During week 7 of IPPD, our team shifted focus from developing initial concepts to selecting a final concept that is feasible within our project timeline, viable as a long-term solution, and, most importantly, desirable to our stakeholders. With these criteria in mind, we aim to complete feasibility testing of our two measuring systems by early next week and move quickly into prototype development. Our team has also set up a structure in the IPPD lab to begin early testing. Finally, we will devote significant time this weekend to addressing feedback on the first draft of our PDR, which has considerable room for improvement.

This week we completed our initial draft of the PDR presentation and presented to multiple teams and coaches. We found ways to improve our draft and presentation before we present to our liaisons. On Thursday, we met with some of our liaisons in the IPPD lab to get hands on with the previous system FPL was using. We also had our coach meeting where Dr. Jackson gave us feedback on our PDR and presentations.

This week, we finished our literature reviews, created multiple concepts to test, and began the process of constructing small-scale prototypes. To do this, we will be buying an inexpensive LiDAR system and building a 1/50th scale transmission line model to try out our preliminary theories in a physical environment.