Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Week 2: Information and Lab Procedure



Lab Date: April 10, 2014
Lab Occupations
  • Lauren Kujawa, Researcher
  • Tyler Wicker, Researcher
  • Chris Gibson, Researcher
  • Sal Realmuto, Researcher
  • Gabe Markowitz, Researcher   
 Lab Information and Procedure
  • This was the second meeting of Engineering 103, Section 85.  Groups were unable to begin testing their design ideas, for the boxes that will be used were not made yet.  
  •  The first hour of class was dedicated to a better explanation on what was expected in this lab module.  The whole process of testing the retaining walls was a major focus.  It was emphasized that multiple tests on multiple designs would need to be done.  The group was aware of this fact already.
  • It was also highlighted in lab that this project is not very difficult.  All of the group members thought this, but we thought there had to be some sort of big challenge we were over looking.  In our initial proposal, we decided that we wanted to be decide on a final design in Week 6 of lab; our professors said we should be done in Week 7.  We were happy to hear that our estimation was not too far fetched.
  • Our final design proposal was due in lab.  Unfortunately, other groups, along with ours, did some aspects of the proposal improperly.  Groups were tasked with submitting another proposal by the start of lab next week.
  • After all of the speaking was done, groups did not have a real task.  Many groups left lab early.  Our group stayed for approximately a half hour, re-watching retaining wall videos and trying to talk about possible solutions to the problem.
Post Lab

  • The design proposal is being revised for next week's lab.

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