Good afternoon IPPDers!

This week was our PR SLDR session, which basically meant a full day of teams showing off their draft SLDR presentations to peers, faculty, and coaches. It was our first real chance to run through everything out loud, and it quickly showed us which parts flowed nicely and which parts still need a little cleanup. The feedback was super helpful; we got pointers on tightening up our subsystem explanations, smoothing out our prototype timeline, clarifying a few testing details, and making our budget a bit more readable. We also sent in our official project title for the SLDR event program, which somehow made everything feel much more real and solidified our group’s identity. After the review, our team dove back into the SLDR draft to start making edits and fixing the biggest gaps. Overall, PR SLDR was a great checkpoint, and now we feel much more prepared heading into the final SLDR after Thanksgiving.

Everyone have a great break! We’re almost there. One cannot reach the mountaintop without the climb. “We shall fight on the beaches… we shall never surrender!” – Winston Churchill