Week 13. Midterm review

Week 13

Mid Term review

Week assignment\

  1. Individual assignment:
    • On your final project site post a system diagram for your project ✔
    • list the tasks to be completed ✔
    • make a schedule for doing them ✔
    • meet with your local and global instructors to review these and your weekly assignments ✔

Individual assignment

On Monday, March 21st, we scheduled a meeting with my local and global instructors, Luis and Yuichi. During Holy Week, I enjoyed a few days off, and for the first time in a long while, I decided to leave my laptop at home and fully disconnect—100%. Family, friends, and mountain biking along the Camí de Cavalls made it possible for me to return to Fab Academy after Easter break with my batteries fully recharged.

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Before the break, we had prepared the initial tasks for building the machine, but we didn’t finish until Wednesday, April 23rd. We were the second team to present our work to the class, and we were happy with the results. We managed to achieve all the goals we had set.

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In the meeting with Luis and Yuichi, we reviewed the entire Fab Academy roadmap. At this point, both have given positive evaluations for the work I’ve done in the first eleven weeks—nine more remain, with plenty of work ahead until the completion of Fab Academy.

Midterm Review

At the time of the review with my instructors, I still needed to develop the system diagram for my final project. I have loose sketches, but I need to compile all the information into a single, cohesive diagram. Now I can finally present the system diagram of my final project.

System Diagram

System Diagram

Schedule table for remaining task (04.21.2025)

MonthDayDaysTopicFinal Project
April21Mechanical design, machine designMeet with local and global instructors
232Molding and castingCutting and mounting the LED panel
307Interface and application programmingMilling and mounting the beam supports
May77System integrationFinalise design of seats and placement of load cells
147Wildcard WeekConstruction and installation of the nine seats
217Applications and implications, project developmentFinalise the code for the reading of the load cells and the representation of the bending moment diagram
287Invention, intellectual property and incomeTesting and trials. Presentation design and final video production
Jun811Weekly assignments deadlineTime for general review and correction of possible errors
9Final project presentations
Total:48days
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