We’ve made it to our final event of the semester! The System Level Design Review was held this past week and was truly a success. The event began with some fantastic food, followed by a guided networking session with the… Read More

We had yet another busy week as this semester starts drawing to a close. The team devoted a lot of time and resources to writing the first draft of our System Level Design Review Report. We focused on the proof… Read More

Our prototype inspection day was an overwhelming success! We spent many hours at the IPPD lab putting the final touches on all of our prototypes and were able to present many different types of media for our proof of concept.… Read More

The Gear Guardians had a busy week this week! We made significant progress in our prototype development and attended the White Belt Six Sigma Workshop with FPL. As prototype inspection day nears, our software team has been hard at work… Read More

Our team began building a prototype this week! In preparation for Prototype Inspection Day, we started working on the many components we plan to present for adjudication. The mechanical sub-team worked on their designs for the physical mount of the… Read More

After coming off an exciting week of travel and presentations, our team began shifting gears to focus on the prototyping process. On Tuesday, we attended a lecture about prototypes and began the discussion for our next big deadline and event:… Read More

This week marks a significant milestone for us, as it was our first visit to the Northrop Grumman site. It was an exciting opportunity not only to present our project but also to engage with industry professionals and tour their… Read More

This week our team reached a big project milestone and made strides in our teamwork and communication skills. We collaborated for many hours to draft a slide deck for our first presentation as the Gear Guardians: the Peer Review Project… Read More

This week, our team completed a lab training of the new IPPD lab space. We also attended a guest lecture by Dr. Elif Akçali, who introduced and guided us through the concept of a “Brain Walk Ideation” session. This technique… Read More

This week we focused our efforts on fundamental project management techniques such as creating a road map and risk assessment plan. This will prove useful as we have many big events coming up soon: the first draft of our Preliminary… Read More

This week, our team met with our company liaisons, Jessica and Mary Alice. We shared introductions and the excitement of working together to design an effective solution for the company. We narrowed in project specifications, clarified prototype expectations, and addressed… Read More

Hello all!  We are Team 9, tentatively the Gear Guardians, and we are excited to be working with our sponsor Northrop Grumman and our faculty coach Dr. Erin Patrick.   This week we conducted our first meeting with our coach. We… Read More