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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion _variables.yml
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phake2: 2025-04-16
phake3: 2025-04-17
dana: 2025-04-26
present: 2025-05-07
poster_session: 2025-05-07
poster_draft: 2025-05-02
final_draft: 2025-05-02
final_final: 2025-05-06

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Put these crucial lab and project dates on your calendar!

- Friday {{<var dates.kickoff>}}, 1:15PM-3:15PM: Kickoff lecture in {{<var rooms.kickoff>}}
- Friday {{<var dates.project_kickoff>}}, 1:15PM-3:15PM: Project kickoff lecture in {{<var rooms.project_kickoff>}}
- **Saturday** {{<var dates.dana>}}, 6:30AM-5:30PM: Robot deployment *on Saturday* at Dana Point. <br> **ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE SATURDAY LAUNCH**
- Wednesday {{<var dates.present>}}, time TBD: Project presentations for all groups during presentation days.
- Friday {{<var dates.kickoff>}}, 1:15PM-3:15 pm: Kickoff lecture in {{<var rooms.kickoff>}}
- Friday {{<var dates.project_kickoff>}}, 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm: Project kickoff lecture in {{<var rooms.project_kickoff>}}
- **Saturday** {{<var dates.dana>}}, 6:30 am - 5:30 pm: Robot deployment *on Saturday* at Dana Point. <br> **ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE SATURDAY LAUNCH**
- Wednesday {{<var dates.poster_session>}}, time 4-5:30 pm: Project poster presentations for all groups during presentation days.

## Labs

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---
title: "Final Report Template"
format:
html: default
docx: default
---

## Statement of Work

This writing template is designed to help you plan your Final Report.

At the completion of this worksheet you should have:

- [ ] An outline of the sections you plan to include
- [ ] Sketches or preliminary drafts of each figure

## Outline

There are a variety of ways that you can organize your tech memo.
The list of sections below is a suggested place to start, but you should feel free to modify it to best fit your rhetorical purpose.
Consult with a professor or proctor if you have any questions.

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Sensor Design
4. Robot Design
5. Deployment Details
6. Conclusion

See the [tech memo writing template](/labs/lab6/writing-template.qmd) for a refresher on good topics sentences and equations.

## Template

### Abstract

#### What is the main gist of your project?

#### What is the significant quantitative result(s) of your project?

### Introduction

#### List the key concepts that you need to introduce

- Concept 1
- Concept 2

#### What references are needed to support the concepts you want to introduce?

### Sensor Design

For for each sensor, include information about its design.

#### What sensors does your robot include?

#### Sensor 1:

##### What is the expect range of input values?

##### What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?

##### Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.

##### What if any software modifications were made?

##### How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

#### Sensor 2:

##### What is the expect range of input values?

##### What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?

##### Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.

##### What if any software modifications were made?

##### How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

#### Sensor 3:

##### What is the expect range of input values?

##### What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?

##### Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.

##### What if any software modifications were made?

##### How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

### Robot Design

Include information and calculations for the mechanical design and integration.

### Deployment Details

Include relevant data for your deployment (e.g., relevant plots of data collected, photos/diagrams)

### Results

Include the plots you'll use to present the key results from your deployments.
Plots should include comparisons to theory and ground truth measurements.

### Conclusion

#### Write a succinct (3-4 sentence) summary of your project and results.

#### What were the big-picture takeaways from your work?

#### What are your recommendations for future work? If you were deploying again next week, what would you change/improve?
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<!-- Final Presentation Rubric [html](presentation_rubric.qmd) [docx](presentation_rubric.docx) -->

Final Report Worksheet [html](report-worksheet.qmd) [docx](report-worksheet.docx)

Final Report Rubric [html](report_rubric.qmd) [docx](report_rubric.docx)

Peer Review Feedback Instructions [html](peer-review-instructions.qmd)

Peer Review Worksheet [html](peer-review-worksheet.qmd) [docx](peer-review-worksheet.docx)
Peer Review Worksheet [html](peer-review-worksheet.qmd) [docx](peer-review-worksheet.docx)

Poster Session Timeline [html](poster-session.qmd)

<!-- Final Presentation Schedule [gdoc]({{<var urls.final_presentation_schedule>}}) -->

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This content is typically organized as follows (note that the report will also need an abstract even though it is not listed here):

1. **Introduction** - Describe your scientific or engineering goals.
2. **Sensor Design** - for each sensor
a. Theory of Input Quantity - What are the expected sensor input sizes (e.g., temperature swings) from theory or historical data?
1. **Abstract:** Briefly describe the contents of the report. Make sure to include the key *quantitative* takeaway/result.
2. **Introduction:** Describe your scientific or engineering goals.
3. **Sensor Design:** for each sensor
a. Theory of Input Quantity - What are the expected sensor input sizes (e.g., temperature swings) from theory or historical data?
b. Sensor Selection - What sensors did you select? Why? Do they match expected behavior.
c. Circuit Design - Show full schematics, calculations used to select components, and calculations showing that signals will be in range for the Teensy.
d. Software Considerations - Is the 10 Hz `default_robot.ino` sampling rate fast enough? Did you write any additional code for the sensor?
e. Sensor Validation/Calibration - Show the sensor working in controlled conditions.
3. **Robot Design** - Show mechanical calculations, sensor mounting designs, unusual details of waterproofing, and schematics for other circuits that haven't been discussed yet (e.g., regulators).
4. **Deployment Details** - What steps were taken to prepare your robot for deployment? Where were the deployments (and what were the trajectories)? How did you account for safety in your deployments?
5. **Results** - Include comparisons to theoretical models and ground truth measurements.
6. **Conclusion** - Provide a recap, recommendations for future work, interpretation of results, and a main takeaway for the audience.
4. **Robot Design:** Show mechanical calculations, sensor mounting designs, unusual details of waterproofing, and schematics for other circuits that haven't been discussed yet (e.g., regulators).
5. **Deployment Details:** What steps were taken to prepare your robot for deployment? Where were the deployments (and what were the trajectories)? How did you account for safety in your deployments?
6. **Results:** Include comparisons to theoretical models and ground truth measurements.
7. **Conclusion:** Provide a recap, recommendations for future work, interpretation of results, and a main takeaway for the audience.

It is possible to deviate from this outline if doing so would tell your robot's story better, but this works well for almost all E80 deployments. Feel free to discuss such changes to the outline with instructors.

## Final Poster

Each team will create a poster, to be delivered during Presentation Days on {{<var dates.poster_session >}}.
Each team poster should be completed and uploaded by {{<var dates.poster_draft >}} at noon.

Each poster should include the following sections:

- **Introduction:** Briefly describe your final project, what you set out to measure, and the hypothesis you planned to test.
- **Methods:** Describe the sensors you built and how they were used to measure the quantities of interest.
- **Results:** Present plots of data captured from your deployment at pHake Lake and/or Dana Point along with captions.
- **Discussion:** Discuss what the results mean and opportunities for future work.

Instructions for the poster session can be found [here](poster-session.qmd).

A PowerPoint Template for your poster is provided [here](examples/E80_PosterTemplate.pptx).

## Final Report

Each *individual* is responsible for submitting a report on their deployments in IEEE format. We strongly recommend that you download and use the MS Word template [here](https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html). You should list your entire team by name in an acknowledgements section.

During analysis week, you will complete this [template](./final-report-template.qmd) to help you as you in the writing process.

There is no minimum page length for the report, but most reports will be at least 7-8 pages, with approximately one page per section (with each individual sensor getting a full page of text). Your report must not exceed ten pages, including all figures, references, and appendices. Fonts and heading sizes follow the sizes specified in the IEEE template. You may consider the following target lengths for the sections of your report:

The purpose of your report is to convey your experiments, your apparatus, and your results such that a reader could replicate your experiment and compare their results to yours. You should assume your audience is made of technical professionals of diverse backgrounds (i.e., not all instructors of the course) who are unfamiliar with your specific project. Note that this is a different audience than the poster. [This rubric](report_rubric.qmd) will be used to grade the reports.
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---
title: E80 Poster Session Agenda
---

The following document describes the agenda for the E80 poster session.

## Set Up Phase (4:00 – 4:15 pm)

1. Gather with your project team in the Outdoor Tents.
2. Pick an ink pad color for your group’s poster stamps.
3. Make your personal name badge using the available supplies.
4. You will be handed a card (odd or even number).
5. Find a poster board location to display your poster.

## Presentation Phase I (4:15 – 4:45 pm)

1. Odd cards: remain at their poster
2. Even cards: check out other posters
- You must visit and peer review at least three posters, one from each section
- You may not visit a poster that presently has three visitors
3. Bell will ring every five minutes at which point you must rotate to a new poster.

## Presentation Phase II (4:45 – 5:15 pm)

Repeat Phase I with even and odd cards switching roles.
Even cards remain at their poster and odd cards visit others' posters.

## Clean Up Phase (5:15 – 5:30 pm)

1. Take down your poster
2. Vote in poster contests:
- Student’s Choice Awards
- Instructor’s Choice Awards
3. Complete the poster session reflection form
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---
title: "Final Report Worksheet"
format:
html: default
docx: default
---

## Statement of Work

This writing template is designed to help you plan your Final Report.

At the completion of this worksheet you should have:

- [ ] An outline of the sections you plan to include
- [ ] Sketches or preliminary drafts of each figure

In the sections below, fill out the bulleted lists or include responses/plots below the section headings.

## Outline

There are a variety of ways that you can organize your tech memo.
The list of sections below is a suggested place to start, but you should feel free to modify it to best fit your rhetorical purpose.
Consult with a professor or proctor if you have any questions.

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Sensor Design
4. Robot Design
5. Deployment Details
6. Conclusion

See the [tech memo writing template](/labs/lab6/writing-template.qmd) for a refresher on good topics sentences and equations.

## Template

### Abstract

#### What is the main gist of your project?

#### What is the significant quantitative result(s) of your project?

### Introduction

#### List the key concepts that you need to introduce

- Concept 1
- Concept 2
- ...

#### What references are needed to support the concepts you want to introduce?

### Sensor Design

For for each sensor, include information about its design.

#### What sensors does your robot include?

#### Sensor 1:

##### What is the expect range of input values?

##### What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?

##### Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.

##### What if any software modifications were made?

##### How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

#### Sensor 2:

##### What is the expect range of input values?

##### What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?

##### Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.

##### What if any software modifications were made?

##### How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

#### Sensor 3:

##### What is the expect range of input values?

##### What sensor did you select to make the measurement? Why?

##### Describe the circuit you designed. Include schematics and calculations.

##### What if any software modifications were made?

##### How did you validate/calibrate your sensor? Include plots.

### Robot Design

Include information and calculations for the mechanical design and integration.

### Deployment Details

Include relevant data for your deployment (e.g., relevant plots of data collected, photos/diagrams)

### Results

Include the plots you'll use to present the key results from your deployments.
Plots should include comparisons to theory and ground truth measurements.

### Conclusion

#### Write a succinct (3-4 sentence) summary of your project and results.

#### What were the big-picture takeaways from your work?

#### What are your recommendations for future work? If you were deploying again next week, what would you change/improve?