Week 11 update

 We talked with Zealy and he wants to run all of the lights, two-four laptops, a projector and some microscopes.The estimated wattage is around 650 watts per hour. Adding 150 watts as a safety takes our max wattage to 800. Using this we get a price of around $200 per hour to run off of battery.

Week 11

 We are meeting with Zealy later today to plan what we are going to do and what he expects of the solar bus. We have also started researching on what options we have for the bus.

Week 10 Update

 Brandon and I met with Zealy and it is official, the solar bench is dead, long live the solar bus. We scheduled for a tour of the water bus on Monday. The bus is in a rough condition, one of the generators does not work and the paint is in rough condition.

STOP THE PRESSES

Mr. Zealy has inquired about changing my senior project, It will be fully funded by FERN and will involve making a folding solar array for the water bus.
   

Week 10

• Lumber has been bought for the bench, I need to bring it in.
• I still need to order the Solar panel and batteries
• Go over the first four pages of the proposal draft and work on another page.
  

Week 9 update

This week was interesting, Wednesday I met with Mr. Zealy and he said that I could get parts of my project funded by FERN. Page 3-4 of the proposal has been drafted and I could not start building the bench.

Week 9 goals

Goals

• Buy all the lumber by Wednesday.
• Work on page 3-4 of proposal
• start building bench

Week 8 update

This week was an extremely productive week, I finished page 2 of the proposal, sent another email not only to Broward Transportation regarding the bench but also to Dr. Simmons, head of FGCU's solar program, asking him if he would be willing to be a mentor. I updated the parts list with a few minor differences in price. The letter for Ms. Brown was sent and signed, and I am in the process of updating the blog with more details.

Week 8 goals

• Continue to work on Research Proposal, try to finish page 2-3.
• re-send email regarding bench.
• Check over solid works dimensions / redo if necessary 
• Update parts list and make sure all parts are in stock
• Make a letter for Ms.Brown getting permission to put the bench in garden.
• Revamp blog
  

Week 7 end

Still waiting for a response from broward county regarding getting a bench from them. Finished the rough draft for the Proposal introduction.

Week 7 goals

Review the requirements for the Proposal intro, after having reviewed them, complete the introduction and title page for the Proposal.

Week 6 End

After rigorous researching about the various parts, I have come to the conclusion that all parts are compatible with each other, but I will need thicker wire than initially expected, solar panels take one to week to ship, all other parts are in stock and ship in 2-3 business days. The lumber is at home depot and can be purchased.

Week 6 goals

Send out emails regarding finding an individual to mentor me. Research more into details about the parts required, check that everything is compatible with each other and there are no conflicts between different parts. Also check what parts are in stock.

Timeline

Timeline:

Timeline    

Week of 10/6-10:  Check for responses from sponsors. Ensure funds for parts are available. Send another email if necessary. Check over solidworks and parts list to make sure all parts are readily available.

Week of 10/13-17:  Order parts for bench needed. Draft a plan to build bench/ layout all the materials as needed. Check if all tools required for building are available. Acquire tools that we do not have Ex: Jigsaw

Week of 10/20-24: Start building the body of the bench, also work a bit on writing the body of the research proposal.

Week of 10/27-31: Finish building the body of the bench, make the necessary holes/ mounts for the canopy to attach to it.
Week of 11/3-7: finish bench/ start building canopy

Week of 11/10-14: finish building canopy / start testing

Week of 11/24-28: finish testing

11/17 - 12/19 - Work on research proposal + ask someone to proof read.

12/22 - 1 /26 - Work on the project portfolio/ finish anything else needed.

2/2 - 2/27 - Organize poster board/ work on powerpoint

3/9 - 3/30 - Finishing touches on project overall

Week 5 goals

Organize a detailed timeline for my senior project.

Week 4 update

Here is the picture of the electrical drawing

Week 4

Blogger was down yesterday, so this is weekly goals for week 3.

• Create an electrical drawing of the array.
• Create an advanced budget.
  

Update week 2

The budget is composed below and the bench is drawn up. look at picture below.

MONEYZ

$179.99 - Solar panel with charge controller and mounting brackets

$50 - lumber

$15 - brackets and screws for lumber

$19.33 - 2 usb port

$14.95 - step down from 12v to 5v

$13.00 - led strip

Total - $292.27

Week Two, maybe servers are online now.

Goals for week two

• Try to draw up the bench again ( week one goal that was delayed due to problems with server certification)
•  Get a rough budget
• look at different bench styles

Hello my name is Andreas Sarris an I am a 17 year old as South Plantation High School, this is a blog about my senior project, a Solar bench that can charge phones and illuminate the user.

Update week 1

I have gotten together a to do list

• Basic design for the solar bench
• What bench is being used
• Update (8/29) How to make a bench
• What solar panels will be used?
• Necessary parts and supplies.
• How will waterproofing be applied?
• Update (8/29) How to waterproof wood

Also working on getting a functional part list

50W Solar panel kit

100W Solar Panel Kit

Step down

Led strips

USB protective

Week One

Goals for the week: Draw up the Preview of the Solar Bench, fix the blog.