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	1	Mentor Meeting	Discussed various items that still have to be finished for next week. Task: Create a powerpoint on exactly how it works.
6 Oct	1	Group Meeting	Split up the tasks for this coming week. Discussed possible survey questions. And established that we have a peer review session next week.

Total hours: 17 hours

Week 6

Date	Time Spent	Task	Description
6 Oct	0.5	Wiki Work	Added new wiki pages for further work on the wiki
6 Oct	0.5	Peer Review	Found peer review requirements, emailed the peer review criteria to fellow group mates & made the Peer Review page
6 Oct	1	Detailed Sketches of Opening	Drew sketches of the dropzone and garage door component with labels of necessary mechanisms
6-Oct	0.5	Notulen of 6 Oct & Agenda for 9 Oct	Posted Notulen of the group meeting of this morning and the agenda for the upcoming meeting
7-Oct	0.5	Peer Review	Filled out my personal peer review and wrote down points for each person
9 Oct	2	Group Meeting	Had peer review, discussed the survey questions & made the "how it works" powerpoint
9 Oct	0.5	Notulen 9 Oct	Posted Notulen from the meeting
9 Oct	0.5	Software Requirements	Made a short list about possible tasks that the software needs to be able to do
11 Oct	1	Multiple Drones	Addressed how multiple drones communicate with one another or the dropzone when making delivery at the same dropzone
11 Oct	0.5	Requirements Check	Placed our Requirements list under the Whole System & evaluated our current concept on basis of our requirements
11 Oct	1	Software	Wrote about what the software needs to be capable of, what it needs to retain/do & looked for different types of existing software systems
12 Oct	2.5	Software Finish	Continued research of software systems that address the software description above & finished up how these current systems can be tweaked to accommodate drone delivery
13 Oct		Mentor Meeting

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Week 7

Date	Time Spent	Task	Description
16 Oct	Group Meeting
20 Oct	3	Final Presentations	Presented and listened to final presentations of each of the groups

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