Progress Report 8
3/10/04 – 3/23/04
Team Members
Steven Pauls – Team Leader
Tim Rand - Communicator
Brant Kochsiek - BSAC
Brian Schwartz - BWIG
Client Information
David J. Beebe
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2142 Engineering Centers Building
Phone: 262-2260
email:
Problem Statement
It has been determined that as the soles of running shoes degrade, the incidence of injury for runners using these shoes rises. Our goal is to develop a device that could be placed in a shoe sole that would indicate when a pair of running shoes is worn out to the point where new shoes are needed.
Restatement of Team Goals
Locate and order parts required for testing and contact someone in the ME department for help in the testing process
Meet with client to discuss funding
Meet with Burke O’Niel for direction in preliminary testing
Individual Goals
Brant: Locate parts required for pressure sensor option
Tim: Locate parts required for pressure sensor option
Steve: Contact Paul Victorey for help in design of circuits
Brian: Contact Burke O’Niel to set up meeting
Summary of Accomplishments
Organized group for the remainder of the semester and discussed some of the things talked about in the ethics discussion on Friday
Difficulties
None
Timeline
1/23/04: Begin preliminary research and contact client
1/30/04: Meet with client and begin PDS
2/06/04: Complete first version of PDS and continue research
2/13/04: Brainstorm ideas for possible final design
2/20/04: Evaluate possible designs and divide up mid-semester presentations
2/27/04: Work on Power Point presentation and begin writing paper
3/05/04: Mid-semester presentation
3/12/04: Hand in mid-semester report and choose final design
3/19/04: Spring Break
3/26/04: Meet with client and continue to work on final design
4/02/04: Begin work on possible prototype
4/09/04: Continue work on prototype and divide up final presentation and report
4/16/04: Finalize prototype
4/23/04: Finalize poster presentation and final report
4/30/04: Poster presentation
5/05/04: Hand in final semester report and notebooks
5/07/04: Final meeting with advisor
Activities
Group Activities:
1 hour: Ethics meeting
.5 hours: Group meeting to assign responsibilities for the remainder of the semester
Running Group Time: 13.5 hours
Individual Activities:
-Steven Pauls-total time: 24.75 hours
-.5 hours: Contacting Paul Victorey
-.5 hours: writing progress report
-Brian Schwartz-total time: 20.25 hours
-2 hours: Researching shoes with blinking lights to see about power source
-.25 hours: Contacting Burke O’Niel
-Tim Rand-total time: 17.5 hours
-? hours: Did not contact me with hours for the week, but they will be included next week
-Brant Kochsiek-total time: 19.25 hours
-1 hours: Finding suitable pressure sensor to talk to client about for pressure sensor option
-.5 hours: BSAC Meeting
Running Individual Time: 68.25 hours
Team Goals
Begin testing as soon as possible