Logan Ranger Energy Management System for a Prosthetic Limb: Mid Grant Technical Review

Mid Grant Technical Review

Date: 2.7.19
Location: Logan HS
Time: 5:00-7:30 PM
Goal: To receive feedback and demonstrate progress to parents, business contacts and other stakeholders.

We were very concerned the night before if we were even going to be able to have this MGTR. The weather forecast was looking at 6-9 inches of snow starting Thursday at 9:00 AM. In the morning of the MGTR the forecast was changed to 4-6" of snow. Schools around us were delayed and cancelled evening activities. Our administration was very supportive and allowed us to have our event.

Paige put quite a bit of work into getting everything organized for this event. The poster board looked great.

The number of attendee's was down. We had about 10 people that contacted us to let us know the weather prohibited travel.

The people that did show up asked good questions and by the evaluations, seemed to like our progress on the invention. This was the first time the students had run through their presentation in public. Everyone did well and it was a learning experience.

The following are notes from the evening from Paige Treakle:

On Thursday, February 7th, our InvenTeam had our Mid-Technical Grant Review. After working for weeks on a version of our prototype and testing machine, we were able to present them at this occasion. We began with a presentation where Paige Treakle and Thomas Kujak talked to the group about the project including our story, our financial situation, our goals, and how our project is sustainable. After we finished presenting the group, we opened up to answer questions from the crowd. We were able to answer many of the questions, but we also found that we have a lot left to learn. Then our group members separated to our designated posts. We had areas for the hardware, software, sustainability, and financial teams to answer individual questions and give the viewers a more in depth idea of our project. After about thirty minutes of talking to our parents, advisors, and local business attendees, we wrapped up and thanked the crowd for attending our event.