The Modular CubeSat project was super busy over winter quarter and we have a lot to show for. First, we just recently became a finalist for Motorola’s “Transform the Smartphone” Challenge! With this achievement we will be receiving the main heart of our satellite, a Motorola Z, and a development kit for free from Lenovo. This gives us an opportunity …
“Fall quarter was engaging and full of discoveries.” “Fall quarter was bumpy, but essential.” “Fall quarter taught me more about teamwork and perseverance.” As you can see from our team, Fall quarter was a learning and growing experience together, and we’ve since then taken what we’ve learned from and restructured to make ourselves more efficient and productive. We’ve abolished the …
After this break, the Electric Racecar team is in full throttle as we finalize the design for our battery box design. We spent all last quarter, constantly designing and redesigning the box while also following the extensive number of rules in the FSAE rulebook. The exterior and interior walls are made from steel that are then lined with fireproof and …
With the start of winter quarter the electric racing team has switched its focus from the electrical systems to the mechanical systems. Thor will be using a double wishbone suspension since that allows us to maintain a reasonable camber while the wheels travel up and down. So far the suspension team has finished preliminary designs for all four uprights and …
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After the long break, the Greywater Recycling team is ready to get back to work. Wrapping up last quarter, we had completed the first draft of our design, schematics, bill of materials, and other important documents. This quarter our focus is to finalize our design and begin prototyping and testing. We are still missing an accurately assembled CAD model as …
UAV Forge kicks off Winter 2017 with our first meeting last Friday. Our leader, Cheng, has big goals for our teams: to be one of five projects selected to present at the Winter Design Review. Cheng wants to exhibit each of the team’s best work.The project has been making good progress and Cheng believes the team can complete the major …
Our first week for the Winter quarter centered around continuing to work with the electromyography(EMG) capabilities to control a whole prosthetic hand, as well as testing the structural integrity of our current finger design. There may be a limiting factor in the way that basic EMG sensors allow us to control multiple sensors. To pick up a variety of signals …
Hello readers, This quarter, the team will begin manufacturing and assembling the plane after several preliminary tests are conducted using our model featured in this blog post. The Conscendo S 1.5m RTF features a 4 channel 2.4 GHz transmitter and controller , Li-Po battery and 370-size brushless motor. We decided to go with a model tester to figure out how …
This week, our group had two meetings to discuss about what have done and what will be done in this quarter. We contacted the machine shop to process our parts. In addition, we needed to do a 3D Scanning of a real hand to stimulate the whole system. Some molding materials are needed and already purchased; we will finish a …
Rolling into the beginning of Winter quarter the Baja team sets its quarterly milestones, restructures the team, and begins work to reach their goals. Goals for both the Team and Subsystem level were made knowing that the competition is vastly approaching. (April 27, 2017) Testing and real world data is paramount when the team presents its engineering designs and process …
