Week 2-3 Progress Update

During week two's lab, we decided on which motors we would use. We also came up with a few ideas of what we were going to use to actually construct our entire project and the logistics of how we would go about doing it. We decided that it would be best to use six motors; four of which would be used to go forward/backward as well as steer the submersible and the other other two which would be used to move the submersible up or down. We decided during out week three meeting that it would be best for us to forgo our previous idea of controlling the vertical (up/down) movement of the submersible which needed an air pump to perform the task. During this meeting, we also planned out and strategized our plan for the next couple of weeks which include attainment of materials and actual construction. For more on our designs/ideas, please click here.

Welcome to our blog!  

This blog was created to track the progress of a freshman design team working on an underwater submersible that is going to be used to collect water samples and data about the water supply in rivers.  This freshman design group is studying at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Our group members are Mary Conrad, Benjamin Schanck, Tayo Kuku, and Brian Evans. Our faculty advisors are Caroline Schauer, Marjorie Austero, and Jennifer Atchison.  More information on each of our group members or our advisors can be found on the page entitled, "Biographies."