The week everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived: Final Design Review. The culmination of all of our hard work and the day-long showcase so the world can see the power of NeXtract. We were able to hear from… Read More

This week the team presented in front of executives and technicians at NextEra Energy. We detailed the problem and solution, walking through each sub-component and taking questions of varying technical levels. Everyone was very impressed with the work we’ve done… Read More

The team started the week with a presentation in front of the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce where we discussed our project and solution with local business leaders. It was a privilege to share everything that we’ve been working on, and… Read More

This week, the team had a chance to demostrate our solution to a panel of judges. We walked them through all of the stages of our solution and even allowed them to extract a stud for themselves! We received varying… Read More

This week, the team spent time preparing for Prototype Inspection Day (PID) by completing a technology demonstration plan. This plan allowed us to identify what resources we will need in order to effectively present our prototype, such as monitors for… Read More

Based on our testing results from the end of last week, modifications were made to our design to let the tool work properly. Implementing these design changes has improved the functionality of our device. We completed our first successful full-scale… Read More

This week, the team engaged in a lecture on storytelling, presented by Harrison Hove. We learned about the art of making an interesting and informative video, which will help us tremendously. We’re all looking forward to getting creative with our… Read More

This week, our team had the pleasure of presenting our work for a second time to the Qualification Review Board (QRB) Committee. This time we presented our testing plans as well as giving them an update on the progress we’ve… Read More

This week, our team continued with our testing plans as well as preparations for QRB2 next week. We enacted our plans, from last week, in regard to the test bench. Making some well needed strides for our project. We’ve made… Read More

This week, we continued with our testing plans. Our main goal was to initiate or prepare for more rigorous testing and to resolve the remaining concerns from QRB1. At the beginning of the week, the group met during class to… Read More

This week our team was able to work on some of the feedback that we received from the Qualification Review Board (QRB) Committee.  The NeXtract team was able to make some pretty significant success with finetuning and iterating our design… Read More

This week, our team has had the pleasure of presenting our work in front of the Qualification Review Board (QRB) Committee. After presenting our project scope and plans, and showing the progress we’ve made so far, we’ve also learned a… Read More

This week, our team worked towards realizing the new design changes set in place from the previous week. While the rough idea was presented the previous week, smaller details for our design are being flushed out and more defined. Throughout… Read More

After a restful winter break, our team is enthused to get right back into action! This week, our team compiled some new innovative design ideas after brainstorming solutions, which was received well by both our coaches and liaisons. These ideas… Read More