Welcome back to our blog! With the peer FDR presentation next week, we are doing our final sensor testing data before manufacturing our final product. The test consists of scanning speed, sensor pressure, larger than 1-inch square detection, and less than 1-inch square detection. These are significant steps towards achieving real-time monitoring of composite structures, which is crucial for early detection of material defects. During the in-class review of our video draft, we received many compliments on our video production quality. We also got amazing feedback on how to make our problem in the video more noticeable. There is still more work to be done on the video which include filming the handheld device being used.

Furthermore, we applied an exponential moving average to the data obtained from the sensors to determine the viability of using a threshold indication for detecting material defects. The results were promising, and we plan to evaluate this method further on thicker samples. Our next steps will include compiling the data summary into reports for discussion on sensing viability, optimizing the threshold indication based on scanning time, and analyzing different sensor uses for the future work section of our final report.