Karen Log

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Week 1

Date	Time Spent	Task	Description
01-Sep	2	1st Class	Brainstorm Project Ideas
02-Sep	2	Wiki & Research	Explored how Wiki works and looked up what Amazon Prime air is
04-Sep	2	Group Meeting	Discussed our topic and research tasks & presentation were divided
05-Sep	1	Wiki Explore	Found wiki text and code help pages to write wiki better
06-Sep	1	Wiki Work	Made a main page and a problem page for our Amazon Air analysis
06-Sep	1	Research	Wrote up the objectives & approach for our project & looked up more on Amazon prime air
08-Sep	2	Lecture	Listened to group presentations of their projects & approaches
08-Sep	2	Personal Mind Map & Research	Took into consideration feedback made about presentation & started looking for better sources

Total hours:13 hours

Week 2

Date	Time Spent	Task	Description
09-Sep	2	Research & Conclusions	Came to the conclusion that Drone Delivery feasibility would not be an ideal research topic
11-Sep	2	Wiki Work	Posted my thoughts online & made a meeting page & agenda for the meeting
11-Sep	4	Group Meeting	Discussed our topic/whether or not we needed a new one & divided task
12-Sep	1	Posted Notulen	Posted notes from the last meeting online
12-Sep	4	Research Regulations	Planned questions I wanted to search & sought for drone regulations & mailbox requirements
13-Sep	2	Make Presentation	After receiving planning from Luc & made a rough presentation for Monday
14-Sep	4	Research Regulations	Sought through FFA regulations, read Amazon petition & USPS regulations then made summary of all that I thought was relevant to the project that could help us design
15-Sep	1	Edit Presentation	Made minor tweaks to the presentation & uploaded it to the wiki
15-Sep	2	Lecture	I presented our presentation and noted feedback received

Total hours: 22 hours

Week 3

Date	Time Spent	Task	Description
16-Sep	0.5	Posted feedback	Posted planning feedback from Monday
17-Sep	2	Functional Requirements	Looked up what functional requirements were & then wrote some that would be suitable for the mailbox
18-Sep	1.5	Wiki Work	Added a log book page & updated my personal log, also uploaded agenda for meeting later today.
18-Sep	4	Group Meeting	Brainstormed various components & full ideas of mailboxes; also made an action plan for Monday
18-Sep	1	Notulen & Wiki Work	Posted the notes from meeting & added wiki pages to Brainstorm & Design Methodology for group members
19-Sep	2	Personal Mailboxes	Added analysis of Operational Environment, basic concepts & researched means to analyze design concepts
20-Sep	2	Personal Mailboxes	Elaborated on Concept 1 - The Perch including scenario of how it works & detailed sketch of mailbox & components
20-Sep	1	Personal Mailboxes	Elaborated on Concepts 2 - 4 - Scenario & Components - Still needs sketches
20-Sep	1	Personal Mailboxes	Elaborated on Concepts 5&6 - Scenario & Components - Still needs sketches
20-Sep	0.5	Wiki Work	Uploaded the agenda for Monday's group meeting and placed the weekly update for Week 3.
20-Sep	1	Wiki Work	Created a requirements assessment chart for the concept designs of Personal Mailboxes. - Fill in Tomorrow
21-Sep	1	Sketching & Uploading	Drew all basic concept sketches of mailbox & uploaded them to wiki
21-Sep	1	Requirements Chart	Filled out the Requirements chart comparing the 8 personal mailbox concepts.
21-Sept	0.5	Considerations	Because I ran out of time to do mini-SWOT analyses for each concept, I added a brief list of +/- comments for each concept.
22-Sept	2	Group Meeting	Discussed plan of action for the upcoming weeks. Task division. And picked out our 3 main concepts to get fully on paper and possibly 1 tested.
22-Sept	1	Mentor Meeting	Mentor looked at how far we have come in the wiki and discussed our further plan of action; we also received a deadline for next week which is: all new wiki pages print.

Total hours: 22 hours

Week 4

Date	Time Spent	Task	Description
24-Sep	0.5	Brainstorm	Thought of questions/considerations that would need answering when designing the sliding door mechanism.
24-Sep	3	Planning Update	Filled in the Rest of the Planning from Week 4 onward, took longer than expected because of annoying wiki code
25-Sep	0.5	Wiki Work	Added a Designing the Sliding Door Component Page and made a planning for finishing the component
25-Sep	0.5	Scan Research	Looked up various kinds of barcode scanners & barcodes for the sliding door component
25-Sep	2	Concepts Chosen	Wrote about how we chose the concepts we are elaborating on for our project
25-Sept	0.5	Google Sketchup	Installed Google SketchUp and watched 4 tutorials on how to use - will attempt to draw component with this software
26 Sep	2	Group Meeting	Discussed about how the the chimney could have just been a lift mechanism & that we need to look more at what is in existence already to use
27-Sept	2	Problem Identification/Brainstorm	Drew sketches of the scenario and possible ideas for different aspects of the Opening.
27-Sept	1	Idea Expansion	Elaborated on some ideas for the Opening
28-Sept	1	Notulen for 22-Sept-14 & 26-Sept-14	Wrote up Notulen for the last two group meetings
29 Sept	1	Mentor Meeting	Discussed the Deadlines for the upcoming week and how we should use the "building blocks" and make clear connections
29-Sept	0.5	Requirements	Set requirements the opening must fulfill to work properly
29-Sept	0.5	Idea Elaboration	Finished explanations of all the brainstormed ideas for the opening.

Total hours:15 hours

Week 5

Date	Time Spent	Task	Description
30-Sept	5	Research Questions	Sought for answers to my research questions to help clear up the technical aspects of the Opening
30 Sept	1	How it Works	Made a selection in what mechanisms and sub-components will be used in the concept & outlined how the opening system will work
1 Oct	2	Drone to Platform	Fully writing out how the Drone find the drop zone
2 Oct	3	How it works	Elaboration on how the opening fully functions
4 Oct	2	RFID Research	Looked for some specifics on RFIDs and how they work to finish the opening function
5 Oct	2	Function Diagram	Created/Uploaded function diagram
6 Oct		Mentor Meeting
6 Oct		Group Meeting

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Week 7

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