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Our project is to design an improved child safety seat for use in abulances to better accommate the needs of EMTs while treating injured children in transit. The seat must allow the patient to be easily reclined to a horizontal position so that emergency care can be properly administered.

Our Design Team (left to right): Ross Gerber, Aman Ghotra, Erik Bieging, Miguel Benson, and Karim Muhamud
We have completed our prototype, and we have tested it. We have also completed our design report, and will be presenting the prototype soon.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 8 | Met with client, background research |
| 2 | September 15 | Continued research |
| 3 | September 22 | Met with client again and began brainstorming |
| 4 | September 29 | Continued developing ideas for the design |
| 5 | October 6 | Finalized design and disscussed it with client |
| 6 | October 13 | Prepared Mid-Semester Presentation |
| 7 | October 20 | Began to gather materials for prototype |
| 8 | October 27 | Made an overall plan for building prototype, and divided up tasks |
| 9 | November 3 | Built prototype |
| 10 | November 10 | Built prototype |
| 11 | November 17 | Built prototype |
| 12 | November 24 | Began working on final presentation and tested prototype |
| 13 | December 1 | Tested Prototype further and completed and rehersed final presentation |
| 14 | December 8 | Completed final design report and presented design |
| 15 | December 15 |
| Prliminary Product Design Specifications Report (Sep 21 2005, 16 kb) | |
| Mid-Semester Presentation (Oct 17 2005, 2132 kb) | |
| Design Video (Oct 17 2005, 4422 kb) | |
| Final Design Presentation (Dec 6 2005, 11699 kb) | |
| Design Report (Dec 7 2005, 499 kb) |