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
Concisely list and prioritize the project objectives and constraints
High Priority Objectives
Design a device with a timed heating feature to test for patient’s pain response to heat
Automate the calibration and time response of the patient’s response
Capable of use with left or right hands
Capable of doing two tests: direct contact and noncontact
Patient unable to see or sense heat application location until test begins
Second Priority Objectives
Other Constraints and Issues
Size constraints: small and portable (< 12”x12”)
Auto-shutoff to ensure no damage
Heat application area approximately 3-5 mm
WOW Design Solution
Sleek, small, and portable design
Capable of heat response + cold response
Winsantor human trials by Week 7 Spring
Capable of adjusting to hand size, left or right hands
Capable of increasing the temperature at rate of 1°C/second
Capable of operator control of heat application position while blocking patient’s view
Automatic testing with option for operator override
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
Hardware Test
Aim: Can we use the existing heating source from Dr. Calutt’s lab?
Method:
Verify that we can replicate the basic capabilities of the existing system
Stable heating rate/temperature control
Software Test
Coupled with the Hardware test.
Program a very basic control system (using Arduino, likely) to verify that we have a solid understanding of the system at a high level.
Analytical Measures
Heat transfer calculations for the cutoff temperatures/times and whether they should differ between contact and non-contact testing conditions.
Investigation of heat transfer physics and human neurology for cool and cold experimental setups to see if the contact and non-contact testing conditions are worth pursuing. (can experimental set-ups for hot temperatures be easily converted for cool and cold tests? Or would a new experimental set-up be required?)
Intermediate Milestones
Identifying meaningful intermediate milestones is a critical for effective project management. Together with your sponsor identify such milestones, and specify specific performance requirements you aim to meet at each milestone.
Adjustability of heat application for different sized hands and fingers
Controllable heat application to fingers with ability to record actual temperature in real time
Motion sensors/reaction time recording capability
“Black box” design to prevent patient bias