Professor Mitch Tyler BME 400 Project A Child Passenger Safety Seat Child Seat Team Members 1 Ross Gerber Team Leader Email rgerber wisc edu 2 Aman Ghotra Communication Email asghotra wisc edu 3 Erik Bieging BWIG Email etbieging wisc edu 4 Karim Mahamud BSAC Email ammahamud wisc edu 5 Miguel Benson BSAC Email miguelbenson wisc edu Advisor Mitch Tyler PhD Department of Biomedical Phone 608 262 5112 Email metyler1 facstaff wisc edu Client Tom Brazelton MD Department of Pediatrics Phone 608 263 8901 Email brazeltoniii facstaff wisc edu Date of Progress Report 9 15 05 Problem Statement The goal of our project is to develop or improve the current method of transporting a child or infant in an ambulance on a stretcher The method or device developed must be better than the current methods A new method or device must be collapsible and compatible with current ambulatory stretchers Most importantly the final device must meet all federal safety child seat guidelines Restatement of Team Goals from Last Week Since not all of our team members were able to meet our client we will explain the purpose and the aim of the project to them in class tomorrow 9 9 05 Thereafter we will finish the PDS and begin brainstorming possible design solutions Summary of Accomplishments This Week This week we met in class and identified the different subjects that must be researched prior to beginning any type of design We divided the research among ourselves and met on Wednesday 1 Professor Mitch Tyler BME 400 to discuss the findings At this meeting we identified where further research was required and once again broke up the work among the five group members The preliminary PDS was also completed Individual Goals for this week 1 Ross Email Nadine Levick edit pds research 2 Aman Research edit pds contact Marilyn Bull 3 Erik research edit pds update website meet with Dr Brazelton s team 4 Karim research edit pds meet with Dr Brazelton s team 5 Miguel research edit pds meet with Dr Brazelton s team Statement of Team Goals for this week The goals for this week will be to finish our research which will allow us to finish the preliminary PDS The three members of the team that have not met with Dr Brazelton will go to the hospital and have the project explained to them We will also begin to brainstorm ideas Tentative Project Schedule 09 02 05 Formed teams and assigned roles 09 08 05 Met our client 09 16 05 Develop PDS Brainstorm possible designs 09 23 05 Start writing mid semester reports 10 01 05 Evaluate Ideas and work on power point Peer review mid semester reports 10 08 05 Mid Semester Presentation Design notebooks PDS mid semester reports due 10 15 05 Choose a final design 10 15 05 11 26 04 Work on the final design Testing Modifications 11 26 05 Work on the final power point paper and PDS 12 15 05 Poster Presentation Final paper PDS evaluations and design notebooks due Difficulties None Activities Accomplishments Names Ross Aman Erik Karim Miguel Total Activities Time hrs 5 4 3 3 3 18 Researched Sent Emails PDS Researched Sent Emails Researched Researched Researched 2 Running Total hrs 6 5 11
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