Following a restful and recharging Spring Break last week, the team came back prepared to finish the semester strong. Throughout the week, the team continued to refine their electrical subsystems and testing/validation efforts, and their mechanical designs are wrapping up into a final, sophisticated model. The team anticipates assembling and testing the final prototype in time for showcase at the Prototype Inspection & Test Evaluation Day in less than two weeks.

Additionally, this week’s lecture featured Dr. Elif Akcali from the EII in an engaging and creative discussion on storytelling in preparation for project presentation to both a technical and non-technical audience, live and in an online video. To get inspired, Dr. Akcali led the IPPD teams through a short comic exercise, which resulted in several entertaining stories by SurgiGauge (see below!). The team left with a great game plan for their project video and are eager to start filming!