This week, we submitted our preliminary design review (PDR) as well presented the PDR to our peers and coaches. We received feedback on how we could better prepare for the real presentation in front of our sponsors coming up in… Read More
Product Architecture (Week 6)
What a busy week it has been! Despite the many obligations all of us have outside of the team, we have finished our preliminary design architecture. In this photo you can see a preview of the rough geometric layout for… Read More
Many New Ideas to Test! (Week 5)
This was one busy and productive week! Our team spent a lot of time together brainstorming ideas for how our sensor will be implemented. This image of our whiteboard shows some of the potential candidates we may be working with.… Read More
Lots of Tables! (Week 4)
This week, we completed our product design specifications. This included addressing the customers’ needs and their correlation with product specifications. To achieve this, we developed a House of Quality table to capture the correlation between customer needs and specifications, measuring… Read More
Meeting Our Liaisons (Week 3)
This week, we scheduled our meeting with our Liaisons and came prepared with an agenda for the meeting to ensure it ran as smoothly as possible. During our meeting with the Liaisons, we began with introductions and coordinated schedules to… Read More
Meet Our Team! (Week 2)
Hi everyone! Welcome to our team. We are working with NextEra Energy to prototype and design a sensor to detect ferrous debris content in the main wind turbine bearing grease. This week, we introduced ourselves and met with our coach,… Read More