156A Week 10

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

• • Came up with two possible designs.

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • First meeting with Prof. Gillett and preliminary discussion before sponsor meeting.

  • Met with sponsors on Friday, March 10th at Moore Cancer Center.

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• • Complete PowerPoint Presentation slides by Sunday 2 P.M. (All)

  • Practice presenting between Sunday 2 P.M. and Monday 12 A.M. (All)

  • Finalize design solution by end of next week, Fri. 03/17 (All)

  • Deliver any updates to sponsors Sat. 03/25 (Jefferson)

  • Update front page with description of Brachytherapy procedure (Eric)

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

Sponsor comments, In-person Meeting on Fri. March 10th

• • Requirements for design of a Brachytherapy catheter measuring device

    • Faster than the current manual method

    • Accurate to the thousandth (0.001)

    • Does not puncture the wall at the end of the applicator

  • Willing to have us watch the Brachytherapy procedure

  • Inquiry about weekly meetings for next quarter

Actions

• • Drafted 2 possible designs and identified risks.

  • Set approximate availability for watching Brachytherapy procedure (Week 1 or 2 of Spring Quarter)

  • Emailing possible meeting times to sponsors

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments  (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

Instructor Comments, In-lecture meeting, Thurs. March 9th

• • Find out what the optimal solution is in the eyes of the sponsors

  • Risk reduction is coming up, identify your top risks early

Actions:

• • Met with sponsors and determined that any new measuring process that is faster and more consistently accurate is a desirable process

  • Team meeting on Wed. 03/15 to come up with possible designs and identify largest risks

Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • N/A

Risks and Areas of Concern

• • Bending of the wire within the catheter resulting in inaccurate measurement

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • Currently waiting on shipment of wires to sponsors. Sponsors will allow us to work with these wires.

Schedule

• • Describe upcoming milestones.

  • Update Gantt chart.

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • $7500 (None spent, all remaining)

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Updated Project Management main page and Week 10 Progress Report.