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For the week of 3/13/19 we sat down with Furman and the others and went through the curent designs we had in mind. Overall it was a great brainstorming session and we left with clear goals and what to do next. Fully focusing our efforts on providing methods for bottom installation, we have come up with great ideas. This following week we will continue to generate concepts and hope to narrow down which ones to begin prototyping some. -Francisco Trejo

For the week of 3/6/19 we presented our presentation to the class and a friend of Ron's. Our presentation was well delivered but it has come to our attention that some parts of our design have unfortunately missed the mark. Personally I will step up and do what is necessary to ensure that my team and I can achieve success. -Francisco Trejo

For the week of 2/27/19 we were preparing for the upcoming presentation. We have worked on finalizing the design and have found the solar panels that we will be using for the canopy. The design has been reworked with a bit in order to accommodate the clamping system we found thanks to Ralion. Overall this weeks attention will be dedicated to completing the presentation. -Francisco Trejo

For the week of 2/20/19 we had a meeting with both FUrman and Ron to hammer out some final design requirements for the solar canopy. Specifically speaking with Ron we narrowed down the top 3 must haves for the design Able to be manufactured using industry standard parts aesthetically pleasing have a water collection system With help from Ralion we are close to figuring out where we can have a workspace. He is also assisting with some of the calculations and mounting solutions thanks to his connections. We're working to have meetings outside of class to further discuss what needs to be accomplished in order to have a successful semester. -Francisco Trejo

For the week of 2/13/19 we will continue to work on our design and now with a more settled budget we can be much more realistic with what we can build. We are working to figure out how much floor space we will need for makers faire so we can let Eric know for the application. Other than that we are still working on a finished design and considering other options to build something for makers faire. -Francisco Trejo

For the week of 2/6/19 we finally met at the new facility and spent most of the day getting our bearings. We talked with Furman and Ron about scaling down or project due to our lack of floor space and the general consensus was that we will continue to build a full scale model. We have delegated task on slack and look forward to starting the semester and improving. -Francisco Trejo

For the week of  12/5/18 we have begun to work on the final project report. The workload will be distributed equally among all 3 group members and we hope to finish our first draft by the 14th and use the rest of the time to make any necessary revisions. I am still gathering more information from the 3M companies to get back to use on their potential use for our project. With the unfortunate news that the SSDC will no longer be allowing us the given space we are a bit uncertain about the future of our project. If we need to scale down the project and build a miniature version of it we could potentially build a full set of canopies to get a better idea of how they would look stretched out on the track. -Francisco Trejo