Hello everyone! This week was quieter than the previous few, but it marked a steady transition toward fabrication and assembly for the Dream Steam team. While there were no major review events, we continued making progress on several important technical… Read More

This week, the Dream Steam team reached a major milestone by completing our first Qualification Review Board (QRB), and it went well overall. The judges noted that our project is clearly communicated, well-conceived, and feasible, which was reflected in both… Read More

Hello IPPD! This week, Dream Steam designed their Spring plan with individualized tasks and realistic timelines. They had this semester’s first meeting with their liaison to discuss the part drawings of the entire steam blancher. They dedicated time to iron… Read More

Hello IPPDers! As we move into the final week of the semester, our team has really started to feel the excitement of the project taking shape. This week marked a major milestone: completing our System Level Design Review. After weeks… Read More

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… Read More

This week was a really productive one for our team. We finalized the first draft of our budget and put together our first real shopping list, which helped us get a clearer picture of what we actually need to buy… Read More

Hello IPPDers, Prototype Inspection Day (PID) was an exciting and rewarding milestone for our team as we finally got to present our design to experienced professional engineers. After a couple months of brainstorming, CAD modeling, and researching components, seeing our… Read More

Hello IPPD students, faculty, and spectators, This week, we shifted gears toward getting ready for Prototype Inspection Day (PID) and looking ahead to our System Level Design Review (SLDR). With the semester wrapping up soon, our team focused on our… Read More

Hello IPPD faculty, students, and anyone else tuning in, This week, we had our official PDR presentation in front of the Food Science board sponsoring our project. We were a bit nervous at first, but all went well. They were… Read More

Hello IPPDers! This week, our team focused on finalizing our PDR presentation! We focused more on our liaison’s expectations than rigorously adhering to the program’s requirements, we made great strides this week on our PDR presentation. After carefully considering Dr.… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More