Video Conference between the Technical Team and Paul Fucile, Senior Engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

January 16, 2014

 

Our technical team sat in a video conference with Paul Fucile, the senior engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic in Massachusetts. In this conference the team and Mr. Fucile went over some basics of curcuitry and discussed the role of impedence in the electronic aspect of our invention. Mr. Fucile also gave us some helpful suggestions as to the structure of the dock fixture and the means of mounting it to a dock. Next Thursday, January 23, we will be meeting again with Mr. Fucile via video conference.

 

 

We're Back!

I hope you had an enjoyable holiday season! After a nice holiday break a a great deal of school cancellations and delays due to frigid temperatures and snow and snow and more snow, we're back working full speed ahead! Be expecting more regular updates from our Facebook, Twitter, and blog! Our wave tank is almost ready to go and we're discussing ways we can make our invention work as efficiently as possible.
We are planning lots of exciting things, so get ready!

Facebook

We are making excellent progress fulfilling several of our goals. We have a wave tank constructed that will soon be fully functioning (see images below). Once that is complete we will begin creating the smaller-scale generator model. In addition, we have active accounts on Twitter, and Facebook. Along the lines of making a model generator to light an LED, our tech team is currently working on charging a battery by passing a super-magnet through a copper coil.

 

 

News Eagle Article!

We are continuing to get press coverage as we work on our invention! Our local newpaper interviewed us the night that Leigh visited us, and a very nicely written article was released recently. You can find it online here!

Mayor Hawk

Hello again everyone! We have recently received a phone call from the mayor of our town, Kevin Hawk. He called to tell us that he received something in the mail telling him about what our InvenTeam was doing! He called our advisor and he wanted to know more aboutour invention process. We are currently in the process of getting an email back to him to tell him all about the Lemelson MIT program, and what we hope to accomplish with the grant we have been awarded. He plans on formally recognizing us at a community Earth Day presentation. We're very excited and honored for this opportunity!