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• Project Logs from 9/2/19 to 1/10/20

  John Jones • 01/23/2020 at 15:20 • 0 comments

  Week 1: 9/2/19 - 9/6/19
  

  Week 2: 9/8/19-9/13/19

  Week 3: 9/15/19-9/20/19

  Week 4: 9/22/19-9/25/19

  Week 5: 9/30/19-10/4/19

  Week 6: 10/7/19-10/11/19

  Week 7: 10/14/19-10/18/19

  Week 8: 10/21/19-10/25/19

  Week 10: 11/4/19-11/8/19

  Week 11: 11/12/19-11/15/19

  Week 12: 11/18/19-11/22/19

  Week 13: 12/2/19-12/6/19

  Week 14: 12/9/19-12/13/19

  Week 15: 1/6/20-1/10/20

  Week 15: 1/6/20-1/10/20

  Week 1: 9/2/19 - 9/6/19

  Plan - The goals of this week were to create a pre-proposal and begin looking at the research databases that we have at our disposal. 

  Procedures - As this week was primarily used to develop ideas, the main procedures were simply internet and database searches. We also verified our projects as being feasible. 

  Progress - I developed a pre-proposal relating to medical haptic technology and researched basic background on it and a secondary topic regarding drones in agriculture. 

  Problems - The medical haptic technology appeared to be out of the scope of feasibility, so I was forced to fall back on my secondary idea. I’ll recreate and resubmit a pre-proposal for this project next week. 

  Week 2: 9/8/19-9/13/19

  Plan - The goals for this week were to complete a website and give my project pre-proposal presentation, in the process receiving feedback and refining my ideas. At the same time, I was looking to collect some research that related to my project idea.

  Procedures - I used Hackaday.io to set up a project webpage with all the information I need to display. My project pre-proposal presentation was created using Google Slides. I found the research using the library databases, primarily ProQuest.

  Progress - I finished the pre-proposal presentation and used the feedback to refine my project idea solely down to creating a solar-powered drone capable of supporting a basic sensor system. I found two articles of research and completed two article reviews for them. 

  Problems - The scope of my original project was still too wide, but I refocused my project.

  Week 3: 9/15/19-9/20/19

  Plan- The plan this week was to complete my final 3 research reviews, 2 of which would be scientific research articles and the other would be a patent. 

  Procedures- I used the databases again to find the research articles and I used the USPTO search process described in the presentation on Classroom to find the patent. 

  Progress- I completed all 3 of the research articles and my mandatory lab clean up hours. During those lab clean up hours, I also discussed my project with Mr. Seyler and found a way to create the frame for significantly less cost than I thought I would have to be spending. They create airframes in Energy Systems from balsa wood, so I now have another source of information to draw upon. 

  Problems- There weren’t any major problems this week. 

  Week 4: 9/22/19-9/25/19

  Plan- The requirement for this week was to complete the project purchase request sheet. Other goals were to develop a more concrete plan of how I was going to go about completing the project.

  Procedures- I used a variety of sources to come to a conclusion about what resources would be necessary to create the drone. Several classmates were essential to making decisions about stuff like the necessary motor and prop. I then found these items on online retailers and filled out the purchase request sheet using these retailers. 

  Progress- The purchase request sheet is complete and I have a solid base for how I am going to go about completing this project.

  Problems- No major problems this week. 

  Week 5: 9/30/19-10/4/19

  Plan- The plan this week was to complete our proposals and give feedback to other classmates

  Procedures- Word processing software was used to create the proposals and presentation software to create the project proposal presentations

  Progress- The proposal was mostly complete by the end of this week with minor revisions necessary.

  Problems- No major problems...

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