Fall Semester

Week 13: System Level Design Review

This week Team Stratagem held our System Level Design Review and met with one of our liaisons. On Monday, we all met in person to practice our presentation the next day, and were also to meet virtually with Mr. Radke… Read More

Week 11: Post Prototype Inspection Day

This week Team Stratagem reviewed our feedback from our Prototype Inspection Day and continued to prepare for the System Level Design Review (SLDR) peer review next week. An important piece of feedback was that we did not explain who our… Read More

Week 10: Prototype Inspection Day

This week Team Stratagem held our biweekly liaison meeting and presented our project and prototype during Prototype Inspection Day. First, on Monday, we met virtually with our liaisons and clarified their requirements and expectations. On Tuesday, we presented our prototype… Read More

Week 9: Prototype Inspection Day Preparation

This week Team Stratagem presented our project to the IPPD class and prepared our prototype demo and presentation for next week. We met on Monday virtually to prepare for presenting our project and current implementation and testing ideas to the… Read More

Week 8: PDR Review

This week Team Stratagem reviewed our Prototype Design feedback with our liaison and our coach. We met virtually with our liaison and coach on Monday and discussed the User Interface flow, our backend implementation, and our algorithmic implementation. We then… Read More

Week 7: PDR Presentation & CAE Visit

This week Team Stratagem traveled to Tampa to present our prototype design plan to our sponsors, CAE. First we rehearsed our presentations on Monday and Wednesday, before we traveled to CAE’s Tampa headquarters on Thursday. We met our liaison Brian… Read More

Week 6: Practice PDR Presentation

This week Team Stratagem participated in a peer review of our Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Presentation. We met several times beforehand to practice and review our presentation, and overall our presentation went well. There are several improvements for us to… Read More

Week 5: Architecture

This week, Team Stratagem focused on creating fleshed out, top-down approach to our project architecture. Our first step was to lay out the client side and server side components. Next, we went into the actual flow of user interaction. The… Read More

Week 4: Prioritizing

This week, Team Stratagem focused on solidifying the group plans and roles for the immediate future. Pictured below is an outline of the phases for each step of the project. It began with Context Research, which has allowed us to… Read More

Week 3: Brainstorming

After an invaluable workshop from Florida Power and Light about process improvement with Six Sigma, our team began to organize exactly what we needed to tackle to get our project moving. This started with a brainstorming session: the blue post-it… Read More

Week 2: Next Steps

After finalizing our logo (see below) and learning about ideation, we finally had the opportunity to meet with our liaison! Team Stratagem’s Logo This week was all about getting to know our project. It started with a review of our… Read More

Week 1: Forming Stratagem

It has begun! We’re excited to start working with CAE and our coach this IPPD year. Our team, Stratagem, is working on an AI-assisted scheduler, where we aim to use machine learning to optimize project scheduling. We’ve hit the ground… Read More