Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Week 2: Day 3

First thing in the morning, we were told to proceed with the LEGO Mindstorm kits only and that the project would no longer be using the Garcia robots.  It's likely that this is due to difficulty in programming.  So a complete project rework is due at this point, and Karl and I spent the morning brainstorming on where to go from here.  We are looking into two options, either using the mindstorm kits to teach inputs/outputs, open/closed systems, and flowcharts, or creating a rocket recovery system from scratch.  Budget, timing, and the necessary support from staff are issues that we will consider as we look into both.  We'll decide by Thursday morning which way to go.


After lunch, we went to the Discovery Park Engineering Library for another session on using the library resources.  As a group, we also discussed stumbling blocks everyone was facing and the confusion on what our final products are to be.  There is a lot of confusion about the final paper, as far as content and format, and Sharon will get with Dr. Acevedo as soon as possible to clear this up.   

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