Progress Report 6

2/24/04 – 3/02/04

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 EngineeringCentersBuilding
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

Finish the power point slides for the mid-semester presentation and continue work on the report as well

Complete a preliminary prototype displaying the three different ideas we will be testing.

Individual Goals

Brant: Complete slides on background information including how shoes wear and what shoe soles are made of

Tim: Complete slides and prepare for presentation on background of stress strain and general material wear

Steve: Complete slides of problem statement, design constraints, and early design alternatives.

Brian: Complete slides on our final design alternatives, including design matrix and future work.

Summary of Accomplishments

Acquired things needed to build a preliminary prototype

Completed most of the work for the mid-semester presentation

Difficulties

None this week.

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: during class with advisor

1 hour: meeting to put together all slides for presentation

Running Group Time: 8.5 hours

Individual Activities:

-Steven Pauls-total time: 15.25 hours

-2.0 hours: Making slides and preparing for portion of the mid-semester presentation

-.5 hours: writing progress report

-Brian Schwartz-total time: 13.0 hours

-2.5 hours: Preparing Powerpoint slides for mid-semester presentation on future work and design alternatives

-Tim Rand-total time: 11.5 hours

-2.0 hours: Completing Powerpoint slides for mid-semester presentation

-Brant Kochsiek-total time: 12.75hours

-.5 hours: BSAC Meeting

-2.0 hours: Making slides and preparing background information for the mid-semester presentation

Running Individual Time: 52.5hours

Team Goals

After giving the presentation, completing the mid-semester paper and finalizing test plans with client