1. So far I have been able to understand a lot about my topic and have researched a lot of information.
2. My interviews, and just the time I spent with Jack Kobayashi have helped me to get grasp on my senior topic in general and have really help me develop a large foundation of knowledge just waiting to be built upon.
3. So far one of the things that has worked is just creating a basis of understanding on my senior project along with knowledge about my EQ.
4. The one thing that really hasn't worked for me, is getting the hours of service learning that I need. However, I'm hopefully going to turn that around soon.
5. I really just wanted to get a good experience out of my topic this year, even though that isn't quite what's happening, mostly due to errors on my part. The only thing that I really look forward to getting done at this point is basically just getting more mentorship hours and hopefully getting to contribute what I can to Walnut High School's Solar boat with the knowledge I have gained throughout this time. I also still plan on talking to the captain of Cal Poly's solar boat team and Professor Herder who is one of their advisors, in order to get my third and fourth interviews.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions
1. What is most essential in winning the marathon race of the solar cup competition?
2. Do you think the marathon race is one of the more significant events?
3. What have you personally seen teams do wrong when approaching the marathon race?
4. What do you think makes a boat more viable for this event than others, such as the sprint?
5. How big of a role do the batteries play in this event?
6. With technology becoming more advanced and making it easier to do well in this competition, do you think some of the rules should be changed?
7. How long have you been working with the Solar Cup Competition?
8. What exactly do you personally oversee in the competition?
9. Do you think that the college competition being less regulated than others typically helps teams succeed or causes more problems?
10. Why do you think that this is such a fast-growing competition and a lot of other places are adapting similar ones?
11. What have you seen that some of the more successful teams in this competition have in common?
12. How important is it to know what type of pace that your boat can handle for the race?
13. How significant is having a good strategy for the marathon race? Is there any real strategies to it?
14. What is a common flaw that you see is made during the actual race?
15. How do you test the boat to make sure it is competition ready?
16. How much preparation does the boat usually go through before the event?
17. Is there a lot of adjustments that are required between each race?
18. How effective is it to get a lot of testing time? Do you think there is a point where you test the boat out too much and it begins to wear it down?.
19. What do you think makes this one of the faster growing competitions?
20. What do you personally like about the solar cup competitions?
2. Do you think the marathon race is one of the more significant events?
3. What have you personally seen teams do wrong when approaching the marathon race?
4. What do you think makes a boat more viable for this event than others, such as the sprint?
5. How big of a role do the batteries play in this event?
6. With technology becoming more advanced and making it easier to do well in this competition, do you think some of the rules should be changed?
7. How long have you been working with the Solar Cup Competition?
8. What exactly do you personally oversee in the competition?
9. Do you think that the college competition being less regulated than others typically helps teams succeed or causes more problems?
10. Why do you think that this is such a fast-growing competition and a lot of other places are adapting similar ones?
11. What have you seen that some of the more successful teams in this competition have in common?
12. How important is it to know what type of pace that your boat can handle for the race?
13. How significant is having a good strategy for the marathon race? Is there any real strategies to it?
14. What is a common flaw that you see is made during the actual race?
15. How do you test the boat to make sure it is competition ready?
16. How much preparation does the boat usually go through before the event?
17. Is there a lot of adjustments that are required between each race?
18. How effective is it to get a lot of testing time? Do you think there is a point where you test the boat out too much and it begins to wear it down?.
19. What do you think makes this one of the faster growing competitions?
20. What do you personally like about the solar cup competitions?
Monday, March 11, 2013
Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer 2
1. What is most essential in winning the marathon race of the solar cup competition?
2. Choosing the correct motor and battery combination for the canoe.
3. - Certain motors will have a higher efficiency and be better geared towards the marathon race.
- Only specific batteries will be able to put out the right amount of power for the full 90 minutes without failing and still hold a charge. All while meeting the specifications placed by the rules.
- If your motor and batteries do not compliment each other or work well together as much as possible than it will be harder to have success in the competition.
4. The following 2 articles helped me reach this answer along with some of the advice from my mentor Jack Kobayashi:
"Choosing a Motor and Gearing Combination." - Northwestern Mechatronics Wiki. N.p., 4 Jan. 2007. Web. 02 Nov. 2012. <http://hades.mech.northwestern.edu/index.php/Choosing_a_Motor_and_Gearing_Combination>.
"Lead-based Batteries." Information รข€“ Battery University. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. <http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/lead_based_batteries>
5. I plan on just studying how much these two things really affect each other, along with finding any other factors that could contribute to problems with a solar boat.
2. Choosing the correct motor and battery combination for the canoe.
3. - Certain motors will have a higher efficiency and be better geared towards the marathon race.
- Only specific batteries will be able to put out the right amount of power for the full 90 minutes without failing and still hold a charge. All while meeting the specifications placed by the rules.
- If your motor and batteries do not compliment each other or work well together as much as possible than it will be harder to have success in the competition.
4. The following 2 articles helped me reach this answer along with some of the advice from my mentor Jack Kobayashi:
"Choosing a Motor and Gearing Combination." - Northwestern Mechatronics Wiki. N.p., 4 Jan. 2007. Web. 02 Nov. 2012. <http://hades.mech.northwestern.edu/index.php/Choosing_a_Motor_and_Gearing_Combination>.
"Lead-based Batteries." Information รข€“ Battery University. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. <http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/lead_based_batteries>
5. I plan on just studying how much these two things really affect each other, along with finding any other factors that could contribute to problems with a solar boat.
Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval
1. For my independent component one I plan on doing 30 hours of mentorship at Walnut High school with their solar cup team that I am trying to get in contact with. Hopefully this will help me to further build on what I know from my research and allow my to get hands on experience that relates to my senior project and hopefully helps me understand more about my essential question.
2. This will reach 30 hours because it is just a simple extra 30 hours of mentorship that I can log on a spreadsheet and can easily be kept track of.
3. The way this would relate to my essential question is just that it helps me too get more familiar with the actual competition by somewhat participating in the building of the boat. That way I can see what actually is essential in winning a marathon race of the solar boat competition and how different teams prepare and what they do to have success in the race. This experience would help verify my answers or at least allow me to see what might have to change in my answers.
2. This will reach 30 hours because it is just a simple extra 30 hours of mentorship that I can log on a spreadsheet and can easily be kept track of.
3. The way this would relate to my essential question is just that it helps me too get more familiar with the actual competition by somewhat participating in the building of the boat. That way I can see what actually is essential in winning a marathon race of the solar boat competition and how different teams prepare and what they do to have success in the race. This experience would help verify my answers or at least allow me to see what might have to change in my answers.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Blog 19: Senior Project and ESLR's
1. What ESLR have you excelled at the most in your senior project? I think the only ESLR i have really excelled in this year would be the Effective I-poly citizen.
2. The reason I chose this ESLR is because even though I haven't really been on top of things myself; I have always been one to help my peers or the school as much as I possibly can. I'm always respectful to anyone I work with in general and realize the importance of a person taking responsibility for their actions.
3. I know this section is used to show evidence of an ESLR by showing something that we have created. However, considering my senior project, some of the best evidence I can use is my lack of work to demonstrate. I have been falling behind in my own project, but am now paying for my bad decisions in the work I have to make up. I am taking full responsibility for this and doing things that will hopefully get me back on track as soon as possible.
2. The reason I chose this ESLR is because even though I haven't really been on top of things myself; I have always been one to help my peers or the school as much as I possibly can. I'm always respectful to anyone I work with in general and realize the importance of a person taking responsibility for their actions.
3. I know this section is used to show evidence of an ESLR by showing something that we have created. However, considering my senior project, some of the best evidence I can use is my lack of work to demonstrate. I have been falling behind in my own project, but am now paying for my bad decisions in the work I have to make up. I am taking full responsibility for this and doing things that will hopefully get me back on track as soon as possible.
Blog 12: Third Interview Questions
1. What is most essential in winning the Marathon race of the solar cup competition?
2. (follow-up) Why do you think that is so essential?
3. What are a few other considerable factors in winning the marathon race?
4. What is like to be a rookie team in this years competition?
5. Why is your team really focusing on the marathon race?
6. How are you preparing for the marathon race this year?
7. What are your expectations for how your boat will perform? Why?
8. What do you personally get out of the competition?
9. What do you think the marathon race does better than any of the others?
10. What is your team doing differently than others? How will this help?
2. (follow-up) Why do you think that is so essential?
3. What are a few other considerable factors in winning the marathon race?
4. What is like to be a rookie team in this years competition?
5. Why is your team really focusing on the marathon race?
6. How are you preparing for the marathon race this year?
7. What are your expectations for how your boat will perform? Why?
8. What do you personally get out of the competition?
9. What do you think the marathon race does better than any of the others?
10. What is your team doing differently than others? How will this help?
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Blog 18: Answer #3
1. What is most essential in winning the marathon race of the Solar Cup Competition?
2. It essential to take the boat out and test it as much as possible before the event.
3. -Testing the boat beforehand helps you prepare early on.
-When you test the boat you are able to see what problems you may have and catch them ahead of time.
-The boat might not be as efficient as you want it to, and when tested you can find ways to improve that.
4. This answer is something i have learned more from my mentor and the Cal Poly Alt. Vehicle Club.
5. What I plan to do next is basically to start getting more experience and working more at my mentorship to learn things that I can't through my research.
2. It essential to take the boat out and test it as much as possible before the event.
3. -Testing the boat beforehand helps you prepare early on.
-When you test the boat you are able to see what problems you may have and catch them ahead of time.
-The boat might not be as efficient as you want it to, and when tested you can find ways to improve that.
4. This answer is something i have learned more from my mentor and the Cal Poly Alt. Vehicle Club.
5. What I plan to do next is basically to start getting more experience and working more at my mentorship to learn things that I can't through my research.
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