Hello dear readers, I am sad to say that this will be the last installment of EvapoGATOR’s weekly blog. However, I’m happy to say we achieved our goal of creating a brand-new, functional food vacuum evaporator for UF’s FSHN department!… Read More
The Beginning of the End
Or the end of the beginning? Both could be argued. On the one hand, IPPD is almost over with our Final Design Review (FDR) presentations tomorrow (Tuesday, 4/25/23); however, on the other, the greatest journey comes after graduation, and IPPD… Read More
Prepping for PR FDR
Hello everyone, and welcome back to one of the last installments of EvapoGATOR’s blog! Unfortunately, I’m a bit late with this post but don’t worry, I won’t leave out any details from last week, this week, and next week in… Read More
Hippity hoppity, FDR is on its way
Hello dear readers, EvapoGATOR hopes you all had a great holiday weekend! (Time check: Easter was yesterday, hence the title.) Your favorite IPPD team is still working vigorously to finish optimizing our system before the Final Design Review (FDR) on… Read More
Praying to the Heat Transfer Goddess
Hello everyone and welcome back to EvapoGATOR’s weekly diary… I mean, blog. First thing’s first, refer to the pictures to understand the title. EvapoGATOR had Prototype Inspection Day (PID) this week, and if I do say so myself, we killed… Read More
To Level or Not to Level?
Hello and welcome back, dear readers! First, the answer is to level, always. Second, EvapoGATOR feels refreshed after a nice break, and we dove right in this week! Recently, our team has been preparing for Prototype Inspection Day (PID) on… Read More
Happy Spring (Break)!
Hello lovely readers and welcome back to the final installment of EvapoGATOR’s blog before we take a week off for Spring Break! The past week has been pretty busy with all the assignments/projects/exams our professors are trying to squeeze in… Read More
So Close to Spring Break
Hello everyone, and welcome back! You must be dying for an update on how EvapoGATOR’s QRB2 went, and here I am to oblige. Of course, the big event last week was the second Qualification Review Board (QRB2), and we are… Read More
Prepping for QRB2
Hello all, and welcome back. It’s officially part 1 of midterms season, so we’re all enjoying that. Luckily, EvapoGATOR has been really productive, and we’ve accomplished a lot this week on top of exams and projects in our other classes.… Read More
EvapoGATOR Loves IPPD
Hello everyone and happy Valentine’s week! As you can see from the title of this week’s blog, our group loves IPPD and being able to work together to create this awesome project! Y’all know that we love IPPD and our… Read More
Hello February
Welcome back and happy February! Here in Gainesville, we’re back to mid-70° weather, a couple of humid rainy days, and the yellow pollen that sticks to your windshield. Ahh, spring. Anyway, I’m here to report that EvapoGATOR has continued our… Read More
Qualification Review Board 1 (QRB1)
Hello friends and welcome back to another update on EvapoGATOR! This week, we had the first presentation/check-in to review our progress this semester in the form of QRB1. Our team tried to include enough meaningful and relevant information to convince… Read More
Prepping for QRB1
Hello lovely readers, and welcome to the countdown to QRB1 (T-50 hours)! EvapoGATOR has been getting stuff done this week! Here’s a list of some of our accomplishments: Additionally, the team has been preparing content for QRB1. On Tuesday 1/31,… Read More
The Week We Started Testing
Hello friends! We hope everyone has had a great week and is settling into the new year. EvapoGATOR has no time to ease into the new semester because we’ve been busy: For QRB1, our team will have a presentation exhibiting… Read More
Beginning of Spring Semester
Hello all, happy spring semester! This week, EvapoGATOR is getting back in the swing of things and planning the rest of our project. In class, we completed an assignment that: Our team’s biggest takeaway from this exercise was that we… Read More