This week was a huge milestone in our team’s progress, because we were able to present our work from this semester to our liaisons from NextEra Energy at our System Level Design Review (SLDR). We were extremely grateful for the… Read More

As students, we had this week off to celebrate Thanksgiving. We are extremely thankful to be involved in such an interesting project with a supportive sponsor company, NextEra Energy. Our SLDR presentation is approaching quickly, and we look forward to… Read More

This week, our team had the opportunity to present our SLDR presentation to our peers and other coaches. We received a lot of helpful feedback on our presentation’s format, style, content, and visuals. The coaches were pleased with our figures… Read More

This week we had the opportunity to present our work and first prototype idea to faculty, coaches, and other students. Although we might not have a complete manufactured prototype, we were able to showcase our CAD designs, assemblies, machined testbench,… Read More

This week we continued with our experimentation plans in our subteams. The main goal for this week was to model our design’s components in Solidworks and work on physical deliverables for the prototype inspection day next week. During this presentation… Read More

This week, the team ordered and received the first batch of components to test on! With some of the parts that came in, we conducted some basic initial tests, including assembling a key subsystem to validate its geometry and ease… Read More

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… Read More

This week, the team finalized and submitted our PDR report and presentation. We had the opportunity to travel to the NextEra Energy site in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, where we gave our PDR presentation and met our liaisons in person.… Read More

This week, the team had the opportunity to participate in a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) peer review with other teams from IPPD, where we presented our PDR presentation and received constructive feedback. We also began torque and force calculations to… Read More

This week, our team made significant strides in developing a design concept. After thoroughly exploring various options based on individual background research, we were able to narrow down key design elements to align with the main objectives of the project. We then… Read More

After getting it checked by our liaisons and with multiple revisions suggested by the IPPD community, our team’s name and logo are officially confirmed. We are now NeXtract! Unfortunately some of the team’s activities were cut short due to Hurricane… Read More

This week the team took a deep dive into the requirements of the project and began developing some specifications to meet those requirements. After having our first draft reviewed by our coaches, we realized that most of our specifications did… Read More

This week the team was able to meet with our liaison engineers for the first time! We learned about their positions at NextEra Energy and were able to get more information about the current situation. Prior to the meeting, the… Read More

Hello everyone! This team will be working with NextEra Energy to design and prototype a tool to remove broken fasteners from the bolted connections of wind turbine blades. This week, the team got to introduce ourselves (you can meet us… Read More