Motion Powered Battery Log

Week 01/28/18 - 02/02/18:

-01/30

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Splitting up the work, rough draft design for project - 1 hr

-02/01

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Determine viable parts online - 1 hr

Week 02/03/18 - 02/09/18:

-02/03

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Finalize project proposal - 2 hr

-02/04

• Henry: Create Gantt chart - 30 min

Week 02/10/18 - 02/16/18:

-02/11

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Making Google Slides for presentation and finalize the Gantt chart - 2.5 hours

-02/14

• Katherine: Finalize wiki page - 2.5 hrs
• Steven: Writing for wiki page - 1 hr
• Henry: Learning how to use Arduino - 30 min

-02/12

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Met with John Fordice - 30 min
• Steven: Ordered parts - 20 min

-02/15

• Steven and Katherine: Create Wiki log - 1 hr
• Katherine: Finalize Wiki page- 30 min
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Finalize slides for presentation - 1 hr
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Rehearsing presentation - 30 min

Week 02/17/18 - 02/23/18:

-02/26

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Met with John Fordice - 30 min

-02/19

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Received materials - 30 min

-02/21

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Researched design aspects for visual diagram - 2 hrs

-02/23

• Katherine: Updated wiki log - 30 min

Week 02/24/18 - 03/02/18:

-02/26

• Katherine and Steven: Met with John Fordice - 30 min

-02/28

• Katherine: Updated wiki page and wiki log - 1 hr

Week 03/03/18 - 03/10/18:

-03/07

• Katherine: Met with John Fordice - 20 min
• Henry: Met with Mell - 10 min
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Worked in lab to create first design, got a current - 3 hrs

-03/10

• Katherine: Research USB Connector Converters - 2 hrs

Week 03/11/18 - 03/17/18:

-03/12

• Katherine and Henry: Worked on Design to hold pieces - 2 hrs

Week 03/18/18 - 03/24/18:

-03/19

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Re-ordered parts - 30 min

-03/20

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Worked on Solid Works for design - 1 hr

-03/23

• Katherine: calculations - 1 hrs
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Solid Works - 1hr

Week 03/25/18 - 03/31/18:

-03/27

• Katherine: Meeting with John - 20 min
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Coiled pipes and calculated dimensions for box - 2 hrs

-03/28

• Katherine and Steven: Finished Solid Works and printed first shelf - 1hr

-03/30

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: worked in lab to print shelf 2 - 1 hr

-03/31

• Steven: Checked on shelf in lab - 20 min

Week 04/01/18 - 04/07/18:

-04/01

• Henry: Went to architecture school to create box - 1 hr

-04/02

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Met with John (4 pm) - 20 min
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Worked in Lab to create finished product of shelves (4:20 pm) - 1 hr
• Katherine: Checked on shelves when printing (6:30 pm) - 40 min
• Katherine: Printed remaining shelves and updated wiki log (7:10 pm) - 1 hr

-04/04

• Steven and Henry: Met with Professor Mell - 1 hr
• Katherine: Went to lab to try and print remaining shelves. The printer is out of ink. Emailed John (8:35pm) - 30 min

Week 04/08/18 - 04/14/18:

-04/09

• Katherine: Went to lab to print remaining shelves. Printers were occupied. Worked on solid works to print two shelves at once. - 1 hr
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Met with John - 20 min
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Went to lab to print remaining shelves - 1.5 hrs

-04/10

• Katherine and Henry: Went to lab to pick up shelves. Both 3D printers broke - 30 min
• Henry: Met with Professor Feher - 20 min
• Katherine and Steven: Met with John to discuss printing (4 pm) - 30 min

-04/11

• Katherine: Met John at lab to recreate shelves with new dimensions (4 pm) - 1 hr
• Henry and Steven: Finished new design on solid works - 1 hr
• Katherine and Steven: Wrote paragraphs/bullet points for poster - 1.5 hrs

-04/12

• Katherine: Created poster in Microsoft Presentation - 1 hr
• Steven: Went to lab to work on circuits - 2 hrs

-04/13

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Met at lab to find parts for transformer/LED - 30 min

-04/14

• John(TA): Printed the 4 new shelves

Week 04/15/18 - 04/20/18:

-04/15

• Steven and Henry: Went to lab and put box together with the shelves and pipes - 2 hrs

-04/16

• Katherine: Finished poster - 1.5 hrs
• Katherine: Updated wiki page - 20 min

-04/17

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Problem Solved magnet attraction problem - 3 hrs
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Finished Arduino code to measure voltage - 1 hr

-04/18

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Soldered wires and rearranged box with 6 pipes instead of 12 pipes - 3 hrs
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Re-wrapped wires to conduct more voltage. 1 hr
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Used AC measuring tool, convert from AC to DC - 3 hrs
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Wrote code for LED visual representation - 1 hr

-04/19

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Connected LED to Arduino and fixed code, fixed circuit board - 3 hrs
• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Practiced presentation and reworked idea for visual presentation - 2 hrs

-04/20

• Katherine, Steven and Henry: Presented Project in Lopata Gallery - 1.5 hrs

Week 04/21/18 - 05/04/18:

-05/02

• Katherine: Updated and Finished wiki page - 5.5 hrs