Members Attending: Harri Ko, Julie Schwartz, Cat Hanna, Margaret Ding, Tim Bond, Sarah Clement, Rachel Philipson, Joe BeaudetteRegular Meetings: Monday Nights
Next Meeting: TBD in class, sometime Tuesday (9/14)

-Solidified Team Roles/Tasks and Responsibilities (cont. from last meeting)-Roles: -Group Leader: Harri Ko
-Cook: Rotating
-Recorder: Rotating
-Webmaster: Julie Schwartz
-Liason w. NGO: Sarah Clement-Tasks and Responsibilities:
-Maintain website wiki/weekly reports, meeting minutes by recorder, maintain team design notebook, written proposal, proposal presentation, communication with NGO, create budget, review previous work and assess situation, develop testing procedures-Completed worksheet to turn in to class 9/14
-Coined team name

-Research Papers-Shared and discussed relevance of everyone's findings
-Compiled comprehensive list (Rachel will write up)
-Compelling issues:-Content learned vs. ability to present topic
-Understanding how our current solar oven design works
-Solar oven acceptance into different cultures
-Solar oven design: parabolic shapes, pyramid model, angles of facades, etc.
-Cooking vessel/heating plate geometries, # of pots and orientations
-Testing procedures and comparisons
-Insulation and availability of insulation materials in Nicaragua
-For next meeting:-Ask professor about research paper presentation format/requirements
-Objective next meeting:-Decide which research paper to present Thursday (9/16)-Create research paper presentation

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