August
24
First project meting, course and policies overview, and project overview. Students will also initiate project planning/team structure.

26
Project planning completed.

31
Customer requirements, design specifications, and development constraints due.

September
2
First team task tracking summary due.

7
Individual product concept memo due.

14
Team preliminary concept selection report due.

21
Individual engineering trade study proposal due.

October
5
Individual engineering feasibility study due.

November
11
Concept design proposal (first draft) due.

16
Demonstration of electronics, sensors, and control logic.

18
Layout of all mechanical components.

30
"In-house" demonstration.

December
2
Course/project assessment and peer evaluations due. Rehearsal for critical design review. Individual Engineering design notebook due. Evaluation of mechanics. And, final "corrected" version of the concept design proposal due.

7
Critical design review and demonstration to course management team.