Week Six

Weekly Objectives:

The Week 6 objectives comprised of fabricating the housing for the fan and getting in touch with a Professor from Drexel School of Fashion. The group was split in two during lab as Justin and Anchit went to Drexel School of Fashion and Zen and Manpreet stayed in the innovation studio to fabricate the housing and work on the efficiency of the AC generator. 

What was Accomplished:

Week 6 was a big week in terms of the development of our eco friendly charging jacket. Zen completed the housing for our fan via Creo-Parametric. Needless to say, the team ran into issues 3D printing the housing because it was too big. As a result, the housing had to be printed in two parts and fabricated together into one housing. The team agreed that this would be a sufficient prototype for the housing. In Week 7 or 8, another housing will be 3D printed and used in the final project. 

The team was put in touch with Professor Jaeyoon Jeong from Drexel School of Fashion, and the team met with him on the Friday of that week discussing what we envisioned our jacket to look like. More importantly, we talked about how to fabricate it. During the meeting, team members discussed the our vision of the jacket, all while conveying to Professor Jeong where we wanted the housing  and the channels to be placed to ensure charging capabilities. The meeting was successful as we agreed on the jumper that would be used and more importantly we agreed upon the locations of the channels that would produce the most wind energy. 

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