Weekly Progress Reports (see sidebar), the Gantt chart, and this Project Management page should be printed out before meetings with the sponsor and instructor.
All team members should be able to explain all items on the progress report.
Place a "*" at the beginning of the title of the active week Progress Report (see * in sidebar).
Project Objectives
High Priority Objectives
Must be able to control direction of stretch (along any line in plane of petri dish)
Magnitude of the stretch has to be accurately controlled and known in terms of percent stretch(relative to neuron)
The neuron of interest must stay in microscope view during stretching
Second Priority Objectives
Mechanism must be able to fit within dimensional constraints of Microscope
The Mechanism’s controls must be located away from the device
fewest controls and setup requirements possible
Other Constraints and Issues
Find suitable stretchable petri dish
WOW Design Solution
Possibly GUI with text guidance on how to use
Have very simple to use design
Risk Reduction Strategy
Week 10:
Finding suitable petri dish/membrane.
Get flexible membranes and see at what % stretch they rupture
Try different sizes and shapes (square v circle)
Push, stab, pinch or pull into the membrane
Intermediate Milestones
Choosing suitable membrane and dish
Suitable stretching method
Suitable mounting mechanism
Ability to rotate stretching mechanism or dish(hardware)
Control of stretching(calibrating or live image processing?)
Keeping position of cell centered(in view of microscope) while stretching