Hello Everyone!

Now that the semester is coming to a close, I would like to inform you all about the changes we have already made and what we will be changing in the future. First off, our designer Phil has revamped the dropping mechanism, which will be adjustable and allow electronics to make the system more automated. The general Solid Works model can be seen below.

As for my work, I’ve decided on a new camera to be implemented in the system and have designed a new camera mount which will accommodate both cameras, and featuring and adjustable platform for our Go Pro height.

Lastly our theoretical analysis specialist has been hard at work creating different simulations for different striker inputs. Below is a small snippet of the type of impact a hemispherical impact would have on plastic specimen over a short period of time.

Over the break we all plan to work in our respective areas to accomplish more work. I will continue to work on our script, Phil will be learning Arduino skills for automation, and Melissa will continue to work on creating accurate theoretical simulations in ANSYS. All of this work will help us hit the ground running next semester.

I hope you all have a wonderful new year and we will update you all again soon!