Team Distribution & General Fall 2017 Schedule

Team Name		First Name	Last Name
Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team	1	Keon	Roham
Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team	2	Alvin	Choy
Full-Scale Futran Track Section Team	3	Jared	Hagyard
Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section	4	Matthew	Dianich
Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section	5	Chanwoong	Park
Solar for Full-Scale Futran Section	6	Tan	Ho
Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team	7	Daniel	Espinosa
Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team	8	jinhao	Cui
Full-Scale Mechanical Bogie Team	9	Roger	Pacilan
Full-Scale Controls Team	10	Jack	Yoo
Full-Scale Controls Team	11	Cheuk Kwan	Yim
Half-Scale Suspension Team	12	Joshua	Moreno
Half-Scale Suspension Team	13	Colin	Wong
Half-Scale Suspension Team	14	Salvador	Hernandez
1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team	15	Kevin	Brasil
1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team	16	Bryan Christopher	Oyan
1/12th-Scale Track + Manufacturing Team	17	Angelo-Jose	Banzon
1/12th-Scale Bogie Team	18	Bryne	Jocson
1/12th-Scale Bogie Team	19	Izzat	Halabi
1/12th-Scale Controls Team	20	Andisheh	Khosravi-Sereshki
1/12th-Scale Controls Team	21	Ben	Trump
1/12th-Scale Controls Team	22	Colin	Ilas
1/12th-Scale Cabin Design Team	23	Darren	Erfe
1/12th-Scale Cabin Design Team	24	Kaelan	Song

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General Schedule for the Fall 2018 Semester: 

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. 

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. 

3. Once testing is completed, revisions and redesigns will occur if necessary. 

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Week 1: Getting caught up with Automated Transit Network (ATN) technology!

Now that you can successfully navigate http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/, and have created your individual and team blog spots, it is time to get caught up on ATN technology!

1. 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:  http://transweb.sjsu.edu/PDFs/research/1227-automated-transit-networks.pd 
1. The pages from this document will get you caught up on the key principals of ATN technologies, and ATN systems that exist today.
2. 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.  http://www.inist.org/library/2017-03-14.FurmanSwensonHagstrom.SpartanSuperwayWhitePaper.SpartanSuperway.pdf
3. A wide range of projects related to the Spartan Superway Project can be found here: http://www.inist.org/library/. 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.

Week 1: Welcome to the Spartan Superway Blogspot! spartansuperway.blogspot.com

Hello ME195A/B Spartan Superway Students!

This blog spot (spartansuperway.blogspot.com) 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 "Creating your individual and team blog spots" will describe how to create your own individual blogs.

Navigating 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 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 "Creating your individual and team blog spots." Below the team blog hyperlinks, hyperlinks for professors and other faculty can be found (Professors should also follow "Creating your individual and team blog spots," but should only create an individual one.)
The blog spots are also easy to modify if needed!

Week 1: Creating an individual and team blog spot! Creating your first individual and team blog post!

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.

To create your individual blogs go here:

1. https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en  and follow the directions. 
2. 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" 
3. Before you click on "Create Blog!", please copy and paste your blog address to this Google Form as seen below in the image. 

1. https://goo.gl/forms/fizLUk2r23F1WmVH2
4. This is very important as I need your addresses to upload your personal blogs to http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ so they are visible for everyone to see.
5. Congratulations! You have created your individual blog spot! I will get your blog spot hyperlinks uploaded to http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ soon! 

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Creating your first individual blog post!

1. 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!) 
1. Please go to www.blogger.com and login! Near the top left of www.Blogger.com (when you are logged in, there should be a feature that says "Post." Click on "Post" and input a relevant title that concisely portrays what you will be posting about each week (dependent on what your Professor would like to see). Below the title is where you will input the bulk of your information! (See image below!)
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2. Your individual posts will include conceptual ideas, drawings, CAD models, calculations, and anything else related to your individual involvement in your project's design, rapid-prototyping, fabrication, assembly, and testing of your project. 
3. Information to post in first individual blog post: 
1. Please include your full name, contact information (email address, phone number), a brief description of yourself (major, expected graduation year, interests, why you want to work on automated transit networks), and finally a picture of you!
4. To successfully post your blog, click "Publish" on the right side of the screen! (See image below) 

5. Congratulations! You have successfully posted your first blog spot. 

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Creating a team blog spot! (If applicable)

1. Once teams have been formed.... 
2. Create a team blog post (one per team) with a name that is descriptive for your team (I.E.,SpartanSuperway-Bogie-Team). PLEASE NOTE: A team's blog spot is created in the same exact way your individual blogs were made, with one small difference (See step 3 below to add multiple authors to your team blog spot). 
3. www.Blogger.com allows for multiple authors to participate and collaboratively add information into a single blog spot. To do so, the first author will invite all other team members as authors with admin permission (I.E., adding other team member's email addresses). 
1. Specifically, go to: [Team blog] > Settings > Basics > Permissions  > Blog Authors
4. Upon completing this, please copy & paste your address to this Google Form as before. 
1. https://goo.gl/forms/wronBJDKTF6TREV43
5. This is very important as I need your addresses to upload your personal blogs to http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ so they are visible for everyone to see.
6. Congratulations! You have created your individual blog spot! I will get your blog spot hyperlinks uploaded to http://spartansuperway.blogspot.com/ soon! 

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Creating your first team blog post! 

1. Using the same method for creating your first individual blog post, please make a collaborative team post with your team members that includes each member's availability (School & Work Schedule), and contact information so your teammates can easily contact you if need be. This will allow you to schedule time to meet with teammates to work on your project. 
2. In addition to the above information, add a paragraph description that covers the scope of work and goals for your team's project. 
3. Congratulations! You have successfully posted your first team blog spot. 

Meet the Spartan Superway 2017 Summer Team

Paseo Prototyping :: Spartan Superway in the News

On Saturday, April 8th, Spartan Superway was represented at the Paseo Prototyping Challenge 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:

Here's the article in the Mercury News: Prototyping a better tomorrow for San José.

Here's an earlier article announcing the Paseo Prototyping Challenge:  Pizarro: San Jose State festival showcases innovative concepts.

The Spartan Superway continues to ...