The mystery of the ball bearing motor 2019 weekly progress

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Weekly progress and questions

This is where you record your progress and ask questions. Make sure you update this every week. The deadline is every Friday evening. However, if you sometimes slip a little into the weekend (so long as you don't do it too often) we won't be too hard on your marks.

Please remember that we make use of this progress section to give you your project mark. Your mark will suffer if you don't complete this section.

Semester 1 Week 1

Jayden

  1. Week 1 work done:
    1. Self preparation:
      1. Looked into what the Ball Bearing Motor is and what the mystery was about.
      2. Watched videos on the Ball Bearing Motor.
    2. Initial meeting with Richard.
    3. Attended the Final Year Project Briefing session on Thursday.
      1. Provided an insight of what is expected and outline of what we to this year.
    4. Organised a meeting in week 2 with Richard and Derek.
  1. Goals for week 2:
    1. To discuss how we will be conducting this project.
    2. To identify the deliverables.

Richard

  1. Week 1 work done:
    • Did background research on the ball bearing motor including watching videos and reading into some theories online
    • Started journal entries in a word document
    • Met up with Jayden and set up a meeting with Derek Abott
    • Attended a Final Year Project (FYP) briefing that explained what the deliverables are and the date of the mile stones.
  2. Goals for week 2:
    • Meet up with Derek to discuss project details
    • Attend meeting on Project Mechanisms

Semester 1 Week 2

Jayden

  1. Week 2 work done:
    1. Attended a meeting with Richard.
      1. Talked about the things we want to discuss with our supervisor Derek.
    2. First meeting with Derek.
      1. Discussed what was done in previous years.
      2. Discussed in detail what we will be doing this year.
    3. Attended Mechanism session with Andrew Heathershaw
      1. Told us about the facilities available for us to use and how we would go about contacting the technical team if we were to use these areas.
        1. To use these areas we were required to complete all necessary inductions as well as to write a Risk Assessment document (RA) and a Safe Operating Procedure (SOP) document.
  1. Goals for week 3:
    1. To have a rough copy of the RA & SOP completed and ready to be checked by our supervisor.

Richard

  1. Week 2 work done:
    • Met up with Jayden before meeting up with Derek. We discussed some of the things we would like to ask him.
    • Meeting with Derek
      • Discussed details about the ball bearing motor including an overview of existing theories
      • Also discussed what was done in previous years and how we're going to use a program to simulate the ball bearing motor as well as conducting an experiment using gallium
    • Attended a FYP session on project Mechanisms, conducted by Andrew Heathershaw. This Included:
      • Who to contact for certain resources.
      • The need to complete a risk assessment and safe operating procedure document
      • The need to complete a HSW course online.
  2. Goals for week 3: Complete a draft of the RA and SOP
    • Start the RA and SOP for Derek to Review
    • Attend FYP sessions on looking for literature and giving effective presenations
    • Have a list of materials and their costs

Semester 1 Week 3

Jayden

  1. Week 3 work done:
    1. Attended a meeting with Richard.
      1. Went through the rough draft of the RA and SOP.
      2. Looked through the pricing of the parts we need for this project.
    2. Attended the session on Literature Search with Ainsley Painter and Angela Mills.
      1. Talked about search strategies we can utilise in our project.
    3. Attended the session on Presenting with Prof Derek Abbott.
      1. Talked about what makes good talk slides.
        1. Gave examples of what to do and what not to do.
  1. Goals for week 4:
    1. Start working on Proposal slides.

Richard

  1. Week 3 work done:
    • Worked on and completed a draft of RA and SOP with Jayden.
    • Looked at the prices of the materials we need for the project, comparing different metals and their prices.
    • Attended a FYP session on looking for literature. This was conducted by Ainsley Painter and Angela Mills.
    • Attended a FYP session on giving an effective presentation. This was conducted by Derek Abbott.
  2. Goals for week 4:
    • Meet up with Jayden so we can discuss how we can split up the proposal presentation and then begin working on it.

Semester 1 Week 4

Jayden

  1. Week 4 work done:
    1. Attended meeting with Richard.
      1. Discussed who was presenting what for the Proposal seminar.
      2. Discussed any queries we may need to ask Derek.
    2. Second meeting with our supervisor Derek.
      1. Went through the RA & SOP.
        1. Some health & safety concerns were left out that needed to be included.
        2. Need to make the documents more formal.
      2. Went through the prices for the parts needed for the project.
  1. Goals for week 5:
    1. To have the Proposal slides ready to be rehearsed.

Richard

  1. Week 4 work done:
    • Met up with Jayden to discuss presentation details. We evenly split the presentation into two different parts and we began working on our selected section.
    • Met up with Derek to go over RA and SOP.
      • He gave us feed-back and told us what we were missing.
      • We also showed him the prices of the materials we have found and ultimately decided that gallium was the best choice.
  2. Goals for week 5:
    • Fix RA and SOP and have my sections of the presentation ready to be rehearsed.

Semester 1 Week 5

Jayden

  1. Week 5 work done:
    1. Attended usual meeting with Richard.
      1. Collaborated our Proposal slides; giving feedback to each other.
    2. Booked and attended meeting to rehearse proposal slides in the project room 430.
    3. Booked the project rooms: 428 and 430 for next week to rehearse proposal slides.
  1. Goals for week 6:
    1. To submit our Proposal slides.
    2. To have rehearsed our Proposal slides in front Derek.
    3. To attend one of the Thursday seminar sessions.

Richard

  1. Week 5 work done:
    • Booked a study room so that Jayden and I could rehearse our presentation.
      • Jayden gave me feedback on my part of the presentation and me to him.
      • Found that we were 2 minutes below the minimum time limit hence we added more information to both our parts.
  1. Goals for week 6:
    • Meet up with Jayden before meeting up with Derek to rehearse updated presenation and submit slides
    • Meet up with Derek to obtain his feedback on the presenation
    • Attend presentation given by three other FYP groups

Semester 1 Week 6

Jayden

  1. Week 6 work done:
    1. Rehearsed proposal slides twice in the corresponding project rooms in the hub: 428 and 430.
    2. Had a meeting with Derek.
      1. Went through our Proposal slides and got feedback.
    3. Corrected our slides using the feedback we got from Derek.
    4. Submitted our Proposal slides.
    5. Attend a seminar session on Thursday.
  1. Goals for Semester 1 Mid-Semester break:
    1. To present our proposal slides on the seminar on Monday.
    2. Organise with workshop people to have the ball bearing motor constructed.
    3. To contact Lyall Weir about obtaining the simulation program COMSOL.

Richard

  1. Week 6 work done:
    • Met up with Jayden to rehearse presentation. After updating it, we found that we are now only a couple of seconds below the maximum time limit.
    • Showed Derek our slides and he gave us feedback.
    • Updated our slides to correspond with Derek's Feedback and then submitted them.
    • Attended the presentations given by our peers. Really good presentations. Showed us somethings that Jayden and I can incorporate in our presentations like what to do with our cue cards.
  1. Goals for Semester 1 Mid-Semester break:
    • Memorise my part of my presentation so that i can confidently and effectively communicate our ideas on Monday when we present to our peers.

Semester 1 Mid-Semester Break

Jayden

  1. Semester 1 Mid-Semester break work done:
    1. Presented Proposal seminar first week of break on Monday in EMG06.
    2. Emailed Lyall Weir about receiving the simulation software 'ÇOMSOL'
    3. Stayed in contact with Richard.
      1. Talked about future plans for the project.
  1. Goals for week 7:
    1. To have a meeting with Richard.
      1. Discuss next steps for the project.
    2. To organise with the workshop people to have the ball bearing motor constructed.
    3. To organise a meeting with Derek.

Richard

  1. Semester 1 Mid-Semester break work done:
    • Presented our Proposal. Thought it went really well, both Jayden and I were able to communicate our ideas without having to look at our cue cards and we comfortably made it between the given time limits.
    • Contacted Lyall Weir about obtaining COMSOL
  2. Goals for week 7:
    • Have meeting with Jayden to talk about the project
    • Meet up with the staff in the workshop
    • Meet up with Derek

Semester 1 Week 7

Jayden

  1. Week 7 work done:
    1. Organised a meeting in week 8 with Richard and Derek.
    2. Looked into obtaining a trial version of the simulation software 'COMSOL'
  1. Goals for week 8:
    1. To have a meeting with Derek to approve our order for the gallium.
    2. To have installed the simulation software and experiment with it.
    3. To have started the draft thesis.

Richard

  1. Week 7 work done:
    • Tried putting in the order for gallium, however there were some sections that i could not fill out.
  2. Goals for week 8:
    • Ask Derek how to fill out missing sections for gallium order
    • Start simulation on COMSOL.
    • Attend FYP session on Ingenuity and another on the draft thesis.

Semester 1 Week 8

Jayden

  1. Week 8 work done:
    1. Attended a meeting with Richard and Derek.
    2. Attended the Ingenuity session with Wee-Ching Kong.
      1. Gave us a broad insight of what to expect at Ingenuity.
    3. Attended the Thesis Writing session with Danny Gibbins.
      1. Went through the structure of the thesis.
  2. Goals for week 9:
    1. To continue writing the draft thesis.

Richard

  1. Week 8 work done:
    • Attended FYP session on Ingenuity given by Wee-Ching Kong and another session on Thesis Structure given by Danny Gibbins.
    • Met up with Derek and asked about gallium form. Was told to talk to Hong Gunn. He also showed us where Lyall's office was so we can insist on getting COMSOL as soon as possible.
    • Started Thesis Draft
  2. Goals for week 9:
    • Find out more about gallium order.
    • Continue working on thesis draft.

Semester 1 Week 9

Jayden

  1. Week 9 work done:
    1. Worked on the draft thesis.
    2. Submitted a workbench request, specifying for it to have the simulation software 'COMSOL Multiphysics' installed on it.
  1. Goals for week 10:
    1. To continue writing the draft thesis.

Richard

  1. Week 9 work done:
    • Worked on Thesis draft.
    • Submitted gallium order form.
  1. Goals for week 10:
    • Continue working on thesis draft.

Semester 1 Week 10

Jayden

  1. Week 10 work done:
    1. Worked on the draft thesis.
  1. Goals for week 11:
    1. To have recreated the experiment: Faraday's Needle with the program 'COMSOL'
      1. Obtained results that match up with the expected results.
      2. To include these results in the draft thesis.
    2. To continue writing the draft thesis.
    3. To have a meeting or at least arrange a meeting with Derek before the draft thesis is due.
      1. To go through my thesis draft as well as Richard's draft
      2. To obtain feedback on what we should include or what is not needed.

Richard

  1. Week 10 work done:
    • Felt very ill. Took a couple of days off to rest
    • Slightly continued working on thesis draft
  2. Goals for week 11:
    • Continue working on thesis draft.
    • Obtain Feedback on thesis draft from Derek.
    • Attend FYP session on IP and patents

Semester 1 Week 11

Jayden

  1. Week 11 work done:
    1. Worked on the draft thesis.
    2. Attended a meeting with Derek to check through my draft thesis.
      1. Obtained feedback for my thesis.
    3. Attended the session on IP and Patents by Kin Seong Leong.
  1. Goals for week 12:
    1. To continue writing and finalise the draft thesis.
    2. To submit draft thesis.

Richard

  1. Week 11 work done:
    • Attended meeting with Jayden and Derek to obtain feedback on thesis draft. Although mine was not finished, Jayden's thesis was similar hence i can incorporate the feedback given to him into my own thesis.
    • Derek showed us where the electronic store was and there we met a man named Danny who was able to show us the different kinds of encoding disks, photo sensors and other things we may need.
    • Attended FYP session on IP, patents and trademarks given by Kin Seong Leong.
  2. Goals for week 12:
    • Complete and submit draft thesis.
    • Put journal entries onto wiki page

Semester 1 Week 12

Jayden

  1. Week 12 work done:
    1. Finalized and submitted draft thesis.
  1. Goals for week 13:
    1. To find out what sort of encoder wheel we will be using for our gallium experiment.
    2. To organise the construction of the original large ball bearing motor.

Richard

  1. Week 12 work done:
    • Completed and submitted thesis draft
    • Put journal entries onto wiki page
  2. Goals for week 13:
    • Look into encoding disks and photo-sensors in accordance to what Danny said

Semester 1 Week 13

Jayden

  1. Week 13 work done:
    1. Talked to Danny about the gallium experiment setup.
    2. Organised a meeting for next with our co-supervisor Andrew.
  1. Goals for semester 1 break:
    1. To have constructed and recorded the large ball bearing motor powered by a car battery.
    2. To have all the parts ordered for the gallium experiment.
    3. To have used COMSOL to simulate Faraday's needle and simulate a simplified version of the ball bearing motor.

Richard

  1. Week 13 work done:
  1. Goals for semester 1 break:

Semester 1 break

Jayden

  1. Semester 1 break work done:
    1. Constructed and operated the Ball Bearing Motor.
      1. Filmed the construction and operation of the Ball Bearing Motor.
  1. Goals for week 1:
    1. To put together the YouTube video for the Ball Bearing Motor.

Richard

  1. Semester 1 break work done:
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Semester 2 Week 1

Jayden

  1. Week 1 work done:
    1. YouTube video has been put together.
  1. Goals for week 2:
    1. To meet with Andrew and Derek about the gallium experiment.
      1. To also share what has been done and where we are at now.
    2. To get all the parts sorted out and ordered for the gallium experiment.

Richard

  1. Week 1 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 2

Jayden

  1. Week 2 work done:
    1. Uploaded YouTube video
    2. Looked into methods of obtaining torque
  1. Goals for week 3:
    1. To meet with either Derek or Andrew and share our way of obtaining torque

Richard

  1. Week 2 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 3

Jayden

  1. Week 3 work done:
    1. Looked into where I can obtain parts for torque meter
  1. Goals for week 4:
    1. To share to our supervisors our way of obtaining torque

Richard

  1. Week 3 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 4

Jayden

  1. Week 4 work done:
    1. Created 3D model of torque meter setup.
    2. Attended Ingenuity Exhibitor briefing #1
      1. Went through how to prepare for Ingenuity and some tips for presenting work
    3. Had a meeting with Andrew on Thursday
      1. Showed our approach on obtaining torque for the gallium experiment
      2. Recommended that we remove the mechanical slip ring and have a no contact mechanism for measuring torque
    4. Went to the ChemStore to collect the gallium that was ordered
    5. Had a meeting with Derek on Friday
      1. Presented the Ball Bearing Motor Mystery YouTube video I created
      2. Showed our approach on obtaining torque for the gallium experiment
      3. Showed Derek the gallium that was ordered
  2. Goals for week 5:

Richard

  1. Week 4 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 5

Jayden

  1. Week 5 work done:
    1. Brought a Arduino Mega and LCD shield from Jaycar
    2. Ordered a photo interrupter on Ebay
  1. Goals for week 6:
    1. To test the photo interrupter

Richard

  1. Week 5 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 6

Jayden

  1. Week 6 work done:
    1. Got the photo interrupter working
      1. Measured rpm of a drill on low power and high power
    2. Ordered tungsten disks and tungsten rods
  1. Goals for week 7:
    1. To setup the torque meter

Richard

  1. Week 6 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 7

Jayden

  1. Week 7 work done:
    1. Created and uploaded the YouTube video 'Reactions of metals with Gallium'
  1. Goals for week 8:
    1. To get parts ready for the gallium experiment

Richard

  1. Week 7 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 8

Jayden

  1. Week 8 work done:
    1. Collected 3D printed parts for the gallium experiment
  1. Goals for semester 2 break:
    1. To conduct the gallium experiment
    2. To start the final thesis
    3. To start the poster
    4. To add more content to the wiki

Richard

  1. Week 8 work done:
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Semester 2 Break

Jayden

  1. Semester 2 break work done:
    1. Brought a tachometer to measure rpm from Altronics
  1. Goals for week 9:
    1. To continue writing the thesis, poster and wiki content
    2. To share gallium experiment results with Derek and Andrew

Richard

  1. Semester 2 break work done:
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Semester 2 Week 9

Jayden

  1. Week 9 work done:
    1. Measured Torque and RPM of the ball bearing motor
  1. Goals for week 10:
    1. To draft poster with Derek and Andrew
    2. To submit the poster
    3. To continue writing the thesis and wiki content

Richard

  1. Week 9 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 10

Jayden

  1. Week 10 work done:
    1. Submitted poster for Ingenuity
    2. Submitted RA for Ingenuity
    3. Worked on Final Thesis
  1. Goals for week 11:
    1. To work Final Thesis
    2. To work on Project Wiki
    3. To prepare pitches for Ingenuity
    4. To prepare for Final Seminar
    5. To work on a video for the last experiments done

Richard

  1. Week 10 work done:
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Semester 2 Week 11

Jayden

  1. Week 11 work done:
    1. Worked on Final Thesis
    2. Worked on Project wiki
    3. Got gallium contained and labelled for Ingenuity
  1. Goals for week 12:
    1. To work Final Thesis
    2. To do well at Ingenuity
    3. To prepare for Final Seminar
    4. To work on a video for the last experiments done

Richard

  1. Week 11 work done:
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