This page provides a weekly log of our team’s in-class and out-of-class activities, highlighting the progress we’ve made each week. Use the buttons below to view the related subpages.
Week 2:
Customer Discovery Activity: The team completed this activity during class to support research for our project. Each team member contributed individual research on irrigation systems.
1/12/2026: Customer Discovery Document
Week 3:
Brainstorming Ideas:
1/20/2026:
These are the brainstorming ideas our team generated during this phase of the project. While we have not yet finalized the specific components of our design, we plan to narrow our focus as we move forward. Based on the number of green stickers, the most notable ideas included analyzing water pressure and pressure specifications, taping polytubes together, modifying polytube materials and thickness, using GIS to determine optimal polytube placement, budgeting for polytubes, measuring water levels from nearby rivers or lakes, and exploring ways to provide clean water.
Week 4:
Our team began prioritizing the project criteria using a decision matrix to determine what was most and least important. We also started initial discussions around our MVP.
Project Functions:
1/27/2026: Project Functions
Research Overview Infographic:
1/27/2026: Infographic
This infographic summarizes the research our team has completed so far and highlights our specific project focus for this quarter. Check out our Canva infographic for more details.
Week 5:
2/03/2026: Prototyping Plan
Our team began developing a clear prototyping strategy for our project. This includes both our Detailed Prototyping Plan
Team Status Update Presentation:
2/10/2026: Presentation
We delivered our Week 6 status update presentation on 2/10 to both the class and our Community Partner. During the presentation, we explained our finalized project plan and outlined the progress we have made so far.
Week 6:
After presenting our Status Update on 2/10, we received valuable and constructive feedback from both our Community Partner and our classmates. Below is the documented feedback that was shared with us.
2/10/2026: Feedback
Week 7:
Our team has drafted a one-page project report. To introduce our audience on what we've done so far in terms of the progress for the project.
2/17/2026: Project Report Introduction
Week 8:
Our team has completed a detailed report that builds on the original Project Report Introduction. This report explains the background of our project and outlines the work and planning we carried out over the past several weeks. To see the full overview and learn more about the project, click the button below to view the complete summary.
2/24/2026: Final Project Full Report
Week 9:
After ten weeks of hard work, we are sharing our final project presentation with our Community Partner to show what our team accomplished during the quarter. The presentation will take place Week 10 on March 10, 2026. You can view the presentation below to see the results of our project.
3/6/2026: Aqualink Final Presentation