| | | PROJECT MILESTONES
Below is a list of projected dates on which different tasks are expected to be completed:
Fall 2007
- First
revised milestones submitted: Complete
- Design
Notebook Initial sign-off: Complete
- Obtain
EPRI circulation reports and FERC application for: Complete
- Western
Passage Eastport
- Bagaduce Narrows MMA
- Find
refereed literature on tidal turbines and wind turbines: Complete
- Complete
research and summary document on design possibilities for the test
turbine: Complete
- First
web page goes live with introductory page and menu on left. Page must include resumes, individual
photos, and milestones: Complete
- Design
matrix completed and design selected for test: Complete
- Evaluate
manufacturing process/material possibilities: Complete
- Create
a SolidWorks tool to convert information from the OpenProp design program
to an actual part: Partially
Complete
- Estimate
the project budget: Complete
- Estimate
maximum shaft torque for test group: Complete
- Milestone
review: Complete
- Create
a realistic “artist’s rendition” for use on website and in promotion of
the project: Complete
- Prepare
a presentation for Peter Mills: Complete
- Evaluate
the economic feasibility of tidal energy compared to other alternate
energy technologies: Complete
- Draft
Midterm Report: December 6, 2007
- Attempt
a turbine design with the PROPID program: December 15, 2007 or asap
- Midterm
Report due as a PDF posted as a completed web page: December 19, 2007, 11:30
am
Spring 2008 (tentative)
- Tow
tank instrumentation completed and ready to run: February 19, 2008
- Turbine
complete and functioning in air: March 18, 2008
- Turbine
mounted and ready for test in tow tank: April 1, 2008
- Curves
for test turbine as a function of tow speed in tank: April 15, 2008
- Lab
Cleanup & Infrastructure Project Completed: Maine Day, April 30, 2008
- Open
House -- Review of Projects: May 1, 2008, Afternoon
- Final
Web Page submitted, for review during final exam period: Monday, May 5,
2008, Noon
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