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Week 7

Hello IPPDers!

This week, we had our PR PDR Presentation, where we shared our progress so far and where our project is going in the near future. After presenting in class, we received a lot of good feedback on our presentation. We also received a lot of constructive criticism, which was great because now we know what specific improvements we can make for our presentation next week. Later in the week, we also met with our Liaison, Dr. McIntosh. He also gave us some great input on our presentation, especially from the perspective of someone outside of IPPD, unaware of the presentation criteria/requirements. We agreed in that we felt somewhat constrained in the development of our presentation due to these requirements. Dr. Macintosh explained a clearer objective for us with this presentation, which is what we’ll be looking into developing next week. We are also looking to make clear assignment to make each teammate responsible of certain parts of the product at this point, in order to maximize what we can deliver for our review next week.

Week 6

Hello IPPD,

This week, we made the exciting shift from just picking a concept to actually building out the system architecture and gearing up for our Preliminary Design Review. We rolled up our sleeves and started breaking the idea into subsystems, figuring out how everything connects and works together. Along the way, we talked through trade-offs, brainstormed solutions to possible challenges, and made sure our design still checks all the boxes for customer needs. It was a good mix of problem-solving and creativity, and it really helped us see how our concept will function as a complete system. By the end, we had a clearer game plan and a solid foundation to present for our PDR. It feels like the project is really starting to come together. We spent many late hours working on our designs, but it will pay off in the end. Right now it seems we are going to hone in on a 4-champer design for testing 4 different food samples at once.



Week 5

Hello IPPDers!

This past week, our team started working on concrete design sketches for our steam blancher system. Each one of us developed our own ideas, and then shared at our liaison meeting. It was interesting to see that many of our ideas were closely linked, with similar features and considerations. Being exposed to the same prompt on the project, and using shared experience from our classes, we still came up with different concepts, which we are now planning to refine into a final concept through design reviews and other comparison tools. We received great feedback from our liaison, and are looking forward to coming up with a final design and making it come to life!

We’ve attached a sketch of one of our designs here as well!

Week 4

Hello Gators!

This week Dream Steam spent the majority of our time working on the project design specification (PDS). Last Friday we conducted the lab in which students use the current steamer, shown below. This greatly influenced our PDS as we were able to see exactly where issues reside. Meetings with our coach and liaison helped us refine our plan moving forward, and group brainstorming has led to some brilliant ideas! Our ambition for the project continues to grow as we lay the foundation to ensure success.

Week 3

Hello Gators!

This was a busy week for team 21, now officially Dream Steam. We had our first meeting with our liaison, Dr. MacIntosh, and toured the lab where our steamer will be used. We have a second meeting scheduled for tomorrow where we will be conducting the lab that students use to learn unsteady state heat transfer. This will give us a better idea of changes that need to occur for our unit. Besides that, we have a new logo after some constructive criticism on our initial design, shown here. We are looking forward to the team building activity this Saturday, and hope to build stronger connections to power us through our project!

Week 2

Hello Gators! This is the first blog post of Team 21(name under construction). The six of us have had our first meeting with our coach today and are getting to know each other more and more. Excitement and anticipation are through the roof as we get ready to embark on this year long journey. We cannot thank UF’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Department as well as Dr. Andrew MacIntosh enough for this opportunity. We also want to thank our coach, Larry Warren; we look forward to learning and training under you in this incredible experience.

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SLDR 2019 Video

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Gainesville, FL, USA – SEPTEMBER 12: Entrance Sign at the University of Florida on September 12, 2016 in Gainesville, Florida.

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