Progress

Meeting Minutes

April 1, 2015

  • Finalized testing methods

March 2015

  • Manufactured device and testing frame
  • Formulated testing method

February 27, 2015

  • NEBEC paper revisions and submission

February 22, 2015

  • NEBEC Paper
  • Drawings for machine shop

February 17, 2015

  • Optimization of design
  • Testing apparatus and methodology

February 10, 2015

  • Optimization of design
  • Testing apparatus design and methodology

February 6, 2015

  • Discussed/determined various testing methods
  • Discussed optimization of design results

February 3, 2015

  • Update on testing methods
  • Worked on optimization of design

December 9, 2014

  • Completed/Submitted SP1 Final Report

December 7, 2014

  • Revised/edited SP1 Final Report

December 2, 2014

  • Looked for companies to order screws from
  • Reviewed presentation for Design Review

December 1, 2014

  • Finalized presentation for the End of Semester Design Review

November 30, 2014

  • Created outline of End of Semester Design Review presentation
  • Confirmed testing methods and equipment to be used

November 25, 2014

  • Completed final drawings of the arch bars (with dimensions/tolerancing)
  • Completed writing and formatting of rough draft of final report

November 17, 2014

  • Reviewed completed portions of report draft
  • Delegated some of the remaining portions of report
  • Completed final drawings of the VMM plates (with dimensions/tolerancing)

November 13, 2014

  • Further finalized budget
  • Created a preliminary outline for the Final Report

November 11, 2014

  • Worked on finalizing the project budget
  • Revised website for review

November 3, 2014

  • Worked on verification and validation of requirements/specifications
  • Analyzed new structural design ideas modeled in SolidWorks

October 29, 2014

  • IDR presentations

October 28, 2014

  • Review IDR presentation slides

October 27, 2014

  • Finalized IDR presentation slides

October 24, 2014

  • Continuation of creating IDR presentation slides
  • Worked on the structural design of the device

October 23, 2014

  • Formulated Interim Design Review (IDR) presentation outline
  • Added verification and validation to each design requirement
  • Analyzed Finite Element Analysis data
  • Worked on structural design of device

October 17, 2014

  • Calculated and determined maximum force acting on the jaw
  • Analyzed Finite Element Analysis data

October 8, 2014

  • Worked on structural design of the device

October 5th 2014 

  • Finalized rough draft of the Budget

October 3rd 2014

  • Completed Travel Request Form for NEBEC

October 2nd 2014 

  • Structural design of the device
  • Forces within the mouth/acting on the jaw

September 30th 2014 

  • Met with Joe Zanetti to discuss preparation for using the machine shop

September 29th 2014 

  • Completed the safety class and test and became qualified to work in the machine shop

September 26th 2014

  • Briefly met with Joe Zanetti to discuss using the machine shop
  • Set up an official meeting time with Joe Zanetti

September 23rd 2014 

  • Completed realistic constraints assignment

September 21st 2014 

  • Began realistic constraints assignment
  • Developed multiple structural design ideas of device

September 17th 2014 

  • Detailed explanation of BSSO Procedure
  • Revisions to design requirements/specifications
  • Began planning individual tasking – Gantt Chart

September 11th 2014 

  • Creation of team website
  • Revisions to design requirement/specifications presented

September 9th 2014 

  • Finalized and practiced presentation

September 7th 2014

  • Further developed design requirements/specifications
  • Began writing PowerPoint slides for presentation

September 5th 2014

  • Discussed presentation outline & design requirements/specifications with advisor

September 4th 2014 

  • Continuation of writing requirements/specifications based on previous research
  • Modification of preliminary requirements/specifications presented in senior project seminar

September 1st 2014

  • Began formulation of design requirements/specifications

August 28th 2014

  • Group discussion of research findings
  • Delegation of further research topics between group members