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Final Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

Easy-PASS Chair Poster Final<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Easy-PASS<\/p>\n

Week of March 30<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we started targeting some of our new deliverables including a business model canvas which can be seen below.<\/p>\n

\"Business<\/p>\n

We have continued designing a CAD model to serve as our final design\/prototype.<\/p>\n

\"Bottom \"Overall \"Hydraulic<\/p>\n

Additionally, this week was spent designing sketches for the final seat attachment for the Special Tomato chairs. We did our best to use materials we already possess and those from McMaster-Carr for easily implementation of virtual design.<\/p>\n

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Week of March 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past couple of weeks there have been a lot of obstacles to overcome with national developments regarding Covid-19. We have fully transitioned to online communication and design thinking. Before moving online, we met with Dr. Galloway about materials to be implemented. We discussed burlap and epoxy composites as well as high impact polystyrene. These materials are light and relatively ductile so that we can tailor the structure to the curvature of the special tomato seat. Possible methods to obtain an exact trace of the curvature is through different software and CAD modeling.<\/p>\n

We were also able to start developing a weight bearing prototype and cut aluminum framing in the Featheringill design studio. Since working on this project we have had to move all of our materials off Vanderbilt’s campus before the shut down and have been figuring out how to move forward.<\/p>\n

We contacted the physicians at Monroe Carroll and they are undergoing significant changes as well which was to be expected. We still plan to work with them week in and week out to develop a design that they can present to their overseer as some sort of deliverable so that the project can continue to move forward. Over the last week, we have continued to work on the design and dimensions of our final prototype and incorporated some of the materials we plan on using in our CAD model. Moving forward we will start developing some documentation on where we believe the points of risk our with our design and other predictive model failures. We will also start conducting more market research to obtain a better scope of where our design can be implemented and how it can be adapted for other use cases.<\/p>\n

Week of\u00a0February 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, the bulk of our time went to final design sketches and measurements.<\/p>\n

The group met several times in the Wondry to brainstorm booster seat ideas and sketch out the frame for the final base.<\/p>\n

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The group also made it into the VFSS clinic with out current prototype and were able to see how the design worked with the machine and environment. From this visit, we were able to get lots of helpful feedback from the clinicians to redesign the next prototype. We were also able to see first hand what measurements need to be changed to fit with the machine better and what functions need to be reconsidered based off of the x-rays field of view.<\/p>\n

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After this visit, we feel confident moving forward and purchasing our material for the base of our final design. We hope to begin construction early next week.<\/p>\n

Additionally, we have an upcoming meeting with Dr. Galloway planned for Tuesday to iron out design and material\u00a0of the booster seats.<\/p>\n

Week of\u00a0February 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, we presented our full-size physical prototype and updated CAD model to Dr. Walker.<\/p>\n

2\/11 Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Week of\u00a0February 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accomplished:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n