Week of 2/21/11

This week we had no formal meeting with our mentor and instead focused on completing many of the goals we have due in the coming weeks. At our first meeting of the week we decided to tackle some of these goals by breaking into the subgroups that had goals due the soonest. The subgroups whose goals we decided to work on were the Marketing and Materials and Building teams. The Marketing team worked on organizing the information we have about the different costs related to the cold chain in a more efficient manner, as well as finding a template for a marketing plan that we hope to have finished before the end of the semester. The Materials and Building team was focused on compiling a list of the necessary materials that will need to be ordered.

For our second meeting of the week, we decided to meet at the usual time that we would have met with Dr. Shah. Again, we broke into subgroups. Kelly and Matt worked on COMSOL some more, hoping to have success after the Tuesday breakthrough that came with the help of Dr. Kim. The rest of the team discussed our goal of having our Thesis Paper written by the end of the semester. We decided that everyone should have their respective parts of the paper done before Spring Break, so that we can have a first draft compiled and ready to edit after we get back from break. We also discussed the possibility of attending the Unite for Sight Global Health and Innovation Conference, taking place April 16th & 17th at Yale University. The conference is $125 per person and the deadline to register at this price is Monday, so we must decide on this matter quickly. If we wish to register we must also submit a proposal to Gemstone ASAP. We hope to be able to send at least two or three members of our team to this conference.

We look forward to having Dr. Shah back next week and discussing everything we were able to accomplish.
Let's keep up the good work team!

-Anthony