tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221593359513835082024-03-05T08:53:45.661-08:00Spartan SuperwaySustainable Mobility System for Silicon ValleyRon Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-74260851265803203372021-02-02T14:25:00.001-08:002021-02-03T09:50:32.446-08:00Revised Guide for creating ME195 Team Blogs<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">General note:</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The following instructions are for the<b> Leads</b> for each respective team. Team blog </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">spots are important for checking accountability for each individual team member. Please submit a post once a week at the end of the Wednesday class period. You are encouraged to have a different member submit a blog post each week. Include details about your progress in your Team Blog posts. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Creating a Blogger</span></span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-be890ca9-7fff-7f86-ff93-6b5ec69f3e54"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create your account to access the Blog posts here, and follow the directions: </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8f95db-7fff-b5d6-6f1b-12d729103be5"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en" style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en</a> </span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-328fe96b-7fff-3022-86e1-0f33df9e6294"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">State the name of your team and the term in the prompt: </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choose a Name for your Blog</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (e.g. Bogie Chassis Team 2020/2021)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enter in a relevant blog spot title, and an address such as "BOGIE-CHASSIS-2020/2021-SpartanSuperway.blogspot.com"</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To allow for multiple authors to participate and collaboratively, add information into a single blog spot, the first author (Team Lead) will invite all other team members as authors with admin permission (i.e., adding other team member's gmail addresses)</span></span></span></span></li><ul><li><span><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Specifically, go to: [ Blog] > Settings > Permissions > Invite More Authors</span></span></span></span></li></ul><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-953dab0e-7fff-055e-e778-fad6c580cfcb"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Upon completing this, please copy & paste your address in this Google Form: </span></span></span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDjSFQLheYoS9qMrqiUApI-O8zLtFE3PCu8AMa9o6HoPOLNg/viewform?usp=sf_link </span></span></li></ul><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-086ba6e3-7fff-57c0-3615-79ca875ae22a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">This is very important as weI need your address(es) to upload your team blogs to </span><a href="https://solarskywaysdesigncollaborative.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #cc6611; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">https://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> so they are visible for everyone to see.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3195617c-7fff-7674-7b5f-de350bc947db"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Congratulations! </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">You have created your individual blog spot! We will get your blog spot hyperlinks uploaded to </span><a href="https://solarskywaysdesigncollaborative.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #cc6611; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">https://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> soon!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ol><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-d5081d84-7fff-a1d0-aac4-dbd04351f33e"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Creating a Blog Post</span></span></span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d6d4195c-7fff-ee76-812d-600f5adc8872" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on “New Post” and create a title with the week as the input, for e.g. : </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">2021-02-01--2021-02-05</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0a139677-7fff-8aea-e2ee-042170e34d6a" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Your Team Blog Posts should include:</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><ul><li><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-578f38b2-7fff-eeab-b7ea-c0820ac209a5"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Objective/Goal for the week</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> as a whole team</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-be9de352-7fff-0ca8-fd84-5d1410949eb0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Individual Tasks of team members with a detailed description of each responsibility to be completed for the week as a subcategory</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Individual Progress of each team member with detailed explanation of their findings. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-405667ff-7fff-46cd-d4aa-ad6c9455028c"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Technical drawings, CAD models, calculations, and anything else related to the team's involvement in the project's design, rapid-prototyping, fabrication, assembly, and testing of your project should be included. </b></span></span></span></li></ul></ol><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-1eb55936-7fff-2ef3-406c-8406a6396a02"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*Please use Arial Font type and Normal for Font Size*</span></span></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-1569a75c-7fff-5015-7d08-a7d5a6288738"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*Use Sub-heading font for creating Objective and Individual Task sections, use Paragraph font for description*</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-86c1330b-7fff-cc84-7818-9929095dfd0f"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 202px; overflow: hidden; width: 286px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="276" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ad7hH1LXy5DY3S8LCzPDduBJ5h6q1aH3EyMmIL10GhnasW9LPJuNDG9ohD3Op1X9SSZqVF2gWEiT5XxuIknx8Hi4pgC8Lq9E0XqJFKyJGTRyzmcBvphGUfekfFAuButBzMKPwqHb=w400-h276" style="margin-left: -143.258px; margin-top: -53.1935px;" width="400" /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-4377e0b3-7fff-db0b-6f8d-037062bd805a"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Information to post in first Team blog post:</u></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33274679-7fff-b2fc-1712-c5d5b61caa88" style="font-weight: normal;">Title should be: Introduction of the Bogie Chassis Team 2020/2021</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Full name of members in the group</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Contact information (email address, phone number)</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Brief description of why you want to work on Automated Transit Networks</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A picture of yourselves</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-97580b6f-7fff-d10a-f6c7-7d547c1c9f33"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: medium none; display: inline-block; height: 265px; overflow: hidden; width: 465px;"><img height="265" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MvqXlsdOzkttfvcF0W1E7m25nF3x1Qe8EqWZtk_Mt8sxRIVfpMx0LvVtHeQ70adGSzN3lYMQ0b6viw4GsAEQiVy0YIUoa3F0F4GbF3_Kx4kGEoRLMBB2e6cr89KRdqedYkLGJear" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="465" /></span></span></span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba6c64f2-7fff-6941-74c0-64f43786f225"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">To successfully post your blog, click "Publish" on the right side of the screen</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-57e689ed-7fff-af42-ead0-3f87d1eabd1e"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Congratulations! </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">You have successfully posted your first blog spot. </span></span></span></span></span></li></ol></div></div></span></span></div></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-5788f18e-7fff-cd77-cf7c-96fc8037f987"><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-95f64f2e-7fff-c5a8-e262-83fa7254297a"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p></span>Brandon Scullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452737734335811678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-19986510950218831532020-12-26T21:01:00.001-08:002020-12-26T21:03:26.859-08:00Spartan Superway in the Year of Covid-19 (2020-2021)<p>Beginning in the spring of 2020, Spartan Superway migrated from a hands-on program at the Spartan Superway Design Center to an online presence. Progress accomplished by the class of 2020 and the class of 2021 can be seen at the online library of our sponsor INIST:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://www.inist.org/library" target="_blank">www.inist.org/library</a></li></ul><p>(Please note the chronological order of publications. Final reports from ME 195 undergrads and ME 295 graduate students are typically found in May and December. <br /></p><p>Additional information on progress by the Spartan Superway mentor team can be seen here:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://www.solarskyways.net" target="_blank">www.solarskyways.net</a></li></ul><p>Thanks for stopping by! <br /></p>Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-80679146712748405672019-01-30T11:47:00.001-08:002019-02-18T11:35:49.758-08:00Spring 2019 Schedule + <b>Spring 2019 week-by-week schedule (Monday - Sunday):</b><br />
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Of course, complete tasks ahead of time to leave your team some wiggle room at the end of the semester in case you need extra time for some task (you likely will!).<br />
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<b>01/28/2019 - 02/03/2019: </b>First day of Spring 2019 semester (Jan 30th, 2019) - General session<br />
1. Meet with teams. Determine what, if any, design goals still need to be achieved. Do you have a final, prime design that is ready to go? Have you tested your design (FEA, bench models, rapid prototyping)?<br />
2. Look at your Fall 2018 grades, feedback, etc. What did you lack on? What did you excel at? Please use this data to better yourself during the Spring 2019 semester.<br />
3. Create / update your Gantt charts for the Spring 2019 semester.<br />
Consider goals such as finalizing design and testing, ordering parts (GET APPROVED by management team first), in-house fabrication (lay out a time table for getting custom parts built, if applicable), out-sourced fabrication (lay out a time table for getting custom parts made for your project, if applicable), determine if other sub-teams on your project need help so you can all create a successful prototype together, assembly of sub-prototypes (i.e., sub-team specific), testing of sub-prototypes (i.e., sub-team specific), fabrication of master assembly (i.e., full scale team, half scale team, small scale team), testing of master assembly (i.e., full scale team, half scale team, small scale team), time for iterations / additional fabrication time / sourcing new parts in case something goes wrong (it likely will...), retesting your sub-assemblies / master assemblies, detailed documentation of ALL STEPS when fabricating / assembling / testing, final testing prior to Maker Faire, determine who is doing what and when at Maker Faire, final reports, presentations, and documentation storage.<br />
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<b>02/04/2019 - 02/10/2019: </b>Individual Session<br />
1. Finalize designs! Finalize your CAD assemblies, analysis, plans for ordering parts (i.e., consider lead-times!), plans for fabrication (i.e., who will make what and when? Are you out-sourcing this work? Are you making it yourself in-house? What's the expected lead time?), plans for assembly (i.e., when do you plan on assembling your prototype), plans for testing, etc.<br />
Essentially, PREPARE ahead of time so you can make small iterations later if need be, as opposed to scattering and stumbling around to figure it out last minute.<br />
2. ORDER parts if you haven't already. Be sure to GET APPROVED before ordering any parts. Check existing shop parts to cut down on expenses.<br />
3. Schedule your semester out. So minimal surprises arise. See above week on making your Gantt Charts!<br />
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<b>02/11/2019 - 02/17/2019: </b>Individual Session - Individual Writing Assignment #1 due Sunday 2/17 - See Canvas<br />
1. 13 weeks left to get your prototypes up and running for Makers Faire!<br />
2. Finalize designs<br />
3. Create fabrication-ready shop drawings in Solidworks. Be sure you input all of the correct part views and dimensions. Please review your drawings with Dr. Furman before you send them to a shop to get fabricated.<br />
4. Begin fabricating your parts (in-house, or out-sourced)!<br />
5. Carefully and with much detail, document all processes (design, fabrication (both in-house and out-sourced), assembly, testing, any new iterations, ...etc).<br />
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<b>02/18/2019 - 02/24/2019: </b>General Session (meet with other ME195B classes)<br />
1. Fabricate your parts (in-house, or out-sourced)!<br />
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<b>02/25/2019 - 03/03/2019: </b>Individual Session - PRESENTATION #1<br />
1. Fabricate your parts (in-house, or out-sourced)!<br />
2. Begin assembling your sub-assemblies (if ready).<br />
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<b>03/04/2019 - 03/10/2019: </b>Individual Session<br />
1. Fabricate your parts (in-house, or out-sourced)!<br />
2. Continue assembling your sub-assemblies.<br />
4. Test sub-assemblies and prototype functionality if ready!<br />
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<b>03/11/2019 - 03/17/2019: </b>General Session (Meet with other ME195B classes Student Union Room 4A/4B)<br />
1. Fabricate your parts (in-house, or out-sourced)!<br />
2. Continue assembling your sub-assemblies.<br />
3. Assemble your master assemblies if ready.<br />
4. Test sub-assemblies / master assemblies (if ready) and prototype functionality!<br />
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<b>03/18/2019 - 03/24/2019: </b>Individual Session. Individual Writing Assignment #2 due Sunday 3/24 - See Canvas.<br />
1. Fabricate your parts (in-house, or out-sourced)!<br />
2. Continue assembling your sub-assemblies.<br />
3. Continue assembling your master assemblies.<br />
4. Test sub-assemblies / master assemblies and prototype functionality!<br />
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<b>03/25/2019 - 03/31/2019: </b>Individual Session<br />
1. Continue testing your sub-assemblies and master assemblies.<br />
2. If any issues during testing, be sure to solve it quickly! Time is running short.<br />
3. Test sub-assemblies / master assemblies and prototype functionality!<br />
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<b>04/01/2019 - 04/07/2019: </b><span style="background-color: yellow;">Spring Break - No classes </span><br />
1. Test sub-assemblies / master assemblies and prototype functionality!<br />
2. Consider time for new design iterations / additional fabrication time / sourcing new parts in case something goes wrong (it likely will...)<br />
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<b>04/08/2019 - 04/14/2019: </b>Presentation #2<br />
1. Retest your sub-assemblies / master assemblies if a new iteration was needed.<br />
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<b>04/15/2019 - 04/21/2019: </b>General Session (meet with other ME195B classes Student Union Room 3A/3B, 2nd floor)<br />
1. Complete final testing to ensure ready for Makers Faire.<br />
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<b>04/22/2019 - 04/28/2019: </b>Individual Session. Individual Writing Assignment #3 is due Sunday 4/28 - see Canvas.<br />
1. Complete final testing to ensure ready for Makers Faire.<br />
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<b>04/29/2019 - 05/05/2019: </b>Preparation for Student Conference Day and Prototype Evaluation Day.<br />
1. Complete final testing to ensure ready for Makers Faire.<br />
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<b>05/06/2019 - 05/12/2019: </b>Last day of ME195B class May 8th. 5/8/2019 = Prototype Evaluation Day!<br />
05/10/2019 - Conference Day - Final Presentations - Rooms E331, E341, Afternoon (room E343)<br />
1. LAST WEEK to finalize prototypes! Ensure they work, ensure they can be easily assembled / disassembled.<br />
2. Organize your parts for Makers Faire! Be sure you bring any power tools, power strips, extension cords, hardware, etc!<br />
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1. Final reports due 5/13/2019 by 5:00 pm<br />
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<br />Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-12014141479720701222018-12-04T12:11:00.002-08:002018-12-04T12:11:23.129-08:00Label, Organizing, & Storing your Documentation! <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hello Spartan Superway Students,</span><br />
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As we approach the end of the first semester ME195A, it is time to start organizing ALL of the relevant documentation that you have created since August 2018. </div>
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1. LABEL all of your documentation with the proper naming convention. Please include the date as this makes it easier for future referencing. Make the name of your file very obvious and easy to know what will open when someone clicks on it at a future date. </div>
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e.g., 2018-12-04 Full Scale Bogie Final Report ME195A </div>
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e.g., 2018-11-12 Small Scale Track Support Bracket ver3.0 </div>
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2. ORGANIZE all of your documentation! This means putting certain file types with similar file types such as keeping all of your CAD files together in a separate sub-folder, keeping your final reports and presentations in a separate sub-folder, keeping your code and wiring schematics in a separate sub-folder, etc. This will make going through your folders at a later date much easier.</div>
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3. Where to store? Here is the link to the Spartan Superway Archive where you will be storing all of your documentation. Please look inside the folder and find the appropriate folder for your sub-team. If you need to make a new folder within your sub-folder, make sure your LABEL it correctly so it is obvious what it holds. </div>
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Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-631046098030564522018-11-23T16:19:00.000-08:002019-01-17T21:28:54.000-08:00Research Questions for Solar-Powered Automated Transportation<!--[if !mso]>
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<b>Research Questions <br />for <br />Solar Powered Automated Rapid Transit Ascendant Networks</b><br />
2019-01-17<br />
Burford Furman<br />
burford.furman@sjsu.edu </div>
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The following sections list research questions to be
answered with regard to solar powered automated rapid transit ascendant
networks (“SPARTAN”). The questions are by no means exhaustive and have not
been prioritized. The list is intended to spark discussion, thinking, and
ultimately work that will hasten development of this new form of urban
transportation. Comments, edits, and inputs are welcomed.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">* </span></b>Denotes
research questions that are of high priority</div>
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<u>Urban/Transportation Planning (UTP)</u></div>
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UTP 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What factors (positive and negative) would make a compelling case
for people to travel relatively short distances (less than 30 min travel time)
using a mode other than by automobile? E.g., gas prices go beyond $X/gal; if it
were less expensive (overall) to not own a car; 'better' quality of travel
(more relaxing, able to use the travel time to do something beside concentrate
on driving, etc.), etc.</div>
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UTP 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>In which types of cities (or areas within cities) does an ATN
make sense (general characteristics, in order to compile a "short
list" of cities and areas)? </div>
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UTP 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can ATN be integrated into the urban fabric (stations,
guideways, etc.)?</div>
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UTP 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can ATN be integrated into the existing transit
infrastructure?</div>
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UTP 5.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What is the impact on ATN usage to societal well-being?</div>
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UTP 6.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What modeling and planning tools are available to design solar
powered ATN systems that can accurately predict ridership, how to manage
vehicles, etc?</div>
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UTP 7.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What policies need to be crafted or modified to accommodate ATN
as a new mode of transportation?</div>
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UTP 8.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>What standards apply,
need modification, or need to be crafted to the design, maintenance, safety,
and operation of ATN systems?</div>
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UTP 9.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How would introduction of ATN affect transit mode split and car
ownership?</div>
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UTP 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could one utilize SUMO, Podaris, and
Encitra modeling tools to develop a guideway network in their locale?</div>
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UTP 11.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What is the legal framework for acquiring
‘air rights’, sidewalk rights, station location rights, and in-building station
rights? Address the financial, property ownership, and legal aspects.</div>
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UTP 12.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What incentives are there for property owners
to think about station location rights?</div>
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<u>Engineering (ENG: (A)acoustics, (Con)controls,
(Dy)dynamics, (E)electrical/electronics), (H)Hardware, (Hum)human
factors/ergonomics, (M)Metrics, (Mfg)manufacturing, (S)safety, (SW)software,
(Sys)systems</u></div>
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ENG_A 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are the acoustics of suspended ATN vehicles in an urban
environment, and how do they compare to existing modes of transportation? What
are the major causes of noise, and how can they be mitigated?<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*</span></b>ENG_A 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>What will the acoustics
be like for suspended ATN vehicles, especially when traversing discontinuities
in the guideway (switches, joints, etc.)?</div>
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ENG_Con 1.
What vehicle control strategies are optimal for maximizing throughput?</div>
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ENG_Con 2.
What sensors are needed to control and accurately track the position of
vehicles?</div>
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ENG_Dy 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are the dynamics associated with a suspended vehicle’s
travel over elevated guideways, and particularly when traversing curves?</div>
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ENG_Dy 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>What
are the limits of stiffness/deflection, etc. that lead to acceptable ride
quality?</div>
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ENG_Dy 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>How
will ATN guideways and structures respond to earthquakes?</div>
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ENG_Dy 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>What
forces will act on riders, and how can they be handled in curves?</div>
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ENG_Dy 5.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What amount of deflection of a guideway is allowable between
support columns, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 103.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so that passengers will not
experience motion-sickness?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Dy 6.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How must suspended ATN vehicles be designed, so that ride quality
is acceptable<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 139.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for riders?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*</span></b>ENG_Dy 7.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>How can wind loads be
handled?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Dy 8.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What forces will arise on bogie components and
guideway structures as an ATN vehicle traverses a diverge, merge, or turn?</div>
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ENG_Dy 9.
What is the maximum speed that a vehicle can take a turn?</div>
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ENG_Dy 10.
How should turns/curves be designed to withstand dynamic forces and minimize
passenger discomfort?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*</span></b>ENG_E 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>What is the optimal
approach or combination of methods for powering bogies (e.g., wayside power,
on-board batteries, ultra-capacitors, AC/DC, linear motors in track, etc.)?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*</span></b>ENG_E 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>What is the best approach
to powering ATN with solar (e.g., solar PV on top of guideway direct to DC
buss, CSP (concentrating solar power to steam), solar to compressed air for
storage, solar PV + AC grid tie, mix of batteries and/or supercapacitors)?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_E 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the optimal approach for storage of
collected PV energy? </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_E 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the average number of
vehicle-km/day/km of guideway that can be fully powered with a solar array 1m
(2m, 3m, 4m) in width? (Determine by analysis and confirm by testing) </div>
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ENG_H 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can right angle (90°) guideway curves be designed and
supported within a typical city center (without pillars obstructing streets)?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_H 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should sections of guideways be connected (design of joints)?</div>
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ENG_H 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should guideways be connected to support columns?</div>
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ENG_H 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What is the optimal design for guideway support columns, taking
into consideration, strength, cost, ease of fabrication, and ease of
maintenance?</div>
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ENG_H 5.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should guideway supports be designed, so they can handle the
loads of vehicles, wind, snow, seismic events, and potential crashes by
vehicles. Is there a general footing design that could be mostly manufactured
off-site and rapidly deployed? How much space would be required to install a
footing?</div>
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ENG_H 6.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should a suspension system between the bogie and suspended
vehicle be designed to compensate for disturbance motions of a vehicle and
allow for adjustments of position in stations?</div>
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ENG_H 7.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are the dimensions and configuration of the guideway for a
switching or merge section? What is the minimum length of off-ramps and
on-ramps for adequate rider acceleration-deceleration comfort?</div>
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ENG_H 8.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What is the temperature profile within the guideway and how does
it change over a 24 hr cycle (modeling+simulation AND experimental
investigations)?</div>
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ENG_H 9.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What kind of thermal expansion must be accommodated, and how will
it be accomplished?</div>
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ENG_H 10.
Which elements of the guideway and bogie will have the most rapid wear, and how
will these elements be maintained or replaced?</div>
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ENG_Mfg 1.
How can guideway elements be mass produced to minimize cost?</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">*</span></b>ENG_Hum 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>How can an ATN station be
designed, so that it is obvious to potential riders who are non-technical,
visitors who are unfamiliar with ATN, the visually impaired, etc., how one
schedules, pays for, and uses a fully automated vehicle?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -81.0pt;">
ENG_Hum 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are the best approaches for riders to know which vehicle is
'theirs' if multiple people are waiting at a station?</div>
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ENG_Hum 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How might rider aggregation be handled to encourage more than
single occupants?</div>
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ENG_Hum 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What personnel, procedures and physical security measures and are
needed to provide safety for riders and prevent vandalism or other destructive
activities?</div>
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ENG_M 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What ATN metrics should be accounted for?
Such as XX Watt/Kilometer, XX Track Weight / Kilometer, etc. </div>
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ENG_M 2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What metrics should be
used to compare solar-powered ATN to other modes of transportation?</div>
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ENG_S 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Should the brick wall stop criteria apply to ATN? What is the
alternative? </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_S 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>What minimum vehicle headways
are 'safe'?</div>
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ENG_S 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can suspended vehicles on elevated guideways be designed and
proven to be 'safe'?</div>
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ENG_S 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can suspended ATN vehicles or an ATN network be designed, so
that medical and other emergencies can be addressed?</div>
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ENG_S 5.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are potential failure modes and how can they be mitigated?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_S 6.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can a fully automated transportation system be made 'secure'
in terms of hacking, disruption from cyber-attack, or other
nefarious/malicious/vandalism actions?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_S 7.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>How can passengers safely egress from a
vehicle in the event of an emergency, and especially if the vehicle is not at a
station and stops? </div>
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ENG_SW 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span>What
kind of mobile app is needed for users to interact/schedule/pay for transit on
ATN? </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">
ENG_SW 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What kind of in-station kiosk software is needed in stations?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">
ENG_SW 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What interface software is needed between mobile or station UIs
and vehicle control?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">
ENG_SW 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What kind of system-wide software is needed to control vehicles
with passengers and empty?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 76.5pt; text-indent: -67.5pt;">
ENG_SW 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What software security systems are needed to authenticate riders,
provide safety, privacy, and operating security?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can ATN scale from modest to city-wide coverage?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can ATN systems be designed to handle rush hour or large
pulse demand?</div>
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ENG_Sys 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What is the optimal size for an ATN vehicle?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can models of ATN performance be verified and calibrated?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 5.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should empty vehicles be handled in a full ATN system?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 6.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>How can ATN networks
interface between cities or different guideway designs?</div>
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ENG_Sys 7.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can vehicles be allocated optimally in a full ATN system?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81.0pt; text-indent: -1.0in;">
ENG_Sys 8.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What is the formula given the number of vehicles that a station
could have waiting or service at any time?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 9.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should maintenance depots be designed? Where should they be
placed?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt; text-indent: -58.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 10.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How would a disabled vehicle impact network operation?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 85.5pt; text-indent: -76.5pt;">
ENG_Sys 11.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What is the process for handling vehicles which become disabled
somewhere along a section of guideway?</div>
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<u>Environmental (ENV)</u></div>
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ENV 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are the environmental impacts of solar powered ATN
(“cradle-to-cradle” -- in the supply chain, during construction, while in
operation, and upon decommissioning)? How can these impacts be mitigated?</div>
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ENV 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can the visual impact of elevated solar powered ATN be
minimized and sensitively integrated into the urban fabric? [See IDA 1.]</div>
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ENV 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How does solar powered ATN compare to other
modes of public transit (e.g., capital cost, operating cost, safety, ride
quality, convenience, accessibility, congestion, noise, air pollution, energy
usage, rolling resistance, aerodynamic drag, weight, space utilization,
consumption of materials for construction, fleet size, utilization factor,
equipment maintenance, etc.)? Provide evidence and calculations that quantify
these performance metrics. </div>
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<u>Industrial Design/Architecture (IDA)</u></div>
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IDA 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What can be done to minimize 'visual intrusion' and maximize
visual appeal for elevated ATN infrastructure? [See ENV 2.]</div>
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IDA 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How could a ubiquitous elevated infrastructure such as proposed
by solar powered ATN enthusiasts be designed, so as not to be rejected out of
hand or even be considered 'attractive' by the public?</div>
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IDA 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should an ATN vehicle be designed to balance needs for
safety, rider comfort, minimizing weight, minimizing drag, minimizing cost?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -45.0pt;">
IDA 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are the dimensions of the 'foot print' for an ATN station,
especially one that comes down to ground level? Consider stairs, elevators, and
ramp-down to grade.</div>
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IDA 5.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can stations be designed to be visually appealing,
functional, and safe?</div>
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IDA 6.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can ATN be integrated into the urban fabric?</div>
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IDA 7.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What new opportunities does ATN enable for urban design and
architecture? For example, if an ATN station can be integrated right into a building or residential complex, how might this free land that would otherwise be devoted to streets or parking or lead to more human-friendly living areas?<br />
</div>
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<u>Construction/Manufacturing (CON)</u></div>
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CON 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Is there a compelling
business case to be made for solar powered ATN in an urban environment? If so,
what factors must be in place to make the case?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -45.0pt;">
CON 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What should the workflow be to install an ATN system in an
existing urban area, so as to minimize disruption to existing transportation
and maximize speed of installation?</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Business/Finance/Economics</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Is there a compelling business case to be made for solar powered
ATN in an urban environment? If so, what factors must be in place to make the
case?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What existing design, build, own, operate, maintain, transfer
(“DBOOMT”) models can be mimicked to make ATN successful?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 3.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What new industries would be required or how might ATN affect
existing industries to supply materials and technology to build out and operate
ATN networks?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 4.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What conditions are ideal and 'non-ideal' conditions for ATN? How
does ATN perform under these conditions?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 5.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How should fare pricing be structured?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 6.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How could ATN vehicles or spare capacity be used to transport
other than people in an urban area (such as at night)?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 7.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are realistic costs of ATN per unit length (e.g., $/km)?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 8.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can ATN be successfully financed?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 9.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>How can a marketing plan to reach mayors of
major cities around the world be developed?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .75in; text-indent: -40.5pt;">
Bus 10.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>What would it cost to replicate the service
provided by the Oakland Airport (OAK) Shuttle Train (<a href="http://www.oaklandairport.com/ground-transportation/bart-public-transportation/"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://www.oaklandairport.com/ground-transportation/bart-public-transportation/</span></a>),
but instead with an ATN system?</div>
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<u>Other</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 58.5pt; text-indent: -49.5pt;">
OTH 1.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>What are potential 'unintended consequences' of ATN?</div>
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OTH 2.<span style="font-size: 7.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>How can the public be educated about ATN?</div>
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bjfurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07089270483636606247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-33941982246435981012018-10-08T15:46:00.000-07:002018-10-08T15:51:20.967-07:00Fall 2018 Week-by-Week Schedule (Tentative) Please note that some information may be redundant, but it is important that you read it all in case you are missing anything important, and trust me, there is a lot of important information in this post! <br /><br /><b>IMPORTANT LINKS: </b><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_B3R9eVzE1km9kz_KHSfAgofVQb3fqT3">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_B3R9eVzE1km9kz_KHSfAgofVQb3fqT3</a> - PDF version of a Solidworks Template so you can see what to use when developing detailed CAD drawings that are outsourced to manufacturing services such as the SJSU's Central Shops, or other local vendors. <br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Fl0KVxmXiRn2yGc3gslWxniHm35m3Zgr">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Fl0KVxmXiRn2yGc3gslWxniHm35m3Zgr</a> - SLDDRT Solidworks Detail CAD Drawing Template. EVERY TEAM needs to use to create a professional, uniform layout. <br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ljoejjs0_lj-owqGeu33beg6aXe-7s6_gJG8ct4EIWY">https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ljoejjs0_lj-owqGeu33beg6aXe-7s6_gJG8ct4EIWY</a> - Bill of Materials (BOM) Google Sheets Template. Please use this with your team to organize what your team needs when building your rapid prototypes and scaled prototypes. <br /><br /><b style="background-color: #f4cccc;">NOTE 1:</b> ****************** Before you have ANY manufacturing services completed for your project, please have Dr. Furman confirm your detailed drawings....In the past, student teams have sent their detailed CAD drawings to manufacturing services to only realize that there was a small error which resulted in hundreds of wasted dollars on a part they could not use...<b>DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU</b>*****************<br /><br /><b>NOTE 2:</b> <span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">If you are at a point in your design where you need to start ordering parts, please confirm with Dr. Furman and/or Ron before you make any purchases. </span><br /><br />Here is a general layout of the Fall 2018 semester schedule.<br /><br />As you can see below, you only have 9 weeks left until the end of the semester, and 3 of those weeks are dedicated to presentations and Thanksgiving. PLEASE use the below schedule as a guide for your team's Gantt Charts so you and your team can keep up with this semester's deadlines. <br /><br />Remember that this semester consist of designing, ordering rapid prototyping material, rapid prototyping, testing your rapid prototype, making design changes if needed, outreach to professional manufacturing services / begin prototyping your team's scaled project (if applicable), along with presentations and a final report!<br /><br />Please note that you may also begin directly working on your project that may have components already developed for your team (if applicable), so if you begin to make changes, please begin to document those changes (see <b>Important NOTE 3</b> below). <br /><br /><b>Important NOTE 3:</b> Please check your Canvas files to find your Final Report Guidelines and Presentation #2 and #3. <br />The most <b><i>important thing you and your team need to do is to READ the final report guidelines to know exactly what you need to document.</i></b> During the Fall 2018 semester, you will be completing a lot sections in your final report, so it is important to read your final report guidelines so what you write is as accurate as possible. Please take pictures of your rapid prototypes, design work (screen shots), manufacturing processes, CAD drawing files, wiring schematics, Arduino coding (please use meaningful comments within Arduino's IDE so future students can know what you were doing), other coding (Python, Java), wiring schematics, etc!<br /><br /><b>NOTE 4:</b> The below schedule is a general outline of where all sub-teams should be in their work. This is a tentative schedule, yet should be followed as good as possible to be successful for the Fall 2018 semester.<br /><br /><b>NOTE 5:</b> If your team is ahead of schedule, please begin the process it takes to begin fabricating your team's scaled prototype. You will realize that Spring 2019 semester is not enough time to order parts, wait for lead times on parts or manufacturing services, realize that your parts are the wrong size or manufactured incorrectly, wait for new parts to be made or shipped, fabricate your prototype, realize you have issues with your prototype, complete design revisions, create / order new parts, re-fabricate your prototype, realize finals and final reports are due soon, run out of time which ensures you do not finish your prototype, get an incomplete on your grade, stay for summer to finalize your projects, rinse and repeat......<br />YOU do not know how many times we have been through this process before in the past. Please do not let this happen to you! A good way to escape this cycle is by getting ahead of the game.<br /><br />This is your SENIOR PROJECT that requires a lot of hours of work. Please meet with your teams more than once a week to get work done, otherwise you will fall into this cycle. <br /><br />In addition, REACH OUT FOR HELP IF YOU NEED IT. <br /><br /><b>Week of: </b><br /><br />KEEP UP WITH YOUR WEEKLY TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL BLOGS!!!! I am now commenting on all of the team blogs with advice on how to make them better and what to document. These are graded.<br /><br /><b>August - September - 10/06/2018</b> - Presentation 1 completed. Orientation / research of past work completed, project specifications (proposals) completed. Each team should have a great understanding of what their project goals are, and a timeline of completion (Gantt Chart), and seminars #1 & #2. <br /><br /><b>10/07/2018 - 10/13/2018</b> - Continue design work for your sub-team, run FEA simulations or similar calculations to ensure your designs will be successful. Please consider 'weak points' on your design (e.g., will a drive shaft be too small in diameter to handle the amount of load required to move the bogie? Will your chassis fail due to the lack of gussets? Is your code working properly? See next paragraph for more examples). <br /><br />*******Ordering / Purchasing parts for rapid prototyping should begin happen here! Rapid Prototyping is absolutely important as it allows your team to dynamically see if a particular component(s) will behave in a manner that you originally thought, or as shown in Solidworks. For instance, if you are using a 4 bar linkage in a part of your design, it would be a great idea to get some popsicle sticks and test it before expensively fabricating your linkage using steel and a water jet. Another example of rapid prototyping is by using the 3D printers in the Spartan Superway Design Center on a component or set of components to ensure they will integrate together successfully. Another example of rapid prototyping is developing your Arduino Code (or other code) on a breadboard prototype using smaller actuators, sensors, and LEDs as indicators that your code has successfully ran an intended loop. These are just a few examples of rapid prototyping, but there are many more out there that will help you inexpensively test key components of your project before you move on to your team's scaled prototype.*********<br /><br /><b>NOTE: </b>Please use in-shop materials before considering purchasing parts for other companies). If your team needs electrical components, please ask Dr. Furman about going to HSC Electronics Supply in Santa Clara before you purchase them online or locally elsewhere. <br /><br /><b>NOTE:</b> If your team is ahead of schedule, please consider beginning your actual scaled prototype.<br /><br /><b>10/14/2018 - 10/20/2018</b> - Continue design work for your sub-team, run FEA simulations or similar calculations to ensure your designs will be successful. Work on developing your rapid prototype / testing rapid prototype if you are at this point in your work. Work on your scaled prototypes if you are at this point. <br /><br /><b>10/21/2018 - 10/27/2018</b> - Presentation #2. Continue design work for your sub-team. Rapid prototypes should be done by now, test rapid prototype. Take detailed notes of successes / failures of rapid prototype and make design changes if needed and rerun FEA simulations or similar calculations. Sub-teams should begin building a Bill of Materials (see <b>IMPORTANT LINKS</b> above) for their actual prototype. Please note: some shipments may take longer than expected when ordering parts for your actual prototype, so plan ahead for this issue! If manufacturing work needs to be completed, reach out to companies in advance as lead times can be long!!! Order parts for actual prototype if ready!! FYI: It is also a possibility to reach out to local companies and ask for sponsorship, it has happened in the past years.<br /><br />***Please read <span style="background-color: red;">NOTE 1</span> above for KEY ADVICE on how to be successful in regards to sending proper detailed CAD drawings to local manufacturing services or SJSU's Central Shops.****<br /><br /><b>10/28/2018 - 11/03/2018</b> - Continue design work for your sub-team. Begin ordering parts for actual prototype if you are ready (<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">have Dr. Furman APPROVE your BOM list before you order anything!</span>) <br /><br /><b>11/04/2018 - 11/10/2018</b> - All sub-teams should have ordered all parts for prototypes (if applicable). Continue making design changes if needed, otherwise begin building prototypes. Never a bad time to begin developing your Final Report.<br /><br /><b>11/11/2018 - 11/17/2018</b> - Continue building prototypes. Make a week-by-week Gantt Chart for Spring 2019. Please include all key deadlines in your Gantt Charts. <br /><br /><b>11/18/2018 - /11/24/2018</b> - No Classes (Thanksgiving). If you have time this week, work on your final report and other project related tasks. <br /><br /><b>11/25/2018 - 12/1/2018</b> - Presentations #3. Continue building prototypes. Finalize design changes. <br /><br /><b>12/2/2018 - 12/08/2018</b> - Continue building prototypes. Finalize design changes. <br /><br /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b>12/18/2018</b> - Final Project Report and Individual Performance Evaluation Forms Due @ 12:15 PM</span>Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-6982583888159485022018-09-17T17:26:00.001-07:002018-09-17T17:26:29.092-07:00Keeping up with your blogs (individual & team), other valuable tips. Hello 2018/2019 Spartan Superway Students! <b>PLEASE READ THIS ALL AS IT AFFECTS YOUR GRADE. </b><br /><br />My name is Eric Hagstrom, and I have been working as the Spartan Superway's Academic Programs & R&D Manager since the summer of 2016. During the 2017/2018 academic year, Dr. Furman took sabbatical, and I stepped in as the lead instructor for the Spartan Superway senior design course. I recently moved to San Luis Obispo with my significant other, so that is why you are not seeing me in person anymore (I know some of you from the summer program are in the senior design course now, so don't let me down! ;) ) . Anyways, I would still like to provide suggestions through the Spartan Superway blogspot that can help you and your team better prepare for the end of each semester in a wide variety of topics.<br />
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Please check back here for updates!<br />
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First piece of advice that also affects your grade. Keeping up with your BLOGS - both individual and team. Keeping up with your blogs means posting <b>ONCE PER WEEK. </b><br />
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1. <i>Your individual blogs</i> should keep records of what you have done individually for your group each week (i.e., describing a part of the system that you looked into and diagnosed, any notes thereof, preliminary calculations or sketches, debugging, future goals for next week and/or long term, etc).<br />
2. <i>Your team blogs </i>should keep record of what you AND your team have done collectively for this week in terms what team project goals have been completed. Any progress should be noted, and progress should be completed each week in tandem with a team Gantt Chart to keep you and your team on track. It is okay to use some content from your individual blogs as long as you are complete with your blog posts.<br />
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These blogs posts should be detailed, including, but not limited to, photos, diagrams, calculations, sketches, and CAD models. You can also include meetings with your mentors, discussions with Dr. Furman and Ron, and other related suggestions. <b>You should also consider looking at your FINAL REPORT GUIDELINES </b>so you know what to expect at the end of the semester. This will help you and your team understand what details need to be filled out in your final report. The more you complete now, in the form of your blogs, means the less you will have to write at the end of your semester when you have to balance final tests and other reports for your classes.<br />
A minimum of 2 paragraphs, along with other details, should be written each week in your blogs as you are likely performing and completing a bunch of work related to your project. Your team blogs should have more than that!<br /><br />
**If you are under an non-disclosure agreement (NDA), please speak with Dr. Furman and/or Ron on what is appropriate to post on your blogs or not.<br />
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When you enter <a href="http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/">SpartanSuperway.blogspot.com</a>, as you should already know, on the left hand side you will see team blogs, while the right hand side has your individual blogs.<br />If your individual blog or team blog is not listed, please send your URL to Eric.Hagstrom@sjsu.edu, and I will personally add your link to the web page. Please view the instructions below on how to make a blog, both personal and team, if you have not done so.<br />
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<b>Observations: </b><br />
Looking at the current blogs, both individual and team, are relatively lackluster. Some blogs are better than others in terms of written content, while others have not been updated in weeks! <b>You are LOSING grade points. </b>So please, keep up with this blogspot. You are in your final year of engineering, and technical writing will NEVER disappear if you stay within the engineering industry (depending on what you are doing of course).<br />
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Please do not hesitate to send me an email if you need any help. Eric.Hagstrom@Sjsu.edu<br />
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<br />Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-42837071279734747582018-07-31T12:49:00.001-07:002019-08-10T12:43:17.241-07:00Assignment #1: Creating your individual and team blog spots<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">General note: Individual and team blog spots are important for checking accountability to ensure that each student is keeping up with their project work! Blog spots missing information each week tells me that you are not keeping up with your course work. Please be sure to add details to each blog spot post.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Please sign up with Blogger using only your GMAIL Account. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To create your individual blogs go here:</span></b></span></span><br />
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Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-14816428303694502502018-07-31T12:49:00.000-07:002018-07-31T12:49:37.382-07:00Welcome to the ME195A/B 2018/2019 Spartan Superway Program!Hello Spartan Superway 2018/2019 Student,<br />
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This blog spot (https://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/) will serve as the informational hub for you to receive information related to this summer's program that will include posts from your professor and other faculty, research articles, assignments, fellow students and more! In addition, you will also create your own blog that will be used to post your class assignments and general updates!<br />
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Navigating https://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ is simple! The bulk of information, as listed above, can be found in the center of the blog spot (just like this post!) Individual student blogs can be found on the right side of the blog spot. Individual student blogs will appear as hyperlinks that can be clicked to read each student's blog spot. Professors will stay updated with student's blog spots to ensure they are actively posting and keeping up with their assignments. Depending on if there are team's, the left side of the blog spot will contain hyperlinks to team blog spots.<br />
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The following post titled "Creating your individual and team blog spots" will describe how to create your own individual blogs.<br />
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Creating a team blog spot can also be found in "Creating your individual and team blog spots."Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-27546393466377500202018-07-27T22:39:00.001-07:002018-07-27T23:03:07.992-07:002018 Solar Skyways Design CollaborativeInterns from San José State, local high schools, <a href="http://podcarspuebla.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tec de Monterrey</a> (Mexico) and Pusan University (South Korea) have just completed the summer 2018 Solar Skyways Design Collaborative at the Spartan Superway Design Center near San José State in downtown San José.<br />
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Much progress was achieved on several fronts:<br />
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<li>Full-scale bogie, motor and controls</li>
<li>Full-scale guideway</li>
<li>Full-scale wayside electrical pickup </li>
<li>Full-scale suspension system </li>
<li>Full-scale guideway structural analysis and testing</li>
<li>Hybrid battery/ultracapacitor onboard energy storage system</li>
<li>Small-scale cabin design</li>
<li>Solar canopy system design and analysis software</li>
<li>Facial recognition security/farebox software</li>
<li>... and more</li>
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Final reports will be completed soon and shared with interested parties. Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-62944355498175750002018-05-28T10:59:00.003-07:002018-05-28T10:59:49.547-07:00Maker Faire Bay Area 2018<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The Spartan Superway 2017/2018 Team showcased their final work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2018 over the weekend of May 18th - 20th. Four total projects were operated and shown by their respective teams including the Small-Scale Prototype Team, Full-Scale Prototype Team, Wheelchair Restraint System Team, and the Half-Scale Suspension Team (right to left in Figure 1). Each team's project is shown below with a small caption and figure describing which project it is.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"> Figure 1: Small-Scale, Full-Scale, Wheelchair Restraint, Half-Scale Suspension (starting at the right side moving left) <br /></span></div>
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Figure 2: Students from the Small-Scale Team explaining their project to Maker Faire attendees<br /></div>
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Figure 3: Full-Scale Team performing some last minute adjustments before the gates opened to the general public. </div>
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Figure 4: Superway student Jinhau explaining how the wheelchair restraint system works</div>
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Figure 5: A close up of the Small-Scale prototype with curious Makers testing the collision avoidance system</div>
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Figure 6: Superway student Tan showing a young Maker how the wheelchair restraint system works</div>
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Figure 7: Superway student Joshua showing off his team's Half-Scale suspension system</div>
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Figure 8: Superway student Joshua holding down the Half-Scale suspension system in wait for more Makers to arrive </div>
<br />Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-59419840880509171662018-05-19T12:16:00.003-07:002018-05-19T12:19:22.454-07:00The Superway | Daily PlanetExhibiting this weekend at the annual Maker Faire in San Mateo, the Spartan Superway team is already in the news!<br />
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Even though big cities have rideshare programs, buses, and trains, we all know it can still be hard to get to your destination. Enter the Spartan Superway from the engineering students at San Jose University! Daily Planet airs weeknights at 7E/4P only on <a href="https://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Daily-Planet/video?vid=1247505" target="_blank">Discovery Canada</a>! Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-51427009978813297942017-08-30T13:10:00.001-07:002017-08-30T13:17:46.694-07:00Team Distribution & General Fall 2017 Schedule<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style><br />
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Keon"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Keon</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Roham"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Roham</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Alvin"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Alvin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Choy"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Choy</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Jared"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Jared</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hagyard"}" style="background-color: #fce5cd; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Hagyard</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Matthew"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Matthew</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Dianich"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Dianich</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">5</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Chanwoong"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Chanwoong</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Park"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Park</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">6</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tan"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Tan</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ho"}" style="background-color: #d9ead3; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Ho</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Daniel"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Daniel</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Espinosa"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Espinosa</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"jinhao"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">jinhao</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cui"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cui</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Roger"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Roger</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pacilan"}" style="background-color: #d9d2e9; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Pacilan</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Controls Team"}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Controls Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Jack "}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Jack </td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Yoo"}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Yoo</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Full-Scale Controls Team"}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Full-Scale Controls Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cheuk Kwan"}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cheuk Kwan</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Yim"}" style="background-color: magenta; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Yim</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Half-Scale Suspension Team"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Half-Scale Suspension Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joshua"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Joshua</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Moreno"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Moreno</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Half-Scale Suspension Team"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Half-Scale Suspension Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colin"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Colin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wong"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Wong</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Half-Scale Suspension Team"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Half-Scale Suspension Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Salvador"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Salvador</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hernandez"}" style="background-color: #4a86e8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hernandez</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Kevin"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Kevin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Brasil"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Brasil</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bryan Christopher"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Bryan Christopher</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Oyan"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Oyan</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Angelo-Jose"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Angelo-Jose</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Banzon"}" style="background-color: yellow; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Banzon</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Bogie Team"}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Bogie Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bryne"}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Bryne</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Jocson"}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Jocson</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Bogie Team"}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Bogie Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Izzat"}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Izzat</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Halabi"}" style="background-color: lime; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Halabi</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Controls Team"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Controls Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Andisheh"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Andisheh</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Khosravi-Sereshki"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Khosravi-Sereshki</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Controls Team"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Controls Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ben"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Ben</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Trump"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Trump</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Controls Team"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">1/12th-Scale Controls Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colin"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Colin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ilas"}" style="background-color: cyan; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Ilas</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Cabin Design Team"}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1/12th-Scale Cabin Design Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Darren"}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Darren</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Erfe"}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Erfe</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1/12th-Scale Cabin Design Team"}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1/12th-Scale Cabin Design Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">24</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Kaelan"}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Kaelan</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Song"}" style="background-color: #b6d7a8; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; word-wrap: break-word;">Song</td></tr>
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General Schedule for the Fall 2018 Semester: </div>
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1. Each team must come up with a minimum of (3) design iterations of their particular project before any rapid prototyping is to occur. Each team must weigh the pros and cons of their (3) design iterations and develop a 'prime design'. In addition, each team is required to perform theoretical calculations and finite element analysis on their prime designs to ensure specifications are met. </div>
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2. Once step 1 is completed, each team will determine a method to create a rapid prototype of their prime design (3D printed, laser cut wood, on-the-table programming / controls, etc) to run initial tests. </div>
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3. Once testing is completed, revisions and redesigns will occur if necessary. </div>
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Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-18898062466020181592017-08-07T15:01:00.001-07:002017-08-07T15:01:57.473-07:00Week 1: Getting caught up with Automated Transit Network (ATN) technology! Now that you can successfully navigate <a href="http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/">http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/</a>, and have created your individual and team blog spots, it is time to get caught up on ATN technology!<br />
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<li>Please read the first 14 pages of "Automated Transit Networks (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future" authored by Burford Furman, Ph.D., Lawrence Fabian, Sam Ellis, Peter Muller, and Ron Swenson. The publication can be found here: <a href="http://transweb.sjsu.edu/PDFs/research/1227-automated-transit-networks.pdf">http://transweb.sjsu.edu/PDFs/research/1227-automated-transit-networks.pd</a> </li>
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<li>The pages from this document will get you caught up on the key principals of ATN technologies, and ATN systems that exist today.</li>
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<li>San Jose State University's Mechanical Engineering Department, located in Silicon Valley California, and led by Dr. Burford Furman and Ron Swenson, have been developing ATN technologies since 2012 called the Spartan Superway. The Spartan Superway and Futran have formed an alliance to aid in implementing a new-age, universal paradigm of urban transportation. Please read the Spartan Superway White Paper to get more detail on ATN technologies that utilize solar energy to provide sufficient energy to power the entire transportation system. <a href="http://www.inist.org/library/2017-03-14.FurmanSwensonHagstrom.SpartanSuperwayWhitePaper.SpartanSuperway.pdf">http://www.inist.org/library/2017-03-14.FurmanSwensonHagstrom.SpartanSuperwayWhitePaper.SpartanSuperway.pdf</a></li>
<li>A wide range of projects related to the Spartan Superway Project can be found here: <a href="http://www.inist.org/library/">http://www.inist.org/library/</a>. Please explore the International Institute of Sustainable Transportation's library to gain a deeper understanding of work that has been completed to aid the launch of solar-powered ATN technologies.</li>
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Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-67997689991042366152017-08-07T15:01:00.000-07:002017-08-07T15:01:41.056-07:00Week 1: Welcome to the Spartan Superway Blogspot! spartansuperway.blogspot.comHello ME195A/B Spartan Superway Students!<br />
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This blog spot (<a href="https://ujfutran.blogspot.com/">spartansuperway.blogspot.com</a>) will serve as the informational hub for you to receive information related to your class that can include posts from your professor and other faculty, research articles, class assignments, fellow students and more! In addition, you will also create your own blog that will be used to post your class assignments and general updates! The following post titled <b>"Creating your individual and team blog spots"</b> will describe how to create your own individual blogs.<br />
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Navigating <a href="https://ujfutran.blogspot.com/">spartansuperway.blogspot.com</a> is simple! The bulk of information, as listed above, can be found in the center of the blog spot (just like this post!) Individual student blogs can be found on the right side of the blog spot. Individual student blogs will appear as hyperlinks that can be clicked to read each student's blog spot. Professors will stay updated with student's blog spots to ensure they are actively posting and keeping up with their assignments. Depending on if their are team configurations, the left side of the blog spot will contain hyperlinks to team blog spots. Creating a team blog spot can be found in <b>"Creating your individual and team blog spots." </b>Below the team blog hyperlinks, hyperlinks for professors and other faculty can be found (Professors should also follow <b>"Creating your individual and team blog spots," </b>but should only create an individual one.)<br />
The blog spots are also easy to modify if needed!<br />
<br />Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-38154145131220932552017-08-07T14:46:00.001-07:002017-08-07T15:09:39.969-07:00Week 1: Creating an individual and team blog spot! Creating your first individual and team blog post! <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">General note: Individual and team blog spots are important for checking accountability to ensure that each student is keeping up with their course work! Blog spots missing information each week tells me that you are not keeping up with your course work. Please be sure to add details to each blog spot post.</span><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When your blog spot has been created, please click on "New Blog" in the top left corner. Enter in a relevant blog spot title, and an address such as "FirstName-LastName-SpartanSuperway.blogspot.com" </span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is very important as I need your addresses to upload your personal blogs to <span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ </u></span>so they are visible for everyone to see.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Congratulations! </b>You have created your individual blog spot! I will get your blog spot hyperlinks uploaded to <a href="http://ujfutran.blogspot.com/">http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/</a> soon! </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Once you have inputted your information to the Google Form found above, it is time to create a new post in your individual blog. (These will be created by each student on a weekly basis!) </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Your individual posts will include conceptual ideas, drawings, CAD models, calculations, and anything else related to your <i>individual</i> involvement in your project's design, rapid-prototyping, fabrication, assembly, and testing of your project. </span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is very important as I need your addresses to upload your personal blogs to <a href="http://ujfutran.blogspot.com/">http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/</a> so they are visible for everyone to see.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Congratulations! </b>You have created your individual blog spot! I will get your blog spot hyperlinks uploaded to <a href="http://ujfutran.blogspot.com/">http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/</a> soon! </span></li>
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<li style="color: #222222; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In addition to the above information, add a paragraph description that covers the scope of work and goals for your team's project. </span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Congratulations! </b>You have successfully posted your first team blog spot. </span></li>
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Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-49418832964789184652017-07-24T15:53:00.001-07:002017-07-24T15:53:14.731-07:00Meet the Spartan Superway 2017 Summer Team<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-63377973229506031062017-04-15T16:45:00.003-07:002017-04-15T16:47:59.902-07:00Paseo Prototyping :: Spartan Superway in the NewsOn Saturday, April 8th, Spartan Superway was represented at the <a href="https://paseoprototyping.org/" target="_blank">Paseo Prototyping Challenge</a> by the 12th scale teams, and they created a very impressive presentation for the public in downtown San José. The Mercury-News published an article with this picture:<br />
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Here's the article in the Mercury News: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/10/prototyping-a-better-tomorrow-for-san-jose/" target="_blank">Prototyping a better tomorrow for San José</a>.<br />
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<br />Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-91629365391103215132016-11-02T15:50:00.001-07:002016-11-02T15:52:39.909-07:00SSDC 3D-Printer Instructions: DO NOT Hesitate to ask for HELP<b>Spartan Superway Design Center 3D-Printer Instructions:</b><br />
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Note: PLEASE ASK FOR HELP IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED THE PRINTER BEFORE, OR GET STUCK ON A STEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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<b>To Change Color Type of PLA Filament</b> (PLA only):<br />
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<b>1)</b> Turn on local computer. Turn on 3D-Printer by toggling the ON switch. Toggle ON switch on the back of the silver Stepper Motor power supply.<br />
<b>a.</b> Note: Be very careful with ALL power cabling as some of it is slightly loose, and may become disconnected during prints, causing you to redo everything you have just done.<br />
<b>2) </b>Open Cura (3D-printer program on computer), then click “Control” within the program (should be in the middle top-left of the interface.<br />
<b>3)</b> In “Control” interface, change extruder temperature to 220 degrees C and bed temperature to 55 degrees C.<br />
<b>a.</b> To complete task 2, click “Set” after extruder and bed temperatures have been entered into the “Control” interface in Cura.<br />
<b>b. </b>Once “Set” has been clicked in Cura, the temperatures listed above must be reached before filament is removed and replaced (please view the L.C.D screen on 3D-printer to ensure these temperatures have been reached before trying to remove any filament).<br />
<b>4)</b> Within “Controls,” once the proper temperatures have been reached, click on “Retract 10 mm,” which will engage the extruder to retract the filament by 10 mm / second.<br />
<b>5)</b> Before you replace the filament, check in Cura under “Basics” tab to make sure the new filament diameter you intend on using matches what is listed on the filament roll.<br />
<b>6)</b> Once the previous filament is removed, set the new PLA filament on the 3D-Printer filament holder, and guide the filament through the clear guidance tube.<br />
<b>a.</b> Now feed the filament into the extrusion port and in “Controls” click on “Extrude 10 mm” while adding a small downward pressure to the filament. NOTE: You may have to play with the “Extrude 10 mm” button a bit until you feel the filament catch. You should be able to feel the filament begin feeding itself through the extrusion port, so at this point you can watch the filament begin to feed through the extrusion head. NOTE: Wait for the filament color you chose to begin melting out of the extrusion head before you begin any prints, and wait for the “Extrude 10 mm” to finish its cycle.<br />
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<b>Printing Your Project </b>(IF PLA filament is already loaded, you can begin your print once bed and extruder head are at proper temperature):<br />
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<b>1)</b> Note: Cura only accepts .STL files!!!<br />
<b>2)</b> Once bed and extruder temperature are reached (should have happened in above steps any ways), apply water based glue found near 3D-printer, onto the bed of the printer with a tissue / paper towel.<br />
<b>3)</b> Now upload component you intend on printing into Cura and rotate the component to have it lying down flat on the bed.<br />
<b>a.</b> Rotate button is located on the bottom left of the screen.<br />
<b>b</b>. The component side with the most surface area should be touching the bed plate (improves chance of printing success).<br />
<b>c.</b> To move component on bed, just click and move it.<br />
<b>4)</b> Remove any excess filament from the extrusion head before printing.<br />
<b>5)</b> Make sure you check your settings before printing (do you need a supporting structure??)<br />
<b>6)</b> To print go in “Controls” and click print!!Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-80020121052229511702016-09-21T10:43:00.001-07:002016-11-10T21:01:42.006-08:00Fall 2016 General Schedule Here is a general layout of the Fall 2016 semester schedule. You have 12 weeks from today (09/21/2016) to get a working prototype built, 3 presentations, and a final report done!<br />
Please note, if any sub-team needs to work in the shop on days besides normal class time, please do not hesitate to send me an email in advance!<br />
As you can see below, a lot of the Wednesday class meetings will be used for presentations, seminar, and a day off before Thanksgiving & on 11/09/2016 for an instructors meeting (I am verifying now).<br />
Remember that this semester consist of designing, ordering rapid prototyping material, rapid prototyping, testing your rapid prototype, making design changes if needed, ordering professional manufacturing assistance / prototype parts, building your prototype, testing your prototype, and showcasing your prototype, along with presentations and a final report!<br />
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Please note: Individual & Team blogs are both due every Wednesday @ 10:30 am, and are worth points.<br />
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Last note: The below schedule is a general outline of where all sub-teams should be in their work. This is a tentative schedule, yet should be followed as good as possible to be successful for the Fall 2016 semester.<br />
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<b>09/18/2016 - 09/24/2016</b> - Continue design work for your sub-team<br />
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<b>09/25/2016 - 10/01/2016</b> - Presentation 1 wave 1. Continue design work for your sub-team (Not a bad time to begin thinking of what materials your sub-team will need to rapid prototype)<br />
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<b>10/02/2016 - 10/08/2016</b> - Presentation 1 wave 2. Continue design work for your sub-team, run FEA simulations or similar. (Ordering / Purchasing parts for rapid prototyping should happen here! <b>NOTE: </b>Please use in-shop materials before considering purchasing parts for other companies)<br />
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<b>10/09/2016 - 10/15/2016</b> - Seminar: Meet @ E189 to begin with, then head over to the shop' when you are done there. Finalize design work, run FEA simulations or similar. Begin building rapid prototype / testing rapid prototype if you are at this point in your work.<br />
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<b>10/16/2016 - 10/22/2016</b> - Continue building rapid prototype, test rapid prototype. Sub-teams should begin building a Bill of Materials for their actual prototype. Please note: some shipments may take longer than expected when ordering parts for your actual prototype, so plan ahead for this issue! If manufacturing work needs to be completed, reach out to companies in advance as lead times can be long!!! Order parts for actual prototype if ready!! <b>FYI:</b> It is also a possibility to reach out to local companies and ask for sponsorship, it has happened in the past years.<br />
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<b>10/23/2016 - 10/29/2016</b> - Presentation 2 wave 1. Rapid prototypes should be close to built, testing rapid prototypes should continue here. Take detailed notes of successes / failures of rapid prototype and make design changes if needed and rerun FEA simulations or similar. Order parts for actual prototype!!<br />
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<b>10/30/2016 - 11/05/2016</b> - Presentation 2 wave 2. All sub-teams should have ordered all parts for prototypes. Continue making design changes if needed, otherwise begin building prototypes.<br />
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<b>11/06/2016 - 11/12/2016</b> - Instructors meeting (No class it seems, I will double check this) - Continue building prototypes.<br />
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<b>11/13/2016 - /11/19/2016</b> - Continue building prototypes. Not a bad idea to begin working on Final Report ahead of time.<br />
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<b>11/20/2016 - 11/26/2016</b> - Day before Thanksgiving (No class, but individual / team blogs due @ 10:30 am) - Prototypes should be close to being finished here! Testing should be underway as well.<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: blue;">12/15/2016 - Final Project Report Due @ 12:15 PM</span></span></b>Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-63860765470320211682016-09-07T13:10:00.002-07:002016-09-07T13:10:31.918-07:00Spartan Superway: Sub-Team Project Definitions & Fall / Spring 16/17 Deliverables<span id="docs-internal-guid-b71d9057-0645-67b8-f597-8bb89c4dfb78"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All sub-teams must be able to design, rapid-prototype (out of MDF wood, foam-core, etc), test, and then prototype (metal, aluminum, etc.), and test a model within the Fall 2016 semester. (This may differ for the Full-Scale Test Track sub-team; we will keep you updated.) The Fall 2016 semester is extremely important for working out the flaws that may come from initial designs, which will help all sub-teams redesign and prototype a new, functional model for Spring 2017. All issues that may arise in your initial design iteration are to be noted in detail in your Fall 2016 Final Report, along with completing other guidelines that the final report states. The Fall 2016 semester also requires three presentations of your work as the semester goes along. </span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be successful within the Spartan Superway Project, it is absolutely necessary to think of how your sub-team affects other sub-teams starting </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NOW</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It is </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HIGHLY</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> likely that your sub-team’s work will directly affect another sub-team’s work, so communicating with these other sub-teams early in the Fall 2016 semester is crucial for success.</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Example: The half-scale mechanical bogie + fail safe + steering sub-team must communicate with the half-scale braking, propulsion, suspension, systems integration, and way side sub-teams. In the end, all of these sub-team’s work will have to unify and work together as a whole. This is why early communication is key for success. This goes for the 1/12th-scale sub-team as well! </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EVERYONE </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">needs to think about what other sub-teams will directly affect your work.</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All sub-teams must have fully-functional prototypes that are ready to be shown at the Paseo Public Prototyping Challenge on April 8th, 2017, and for Maker Faire May 19 - 21, 2017. A Spring 2017 report will be due, as well as three presentations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note to all teams: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please ASK NOW. All of us want you to be successful in completing a fully functional project, so do not hesitate to ask questions if anything is unclear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mechanical Iteration Bogie Sub-Team (Includes Fail Safe & Steering):</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (</span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Kemp, Jorge L Soto Lozano)</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sub-team will need to revamp / redesign / reinnovate the mechanical half-scale bogie model that was designed in past work. They need to think in terms of serviceability, manufacturability, durability, and life expectancy. This sub-team will need to review what the past teams had designed and prototyped, such as the 2015/2016 senior team, and the summer 2016 team. (The summer team only got a CAD design completed; see the Archive.) Once carefully reviewed and critiqued, it will be essential for this sub-team to redesign / modify the previous design, because it did not function.</span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specifications</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The half-scale mechanical bogie will need to traverse up and down a 17 degree slope. The half-scale bogie consists of two bogies that are linked together, which will require some careful kinematic design. The first bogie must be able to climb the 17 degree slope while the second bogie is still horizontal to the earth. The second bogie will eventually begin to change its angle as it reaches the slope as well, and this operation needs careful design innovation. </span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fail-safe</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The half-scale bogie sub-team must develop a fail safe system so the bogie will </span><span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">never</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> fall off the guideway when in use. Of course, the bogie must be able to detach from the guideway for maintenance purposes. </span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steering</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The half-scale bogie sub-team must develop the steering system so the bogie can smoothly transition from a straight section of guideway to a merge/diverge section. It is important to select the proper actuators for switching the steering arms, because eventually on the full-scale test track the switching must happen very quickly. In the past, the steering was controlled by stepper motors, which have some drawbacks, but could still hold potential. The full-scale functional system that is in the Spartan Superway Design Center now uses linear actuators driven at relatively low-voltage, and they are relatively slow to switch the steering arms from one side of the guideway to the other. </span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Propulsion</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The hub-motor will need to be mounted to the mechanical bogie itself, and will need to be able to supply a normal force to the ‘roof’ of the guideway to ensure that the motor will not slip at anytime (upslope / downslope / slippery weather, etc). The normal force can be supplied with a linear actuator or other method to press the motor to the ceiling. </span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Braking</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The braking system must be developed for the half-scale model. The braking system must provide ample braking power for emergency situations, and be able to stop the bogie at determined places along the guideway for testing. In the shop, there is a golf-cart caliper and disc brake that can be used. A master cylinder also needs to be researched and mounted to the half-scale bogie. The master cylinder must be compressed using an actuator, which also needs to be researched. This system must be integrated into the propulsion system. </span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since we are developing a massive solar powered ATN (Automated Transit Network), regenerative braking system should also be researched and potentially be used for the half-scale bogie. </span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suspension</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The half-scale suspension sub-team should look at the suspension system that was designed in the summer of 2016 . The files are located in the Spartan Superway Archive. It is currently being manufactured, so it should be fully tested once it is completed. While the summer 2016 system is being manufactured, it will likely require another iteration to improve performance and efficiency. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wayside Power</span><span style="font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Last year the wayside power sub-team took their best shot at an approach to distribute power along the guideway. Unfortunately, it was never tested, because the designs from other related sub-teams did not function, such as the bogie and solar array. This year, the wayside power sub-team will need to make another iteration of the entire system. This sub-team will need to directly work with the mechanical bogie sub-team as the mechanical bogie will have to continuously extract power from the wayside system. It would be a good idea to check out existing wayside / 3rd rail systems to see how those systems connect their vehicles to the wayside / 3rd rail power lines. </span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Systems Integration</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: This sub-team will be responsible for programming all of the half-scale sub-systems so they work in unison on the guideway when running. As you know, the propulsion, braking, steering, and suspension all require programming. These systems must be programmed properly to allow the bogie to flawlessly make a loop around the half-scale guideway. Additional sensors may need to be integrated onto the guideway as well for position sensing purposes. </span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since the half-scale bogie and all sub-systems within will likely not be built for the first month or so, it is important to start developing a platform to start testing the programming aspects. This could include building an LED array which represents the various mechatronics components in the half-scale system. These LEDs could be programmed to visually & conceptually show the half-scale bogie performing a full loop around the guideway. You must consider the motor speed & motor normal force actuator, steering actuator’s speed, braking actuator power, suspension actuation to keep the podcar horizontal to earth at all times, and timing! Timing is absolutely crucial so the bogie doesn’t fall off the guideway. **For more information on what the summer 2016 team did for half-scale systems integration, please go to Spartan Superway Archive > Reports > Summer 2016 Final Reports > Bogie Systems Integration Final Report Summer 2016. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> → Gene Nishinaga from Transit Control Solutions, Inc. (TCS) has offered the opportunity to utilize his control system software that his company has developed for a TCS-related project, but can be used on our small-scale vehicles. To be fully ready for his controls software, the small-scale track and small-scale bogie need to be fully functional and able to traverse the small scale network. The summer 2016 electrical engineering sub-team was able to produce the electronics for two vehicles that “should” work on a functional small-scale track. The small-scale bogie needs some mechanical improvements as well to ensure that they will move along the small-scale track without problems. </span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As this sub-team is already aware, the 2015/2016 1/12th-scale sub-team developed a test track that was manufactured both in-house and by a private professional manufacturer. There were many discrepancies along the track which caused the 1/12th-scale bogie to stall and fall off in many locations. This sub-team will need to review and renovate the work done by the 2015/2016 sub-team and the summer 2016 sub-team. This sub-team is responsible for the guideway (which includes placement for sensors / magnets for the podcar controls sub-team), the guideway-to-guideway supporting mounting brackets, support columns (with thoughts towards the solar sub-team), support column-to-guideway mounting brackets, and the footings where the columns will rest. It is important to consider the possibility of expanding the guideway network as well. The Spring 2016 ME 195B report shows what the full network should look like. The track definitely needs two loops, but it is desirable to expand it to four loops if time and budget permits. </span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep in mind: The bogie, track manufacturing, controls systems, solar improvement, and position sensing sub-teams are all interrelated, so frequent communication and collaboration among the associated subteams is really important. </span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 1/12th-scale bogie needs modification. It should be tested on the current track and be evaluated for potential flaws; such as the gap between the switch arms (may need to be reduced). The linkages between the servo and the switch arms now consist of bent piano wires, which are hard to make precise, and don’t last long. The linkages need to be redesigned to fix these problems. Many aspects of the mechanical design need to be redesigned and developed. Once a fully functional mechanical bogie system is developed, it will be necessary to manufacture a minimum of four to ten individual bogie systems. This is necessary to showcase many “cabins” running on the guideway at Paseo and Maker Faire. </span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sub-team is in charge of implementing the controls to move vehicles around the network. The Korean 2016 summer team and the 2015-16 ME 195 team had working code that can be used to start with. Improvements are needed in sensing when switching should take place and sensing position around the network. The controls team will need to closely interact with the bogie team, track team, and mobile app (ENGR 195C) team. As mentioned earlier, this team has the opportunity to use the TCS control software, so the team will need to be in communication with Mr. Gene Nishinaga, the CEO of TCS. </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sub-team will be in charge of designing, fabricating, and testing an apparatus or manufacturing method that will allow aluminum bar stock to be bent into a specified radius or curvature as specified by the track improvement sub-team.The apparatus or method will need to produce consistent results to ensure that the formed sections of the track are in tolerance as specified by the Track Improvement sub-team. This team will also develop a method for measuring the different track radiuses and lengths. This team must work in close contact with the track improvement team to manufacture and/or have manufactured other track hardware, such as brackets and columns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solar Array + Solar Tracking + Battery Charging Improvement Sub-Team: (Derick Wong, Suzana Guzman, Alan Yoc) </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sub-team will be responsible for calculating the energy requirements to run a single podcar along the guideway for 24 hours. (This needs to be done in Excel so you can update calculations with additional podcars.) This sub-team will also develop a new, robust racking and mounting solution for the solar array that will include a solar tracking system to enhance the amount of sunlight that the solar array receives throughout the day. Lastly, this sub-team will improve upon the battery charging interface which is used to charges batteries that run the podcars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vehicle Position Sensing Sub-Team: (Qihuan Miao, Zhiwei Li)</span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This team will investigate using Hall or GMR sensors and a corrugated ferrous strip attached to the guideway to create a non-contact linear encoder which will enable the controls team to determine the position of the vehicle along the guideway. When successful, this sub-team can be the lead on developing a manufacturing technique for mass producing the corrugated strip or identify a supplier that can produce needed results. See Prof. Furman for details about the sensor and ferrous strip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">User Interface App Sub-Team</span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prof. Perry’s SE Students (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tim Heflin, Stephen Piazza, Johnny Nguyen)</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guideway Section & Columns & Footings & Expansion Joints & Testing Sub-Team:</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Kathlyn Garces, Winter Saeedi, Kevin Maliyara, Claude Michael) </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A small section of the real guideway & solar array needs to be designed and constructed. This section of the guideway will be tested for thermal expansion and contraction. This sub-team will have to research potential manufacturing processes for producing the guideway and columns. (There may be civil engineers who can assist.) The team will also consider a novel approach for construction of the columns from a company in South Africa and will investigate appropriate footings for these kinds of columns. Load testing to be done as well. Expansion joints need to be developed and tested as well, especially for acoustics. Requirements for field assembly will influence design of the solar array and racking system.</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ISE 195A - Park & Ride Sub-Team: (Garvyn Vinoya, Yusake Ichimura, Navajo Ladhar) </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sub-team will be responsible for doing analysis on the park & ride system that SJSU currently uses, to determine potential ridership and economics of replacing the existing service with a Spartan Superway network. More details will be forthcoming.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ISE 195B - Network Design, Station Location, & Staffing for the Downtown SJ Area Sub-Team (Justin Boglar, Teresa Jimenez, Herminia Estrella)</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This team has been debriefed on 09/02/16 on what goals they need to achieve during the semester. They will be sending a proposal to the SSDC management who will potentially edit / add guidelines to their work! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This sub-team has not had an in-person meeting with the SSDC management yet. We will discuss semester guidelines and update this post when that meeting has been completed. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span>Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-51485930085735204432016-08-30T09:39:00.000-07:002016-08-31T16:45:52.301-07:00Team Blog Assignment #1 + Shop Maintenance Sign Up (DUE WEDNESDAY 09/07/2016) <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;">
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Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-89437978063898397122016-08-18T15:54:00.002-07:002016-08-24T12:02:35.183-07:00Welcome to Spartan Superway Fall 2016 Semester! (Blog Related Post) Hello Senior Mechanical Engineering Students,<br />
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This post includes important information that you will need to get started!<br />
<ul><li>First step: Fill out the <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/V1Q3LfBlQZlod58I3" target="_blank">Spartan Superway Questionnaire (click here)</a> </li>
<ul><li>due 8/25/2016</li>
</ul></ul>To create your individual blogs go here:<br />
<ul><li><a href="https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en">https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en</a> and follow the directions. </li>
<li>When your blog page has been created, please click on "New Blog" in the top(ish) left corner. Enter in a relevant title, and an address such as "FirstName-LastName-Fall16Spring17-Blog.blogspot.com" or "FirstNameLastNameSomethingAboutYourself.Blogspot.com" .... </li>
<li>Before you click on "Create Blog!", please copy and paste your address to this Google Form!</li>
<ul><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJGN7Gs5EKoecvejiFtLlipbJpGbNiWmZ4EFuCyu6aeJDrgw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJGN7Gs5EKoecvejiFtLlipbJpGbNiWmZ4EFuCyu6aeJDrgw/viewform</a></li>
</ul><li>This is very important as I need this address to upload your personal blogs to http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ so they are visible for everyone to see.</li>
<li>Once you have inputted your information to the Google Form, it is time to create a new post on your blog under the title you made. (These will be created WEEKLY!) </li>
<ul><li>At the very top where it says "Post," ENTER a post title! This is very important to do as it will give your actual post a title on http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ once submitted.</li>
</ul><li>The writing portion of these weekly blogs is for you to update your INDIVIDUAL weekly progress. This is a method for me to check for personal accountability, which will show if you have been keeping up with your work. In these post you will include conceptual ideas, drawings, CAD models, calculations, and anything else related to your individual involvement in your sub-team's design, rapid-prototyping, fabrication, assembly, and testing of your project. </li>
<li>Finally, please include a PHOTO of yourself so I can get familiar matching a name to a face! (just one photo needed in the first post) </li>
<li>Thank you! :) </li>
</ul><hr><div>To create a sub-team blog.... </div><div><ol style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 18.48px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Once Sub-Teams have been formed.... </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Create a sub-team Blog (one per sub-team) with a name that is descriptive for your team (e.g., Superway-Failsafe) and add a new post that introduces the members of the sub-team and describes the scope of work and goals for the work of the sub-team. Blogspot allows multiple authors, so the first author will invite all other team members as authors with admin permission. This enables all authors to edit all blogs. Specifically, go to:<br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Upon completing this, please copy & paste your address to this Google Form as before. </li>
<ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7JESdbfkuOEG1l0eH05y4MTxjbCYyUYTX6tDkDzyhXPIXWw/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7JESdbfkuOEG1l0eH05y4MTxjbCYyUYTX6tDkDzyhXPIXWw/viewform</a></span></li>
</ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Please post your availability (School & Work Schedule) in the first sub-team post, this will be extremely helpful for your teammates and myself. This will allow you to schedule time, besides every Wednesday 1:30pm - 4:15pm, to meet with teammates to work on your project. I may be able to come to the SSDC during off hours, aka not just Wednesdays, (128 E. Saint John Street), and open the facility for students to work on their project. I will keep you all posted on this. </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">For team scheduling (I mean accomplishing goals, not meeting times), use Gantter for Google Drive (google it). Put a link to a Gantt chart for your sub-team project schedule as a Page Link (this chart can be updated regularly) at the top of your sub-team blog. </li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Each week all members of each sub-team should help contribute to this sub-team blog. This blog needs to be updated weekly as well to show what your sub-team has accomplished, and is a method for me to check on accountability. </li>
</ol></div>Eric Hagstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16556806846823191249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-60787222764903505992016-07-12T07:01:00.001-07:002016-07-12T16:40:50.677-07:00Spartan Superway Update July 2016The Spartan Superway summer 2016 team has made some remarkable progress. <br />
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In addition to 5 interns from the USA, 20 members of the team this summer are from Brazil. These are top engineering students who have received scholarships through the <a href="http://www.iie.org/Programs/Brazil-Scientific-Mobility/About" target="_blank">Brazil Scientific Mobility Program</a>. They have been in US universities for a school year and are now finishing their year with an internship here. <br />
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We have recently been joined by 8 interns from <a href="http://english.pusan.ac.kr/uPNU_homepage/en/default.asp" target="_blank">Pusan University</a> in South Korea ...<br />
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<br />Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222159335951383508.post-63455594025228676822016-05-27T08:52:00.000-07:002016-05-27T08:54:17.109-07:00Spartan Superway Forum at Solar 2016At SOLAR 2016, the annual conference of the American Solar Energy Society ("ASES"), the Spartan Superway Summer Intern team will present a Forum, "SANE (Solar Automated Nonstop Elevated) Transportation" on Tuesday July 12th 2:00 to 3:45 PM in San Francisco.<br />
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If you would like to have your own work published, the International Solar Energy Society is supporting the ASES SOLAR 2016 Conference by producing an online Proceedings of the Conference. The Proceedings will be available to the public approximately 2-4 months after the Conference, both through the SOLAR 2016 website as well as through ISES. The Proceedings provides a great opportunity to give your work broad exposure to the U.S. and international community.<br />
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<li>The paper must be limited in length to 2-10 pages, and include all the basic sections (Title, authors and affiliation, abstract, references, keywords, etc.).</li>
<li>The first draft of the paper is to be e-mailed to the address: solar2016@ases.org. Please e-mail both a Word and a PDF copy.</li>
<li>The deadline for the first draft is June 10, 2016. </li>
<li>Your paper will not go through a technical peer review by the SOLAR 2016 Technical Review Committee; however, the paper will be reviewed by the NOC to ensure proper formatting and length. If you would like your paper peer-reviewed before publication in the on-line proceedings please make separate arrangements for this.</li>
<li>The NOC will provide you with any comments or feedback on the paper formatting by June 24, 2016.</li>
<li>In order to cover the costs of the Proceedings, a $30.00 payment will be required for each paper. </li>
<li>Your final paper, payment, and the Copyright Release Form must all be received by ASES by July 11, 2016. You are welcome to bring an electronic version of your final paper, your payment, and signed copyright release form to the Conference in San Francisco and turn these in to ASES. SOLAR 2016 be on the 5th floor of the Intercontinental.</li>
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Note that the submittal of this paper is optional; it does not impact the status of your participation in SOLAR 2016. However, given the high quality of papers we have this year, and that this low-cost option will provide an opportunity for extensive distribution of your work, I strongly encourage you to take advantage of this offer. ISES assigns a DOI number to each paper, so your paper will be officially referenceable and publicly accessible.<br />
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Furthermore, because of an ongoing relationship that ASES and ISES have with Curran Associates, hard copies of the Proceedings will be available for purchase a few months after the Conference. Curran also distributes these proceedings to libraries around the world and submits each paper to SCOPUS, which provides the authors with an even broader audience for their work.<br />
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I encourage all of you to take advantage of this offer. Thank you for your support of ASES and SOLAR 2016. <br />
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Note: This blog emulates a message from Dave Renne, Chair, SOLAR 2016 National Organizing Committee. For more details and templates, please contact Ron Swenson.Ron Swensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437944688837628074noreply@blogger.com0