Hello,
This week the Spartan Superway has received 8 new international students from both France and Korea. The Korean students have been working with the other mechanical Korean students and the current Bogie team to develop a suspension system for the half-scale model. It is their intentions to use the previous senior team "on top" suspension system that utilizes the three linear actuators to keep the pod car level at all times. The new Korean team would also like to use the suspension system that is currently being developed by the small-scale Korean team as well. This system utilizes three to five springs, with the use of potential dampers, that will be placed underneath the pod car. The old method to using multiple suspension bars won't be used, and a new single suspension bar will be used and will go through the pod car. This design is currently underway.
Next week is the ASES conference in San Francisco. To prepare for this, each team has been given a template of a poster board that will be prepared for this conference. Although this is a solar conference, it will be good to have all of the work that the international students have achieved over the summer presented to potential sponsors. This will also be an opportunity for the students who have prepared a paper to present their work (I know a few students have). There will also be a solar trade show where many, many vendors from all aspects of solar companies will present. This will also be a great opportunity to speak and learn from potential sponsors and suppliers of solar components.
Tomorrow an in-house presentation will be given so that all students can give an update on their progress.
Thank you,
Eric
No comments:
Post a Comment