Carrillo Underwater Systems Scholarship

for MATE ROV Design Competition Participants

Sound School

Team Name:The Sound School ROV Team

This week’s goals: Our goals for this week are to start constructing the frame and finalize our design for all of our tools that will be on the ROV. We also want to do a Bollard test for our motors to find out which one would give the most thrust with the different sized propeller. Finally, we are starting our fundraisers that we planned out a few weeks ago.

This week’s timeline: We have a team meeting planned for Monday April 3, 2006 where we will inform the group what we have completed and decide how we are progressing. Then we will set everyone’s goals for the month of April.

We give ourselves a ___ out of 10 for how well we are meeting our timeline. We give ourselves a 8 out of 10 for meeting our timeline.

Accomplishments: We finished building the frame for our ROV and we finished the Bollard test. We also started raising money with the fundraisers that we planned out a few weeks ago.

Some things we had a hard time with are: We had trouble keeping our Bollard test on schedule because we had never done one before, and problems relating to the props and school absences kept coming up.

We give ourselves __ out of 10 for our overall progress level. We give ourselves 8 out of 10 for our overall progress level. We get 8 out of 10 mostly because it took us so long for us to finish the Bollard test.

Some ways we could improve are: We need to do stuff faster and not have as many delays. When we get a delay, we need to not take as much time getting back on track.

Some things we are doing well: We are doing a good job when it comes to in meeting our goals. We are also communicating well as group.

Some things we learned are: We learned how to work through setbacks and delays.

Some questions we’ve had are: We had questions about how the Bollard test works and what we should do to get the most information out of the test.

We’ve found answers to those questions by: We found the answers to our questions by asking our teacher Dave Low. He patiently explained how the Bollard test worked and helped us get a better understanding of the physics behind the Bollard test.

Some things we’d like to share: Our teamwork and communication has continued to improve and we have gained valuable troubleshooting experience through the Bollard test.

Next week's goals: Our goals for the next week are for us to keep our fundraising targets. Also we want to build and integrate our tools with the frame. Similarly, we want to attach the floatation and the motors to the frame and wire the ROV. If we can get all this done then we will be able to test our ROV so we can find any problems and get practice piloting.

Next week’s timeline: We plan on meeting again next Monday April 10, 2006 and evaluate our progress on our goals. Then we will set our new goals for the next month.

Our advisor says: The past two weeks have seen some significant progress, as well as some interesting challenges. While some students continue to plunge ahead with their designated tasks, others have either accomplished their immediate goals and struggled to be usefully engaged or simply not been able to focus well on the tasks at hand. The Bollard testing has succeeded in that it is complete and the data is all gathered, although no decision has yet been made as to what to do with that data. This will be one of the challenges to be overcome as the team moves forward. The frame, CAD and fundraising effort are all going well. Project planning has not been kept up to the standard I would like to see, but I am allowing the group to discover for themselves the impact of moving ahead without a clear plan. Time will tell whether or not the learning becomes a reality.

the Bollard test being performed.

John Boak sitting down on the right, Jonathan Collingwood standing up and Jeremy Dann sitting down on the left. Those three ran the Bollard test and recorded the data.