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}Present: Tylor, Becca, Chris, Christine, Kimi{_}{*}{+

}Action Items:+** Design Assignments 6, 7, and 8 (aim to have done by      Monday)\!

* BY SATURDAY: Look at brainstorming ideas and GROUP them      (for Pugh chart), and also criteria for Pugh chart

** Read about MIOX filter *{+

}Agenda:+** Teamwork Module à enough discussion for 1      page writeup

* Brainstorm Recap / Questions for Victor *{+}Teamwork Learning Style

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* Kimi: 5 ref, 3 sen, 3 verb, 1 seq

* Christine: 5 ref, 3 int, 3 vis, 3 glo

* Chris: 5 act, 7 int, 5 ver, 1 glo

* Becca: 1 ref, 1 sen, 5 vis, 1 seq

* Tylor: 7 ref, 1 int, 3 vis, 3 glo

* Reflective vs. Active learners:

** We have mostly reflective learners (except       Chris... ew)

** Reflective people = like to think and digest

** Active people = like to play

** Tylor likes to learn by teaching

** Tylor also thinks he has _the_ solution more than he actually does... so don't get       bulldozed.

** Memorization?

**- Tylor memorizes things fast, but not long-term

**- Chris learns by seeing an equation used in        different applications, doing it over and over

* Sensing vs. Intuitive:

** We have a mix, but Chris is an outlier again       (HAHA... int)

** Sensing = facts, well-established methods,       dislike complications, patient w/ details

** Intuitive = possibilities/relationships, like       innovation, dislike repetition,

** Chris thinks he's more sens than int...

* Verbal vs. Visual:

** Everyone is visual but Chris and Kimi, but       everyone is close to middle again

* Global vs. Sequential:

** Everyone's really close to the middle again

** Tylor prides himself on the ability to see big       picture but do details too... bouncing back and forth is really important

** Everyone does both in different situations (ex.       math class vs. design class)

** Engineering lends itself to both - ex. beam       theory, but being able to apply it everywhere

** ETRAPOLATION is super-important\!

  Learning to build a house, then being       asked to build a boat

* General comments:

** MIT has screwed us up... L

** Everyone is a little of everything, always

** These things are good for dysfunctional groups,       but not so much for us (hooray\!

  We       rock. J)

** Nobody here is very extreme - everyone is well-balanced

** Engineering makes us tend towards the middle

**- Chris is the baby\!

  And he's the most extreme.

  We will fix that. J *{+}Brainstorm Recap:+** Tylor: "the brainstorming session expanded my design      concept"... was very much wedded to the idea of a cheaper cylinder w/ spout...      that is different now

** Stepped back and looked at bare essentials ("we       want to sanitize water")

* Action items: Get feedback from Victor/Derek

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* Tylor:
** Springs w/ platform à mechanically limits dispensing of Cl depending on weight of container
** Kimi's summary: liquid, pre-mixed chlorine...       similar to what's already out there but addresses variable dosing
** New idea: storage thing could be put under the       platform so it's shielded from light/heat...

**- Eliminates a lot of material: you just need 4        springs, bag/container, and a pump

** Kimi: doesn't address the issue of incomplete       dosing near the bottom

** Disadvantage of this: pumps need to be "primed"       (pumped a couple of times before it actually dispenses)

* Christine:

** Fixed volume type of dispenser à direct feedback weight and dosing

* Chris:

** Mostly covered by previous two (sorry\!)

** Level indicators (google this)

* Becca:

** In the end, have a CHEAP version, AND an       INGELLIGENT version

** Likes the idea of having it on the ground       instead of on a stand, and having some sort of pump up

** Adjusting for height of container: "telescoping"       valve for adjustability, cranking, pin

** Syringe dispensing (to address issue of seeing       how much is coming out)

** Taste is limiting factor... is there an additive       to decrease bad taste?

* Pugh Chart:

** Variable dosing (auto-detecting of size) à springs vs. pressure column

** Container
** Height adjust
** Kimi: the scope of our parameters are pretty       small
** You can break down into multiple Pugh charts       (for example, one for dispensing, one for variable dosing, etc)
** BE QUANTITATIVE à calculating k constants       of springs?
** Accurate vs. precise
** ACTION ITEM: before next meeting, everyone       should look at concepts and GROUP them (by Pugh chart category)
** Focus on container (bucket or bag), delivery,       measurement (look at it or weigh it?)
** Baseline: chlorine dispenser as it is right now
* What to do with low cost vs. cool extra features dilemma?