Week 6: Concept Selection and System Architecture
This week, our team refined the content of our Preliminary Design Review (PDR) by finalizing our concept selection and systems architecture. As you can see in the diagram, we’ve now defined the electrical architecture for our battery pack. This has… Read More
Week 5:Concept Generation and Evaluation
Our team made exciting progress this week as we wrapped up the concept generation phase of our project. This step gave us the chance to explore many different directions and ultimately narrow in on what materials and design choices could… Read More
Week 4: First PDS and moving forward in the discovery phase
9/19/25 – This week, the Ion Clad team (pictured above) developed the first product design specifications (PDS) document for this project. There is still much left to be added, and we intend for this to become a living document as… Read More
Week 3: Settling in and Initial Meetings for team Ion Clad
9/12/2025 – Since our last post, the IPPD team for Lithonics has landed on the team name Ion Clad and the logo above. This is in reference to the Lithium-Ion technology involved in the project and the nature of the… Read More