Week 3

1. Continue research
1. Jesse + Joe - electricity and power portion of the project
1. Volts or Watts?
2. DC?
3. Current of Solar cell?
4. Series or Parallel circuit
5. relationship between watts and volts
6. What is the standard output of a solar panel?
2. Begin Design of system
1. Eric - Creo design of stand and actual system
1. What are the dimensions of the entire system?
2. How will they interact with each other?
3. Aesthetics?
3. Research Cost of Materials
1. Allan
1. How much is needed?
2. Where can we find the cheapest solar cells?
3. Wholesale?
4. For Next Week:
1. Have a tentative design of the actual system
2. Have the materials ordered and shipped
3. Have a strong knowledge of circuit theory and how the electricity will be stored and used
   
   

Week Two

Goals: Establish a topic and brainstorm a general solution to that topic.

Getting Started

After week one the group has decided on an general topic idea. The group has thought of an idea to which will filter water via creating steam and then using gravel and sand filters. The whole thing will be powered by solar panels on the outside of the device. The goal is to have this device filter dirty water with only using sunlight since in many third world countries the amount of days with usable sunlight is high.