Week 1: Back to the Grind!

Welcome back to a new Semester! We started off strong before classes even began, working on testing materials and gathering data using an Instron machine to get some force and pressure data to inform our decision making. A few of us went into lab over the week to work on that testing as well as take stock of what we have completed and what we are looking at completing in the short to mid term as we get back into the swing of prototype development.

We met with our coach, discussed these goals and assigned individuals to take ownership of those tasks and dates to complete them by. Additionally we are exploring various project management programs and ways to more easily track the status of key project milestones. The ever present issue of scheduling once again reared its head as we try and find workable times for all of us to meet consistently and coordinate, not just within the team but with our coach and liaisons. Hopefully as schedules settle down we will be able to resume our weekly meetings with all stakeholders.

We are looking to have some more exciting build information coming in the next few weeks, so keep a lookout for those pictures and information as soon as we have it!

Ian(Left), Lucas(Right), and Liying(photographer) hard at work during our first Instron testing session this week.
(1) Andrew setting up a PID temperature control device (2-6) more experiments using the instron and a custom made syringe fixture.

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