeline
- A rough preliminary estimate of project cost
The team was pleased with our presentation and felt it reflected the work we’ve put into this project so far. We received some helpful feedback and guidance after the presentation, so in the coming week, we are focusing on implementing that.
Our next steps for this project include finalizing our PDR, hosting a brainstorming session to generate more conceptual ideas, continuing work on three-dimensional CAD models of the system, and finishing research on component material choices.
Below are some pictures of conceptual part solutions, generated by the team.
