Presenting our System Level Design Report for ATOM is a major milestone for IPPD and marks the end of the fall semester! The SLDR is the culmination of our efforts and work this semester and we were so proud and excited to showcase it. After making many improvements and adjustments using feedback from our peer presentation, we practiced presentation flow, timing, and cohesion to ensure the presentation was as smooth as possible. Before the presentation, the Quarks had a chance to speak with other IPPD teams and learn about the professional world from other liaisons. It was a great opportunity to speak with veteran engineers from different fields who have so much experience and insight to offer. Showing off our SLDR and presenting all of the hard work we put in this semester was incredibly rewarding for the Quarks. We also had the privilege to watch Banary and Gear Guardians present their SLDR. As a fellow RTX sponsored team, we shared many events and milestones with Banary and watching their progress alongside ours was both insightful and encouraging.

It has been quite the rewarding journey for the Quarks. Going from strangers to teammates, creating our scope of work to presenting our PDR and now SLDR, and even the first prototype for ATOM. Although this semester is now over, we are not finished. The spring semester will see us enter the development phase of ATOM starting with initial test automation and functionality and eventually resulting in our final prototype solution.

We would like to give a special thanks to our liaisons Joseph Foraker and Alexander Good, our coach Cheryl Resch, executive sponsor Kathryn Frain, and all the IPPD staff who helped us along the way. This has been an amazing fall semester and we look forward to continue working in the spring!