-->*2009.03.12 - Team Meeting

Present: Tylor, Becca, Chris, Christine, Kimi

Action Items:** Design Assignments 6, 7, and 8 (aim to have done by Monday)!

• BY SATURDAY: Look at brainstorming ideas and GROUP them (for Pugh chart), and also criteria for Pugh chart
  • Read about MIOX filter *

Agenda:** Teamwork Module à enough discussion for 1 page writeup

• Brainstorm Recap / Questions for Victor Teamwork Learning Style Module
• Kimi: 5 ref, 3 sen, 3 verb, 1 seq
• Christine: 5 ref, 3 int, 3 vis, 3 glo
• Chris: 5 act, 7 int, 5 ver, 1 glo
• Becca: 1 ref, 1 sen, 5 vis, 1 seq
• Tylor: 7 ref, 1 int, 3 vis, 3 glo
• Reflective vs. Active learners:
  • We have mostly reflective learners (except Chris... ew)
  • Reflective people = like to think and digest
  • Active people = like to play
  • Tylor likes to learn by teaching
  • Tylor also thinks he has the solution more than he actually does... so don't get bulldozed.
  • Memorization?
    • Tylor memorizes things fast, but not long-term
    • Chris learns by seeing an equation used in different applications, doing it over and over
• Sensing vs. Intuitive:
  • We have a mix, but Chris is an outlier again (HAHA... int)
  • Sensing = facts, well-established methods, dislike complications, patient w/ details
  • Intuitive = possibilities/relationships, like innovation, dislike repetition,
  • Chris thinks he's more sens than int...
• Verbal vs. Visual:
  • Everyone is visual but Chris and Kimi, but everyone is close to middle again
• Global vs. Sequential:
  • Everyone's really close to the middle again
  • Tylor prides himself on the ability to see big picture but do details too... bouncing back and forth is really important
  • Everyone does both in different situations (ex. math class vs. design class)
  • Engineering lends itself to both - ex. beam theory, but being able to apply it everywhere
  • ETRAPOLATION is super-important!  Learning to build a house, then being asked to build a boat
• General comments:
  • MIT has screwed us up... L
  • Everyone is a little of everything, always
  • These things are good for dysfunctional groups, but not so much for us (hooray!  We rock. J)
  • Nobody here is very extreme - everyone is well-balanced
  • Engineering makes us tend towards the middle
    • Chris is the baby!  And he's the most extreme.  We will fix that. J Brainstorm Recap:* Tylor: "the brainstorming session expanded my design concept"... was very much wedded to the idea of a cheaper cylinder w/ spout... that is different now
  • Stepped back and looked at bare essentials ("we want to sanitize water")
• Action items: Get feedback from Victor/Derek
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• Tylor:
  • Springs w/ platform à mechanically limits dispensing of Cl depending on weight of container
  • Kimi's summary: liquid, pre-mixed chlorine... similar to what's already out there but addresses variable dosing
  • New idea: storage thing could be put under the platform so it's shielded from light/heat...
    • Eliminates a lot of material: you just need 4 springs, bag/container, and a pump
  • Kimi: doesn't address the issue of incomplete dosing near the bottom
  • Disadvantage of this: pumps need to be "primed" (pumped a couple of times before it actually dispenses)
• Christine:
  • Fixed volume type of dispenser à direct feedback weight and dosing
• Chris:
  • Mostly covered by previous two (sorry!)
  • Level indicators (google this)
• Becca:
  • In the end, have a CHEAP version, AND an INGELLIGENT version
  • Likes the idea of having it on the ground instead of on a stand, and having some sort of pump up
  • Adjusting for height of container: "telescoping" valve for adjustability, cranking, pin
  • Syringe dispensing (to address issue of seeing how much is coming out)
  • Taste is limiting factor... is there an additive to decrease bad taste?
• Pugh Chart:
  • Variable dosing (auto-detecting of size) à springs vs. pressure column
  • Container
  • Height adjust
  • Kimi: the scope of our parameters are pretty small
  • You can break down into multiple Pugh charts (for example, one for dispensing, one for variable dosing, etc)
  • BE QUANTITATIVE à calculating k constants of springs?
  • Accurate vs. precise
  • ACTION ITEM: before next meeting, everyone should look at concepts and GROUP them (by Pugh chart category)
  • Focus on container (bucket or bag), delivery, measurement (look at it or weigh it?)
  • Baseline: chlorine dispenser as it is right now
• What to do with low cost vs. cool extra features dilemma?