Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Feedback from last week's Design Proposal Presentation as well as input from sponsors and advisors has been taken into account in regards to our current design.
Design matrices are being used to narrow down our top designs, material choices, and manufacturing techniques.
Initial steps are being taken to apply FEA techniques to our updated designs.
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Our Design Proposal Presentation was presented, and feedback from fellow students was received.
Further meetings were held with our sponsors.
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
By next week, a single stiffener design and material choice will be chosen through the use of decision matrices in our sponsor meetings.
Shane will begin researching FEA methods for later use in our designs.
Joao, Ahmed, and Kakeru will spend time preparing the presentation that will be shown to our sponsors this week.
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Last week's meeting with our sponsor primarily served to update our sponsors in regards to our progress with the project.
Our sponsors were able to provide many of the geometric constraints needed to complete our designs.
Our sponsors also provided guidance regarding the decisions matrices that will be used to pick our stiffener design and choice of material.
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Our last meeting with Professor Tustaniwskyj was during our Design Proposal Presentation.
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
As of this week, we are still awaiting comments from the other students in our section regarding the Design Proposal Presentation.
Risks and Areas of Concern
With the multitude of different possible stiffener designs and possible materials, narrowing down our choices has been a seemingly overwhelming task.
However, as our sponsor suggested, using an organized decision matrix to list out and rank our options should make this task more straightforward.
Resources or Information Required but not Available
Progress has been made regarding some of the geometric constraints we need, but we are still awaiting some information from our sponsors.
Schedule
Final stiffener design and material of choice will both be chosen by the end of this week.
Gantt chart has been updated.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
As of now, none of the budget has been spent.
Progress on Report and Webpage
The initial sections of the report have been completed as of this week.