Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Each Team Member provided 5 design solutions.
Sponsor reviewed all solutions and discussed with team in order to decide on direction of final design
Through discussion we decided on using a method that uses change in impedance to measure tension in tendon
Experiment for testing feasibility of design solution was proposed by sponsor and will be performed this Friday in URS testing facility on real human tendons
Accomplishments from Previous Week
25 possible designs ( 5 from each team member were provided, see above)
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Determine feasibility of determining a relationship between impedance and tension in tendon. This will be more defined on Friday once we get in the lab and can figure out what specific steps need to be taken from there or whether one of our other design solutions would be better suited for the sponsor's needs.
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Sponsor asked us for 25 possible solutions on December 03 2012 (10th Week) in our first kick off meeting . We took action by delivering solutions in our second meeting, this week, upon which we finally decided on attempting an impedance based solution.
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Dr. Delson suggested doing background research on strain gauge technology on December 04 2012 ( 10th Week). We took action by checking out 5 strain gauge books from UCSD Library and going through them to understand the concepts behind this technology.
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Some students suggested we determine an error range for how accurate our device needs to be. We spoke to sponsor and he mentioned error values of 13% of actual tendon tension were acceptable.
Risks and Areas of Concern
Highest risk is whether or not Force in Tendon and Impedance are actually related. This will be determined in lab this Friday
Schedule
Upcoming Mile Stone----This Friday risk reduction experiment will be undertaken as described above to test feasibility of Impedance based solution.
Update Gantt chart.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
0 spent. 100% remaining
Progress on Report and Webpage
Webpage is up to date.