The time has finally come. The last blog. It has been a great year and team can’t believe it’s over. Next week is the FDR, and the team’s liaison and team will be coming to Gainesville to see our final… Read More

This week, the CaffeGators completed their testing. Over 50 people participated in the testing. That’s 50+ cups of espresso! The team had a lot of fun meeting new people during testing and getting feedback. Many changes to both the physical… Read More

This week the CaffeGators have completed their first phase of testing! On Wednesday and Thursday, the team had volunteers use their prototype and AR application to make a cup of espresso. Each test subject completed a survey after so that… Read More

This week the team presented their prototype and AR app to 6 judges. They received great feedback, including creating a phone dock for your phone and including a range of motion scale on the handle for easier control of tamping… Read More

This week the CaffeGators returned from spring break and are ready to get back to work. Next week is the PID, and the CaffeGators plan to have a functional physical prototype to demonstrate during the presentation. The team worked in… Read More

The CaffeGators are ready for spring break! This week they presented their progress to the Newell Brands team. They received excellent feedback from Newell Brand’s global espresso team. The UK espresso team was even in attendance! The CaffeGators showed off… Read More

This week the team presented their progress to two coaches to receive feedback on their design and AR app. The team demonstrated their integrated prototype models and the first prompt in the AR espresso machine. The team also explained their… Read More

The CaffeGators are working hard to prepare for the QRB2 next week. They can’t wait to show off the progress they’ve made including their AR application process map and integrated prototype. The AR process map walks through the user’s experience… Read More

This week the CaffeGators got to deconstruct an espresso machine! Newell Brands sent a deconstructed espresso machine for the team to work with to understand the machine internals and the limitations of integrating the prototype into the machine. It was… Read More

This week the CaffeGators received a deconstructed espresso machine from their sponsor, Newell Brands. The team can’t wait to start working on it to learn more about the internals of the machine and brainstorm more ideas on how to integrate… Read More

This week the CaffeGators presented their plan for semester two to a panel of IPPD coaches. The CaffeGators gave the panel a refresher on the milestones they accomplished in semester 1 and a detailed discussion and plan of what needs… Read More

This week the CaffeGators met to work on the QRB1 and complete more experimental trials. Team members made 8 cups of medium roast espresso altering the leveling of the puck, the water quality, and the grain size. Extraction %, pH,… Read More

This week the CaffeGators met with their coach and discussed the next two weeks and the upcoming QRB1 deadline. Iterations and further concept and AR development/evolution are the main goals to accomplish for the QRB1. 3D prints will be provided… Read More

The CaffeGators are back on campus and ready to get back to work. Syllabus week was a success. The team is getting adjusted to their new schedule and the new expectations of the spring semester. In class, the team worked… Read More

This week the CaffeGators have been working on their Senior Level Design Review. We presented in front of our peers and received feedback on our presentation. Next week, we will be presenting at the SLDR event to our sponsor. We… Read More