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Hey guys,
I just wanted an update on what Dr. Jordan had to say about the proposal and what I can do at this point to help get the final draft ready.

Outreach Opportunity

I talked to Katrina Brent about getting some letters from a couple of schools to verify their interest in our outreach ideas. She is also planning on writing a letter to state that she will act as liaison between our team and the schools. This will add strength to our proposal if we can get them.

Also, she sent me an email about an activity on campus that we can participate in:

"Would your group be available to speak with about 40-50 students from Lumberton High School about your project on Monday, December 3rd? Lumberton High School’s Science class will be visiting our campus and the College of Engineering on this day and I thought it would be a great opportunity for you and your group to speak with these students and teacher about your project. It would probably be in the morning sometime."

We should check our schedules to see when we would be available.

Proposal Advice

This is something I read on the micro website right now that I thought we should all keep in mind. Clearly I don't think it is anything we will have to worry about but I figured posting this wouldn't hurt.

USING OLD PROPOSALS-be very careful
Please do not use any text from older proposals. Even if you wrote a section for last year's proposal and have been assigned to write it again this year, please resist the temptation to include last year's work in this year's proposal. If your ideas are basically the same, find another way to present them. The best advice is to start from scratch - you'll be a lot safer. Copying from a previous proposal, for purposes of this program, is called plagiarism. We don't want you to get caught in that trap. Please be careful. If you feel you must include a small amount of previous text, cite it properly.
Why are we so strict about this?
Because this is an educational program, and each team should submit original work.

Accelerometer Update

Today I got one 3D axis accelerometer from Dr. Irwin. I also got an ULI interface to go with the accelerometer. On Monday I will go and get the software that ties it all together. Hopefully Dr. Irwin will be able to find one of the missing accelerometers so that we will have two available. We hooked the equipment up to a laptop in his lab that has the software on it and I believe that this set-up will suit our needs.

Today I got a Measurements Lab key from David. I have stored the above equipment in the Lab and I suggest we store all addtional equipment in the lab. There are several stipulations for having the key, but we can use the lab to work on the project if necessary. A minimum of 2 people have to be present for work to be done.

Outreach Update

Doug Goforth replied back that everything sounded good. He gave only two stipulations:

The student's experiment would have to be present and attached on the Monday of the TRR (Test Readiness Review).
Also, due to the TRR taking place only once as well as badging issues, we will need to limit it to one team (3 students + 1 teacher).

I will type something up this weekend so we can bring it to Katrina next week.