This week, the team finally began to get our hands dirty! After official PDR approval from our faculty coaches and liaisons and reflecting on the experience, we consolidated initial test plans for concept subcomponents and prepared to execute them. We prepared our first test materials on the lathe from a sample provided by the liaisons, with the help of UF’s prototyping manager, Jeff Bielling. We made a list of materials needed for testing, determined what was already available to us in the UF labs, and submitted our first purchase order for the remaining items to begin destructive testing next week!