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Design an instrument that measures the impacts of running using tibial acceleration data. The device should combine the use of accelerometers and gyroscopes, which will record data to an incorporated data logger. The device must be easily worn by the user, and the hardware should have the ability to do most of the data processing. This instrument will be used to diagnose stress fractures and other injuries related to running.
From Left: Matt Kudek, Nicole Daehn, Lindsey Carlson, Amanda Feest, Chelsea Wanta
Our project has been completed. Our final design is seen below.
This is a picture of the entire attachment system (excluding the belt). The accelerometer is secured with the elastic strap and the wires are attached to the outside of the leg using athletic tape.
This is our testing device that we used to test our accelerometer.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | January 26 | Assigned team roles and contacted client. |
| 2 | February 2 | Attended first client meeting and starting individual research on data loggers and acceleromators. |
| 3 | February 9 | Continued individual research and set up another client meeting for Feb. 23rd. Matt e-mailed the client about the data logger he found that might work. The remainder of the group completed most of the PDS report. |
| 4 | February 16 | We found several data loggers, met on 2-21 to discuss our findings and talked about bluetooth capabilities, and set up a client meeting for 2/23. |
| 5 | February 23 | We contacted Professor Webster about ideas on data loggers and will be attending a meeting with him and our client. |
| 6 | March 2 | We met with Professor Webster and our client on 3-2-07 to discuss the feasability of our options. We worked on and practiced our midsemester presentation. |
| 7 | March 9 | We had our presentation on 3-9-07. Amanda and Lindsey went to Dr. Heiderscheit’s lab to take pictures and evaluate his current set-up. |
| 8 | March 16 | We met at Wendt Library on 3-21-07 to discuss what specifications we want for our accelerometers and Matt proposed a design for testing our device. |
| 9 | March 23 | We met with our client on 3-23-07 to get some questions answered and decided there are three main goals we should accomplish: designing a sleeve to keep accelerometer firmly attached to the leg, a way to keep the wires to the data logger secure, and possibly design a way to test the data logging system. |
| 10 | March 30 | Spring Break |
| 11 | April 6 | We organized a meeting with our group to decide on our final design for the attachment system. |
| 12 | April 13 | We came up with the materials we are going to need for our testing device and plan to buy and build it next week. |
| 13 | April 20 | We built our test device and leg strap. |
| 14 | April 27 | We prepared for the final presentation and tested our device. |
| 15 | May 4 | We completed our final report and are going to meet with our client one last time to give him our leg strap and belt. |
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Mid-Semester Presentation (Mar 9 2007, 159 kb) |
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Mid-Semester Report (Mar 14 2007, 316 kb) |
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Final Poster (May 8 2007, 11083 kb) |
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Final Report (May 9 2007, 915 kb) |
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Project Design Specifications (May 9 2007, 10 kb) |
