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Before the semester started I spent a week or so updating the wiki and getting the upper level pages ready for the new team. I reformatted the research page and changed the navigation bar to create a distinct team resources space that brings together all of the pages that people working on the project could need. i also consolidated many pages and re-wrote large portions of the formatting guide so that it was more accessible. Since then I have created the syllabus for the semester, organized guest speakers, gotten the teams organized, and helped with random little things. Lately I have gotten the brochure done with Chi-Chi and made the info sheets for the donor packet. I have also been grading assignments throughout the semester and keeping track of those administrative things.
For the second half of the semester I worked mostly with the outreach team reorganizing and training them. My goal was to help the new members on that team become proficient with AguaClara so they can take on greater responsibilities next year. I also continued to keep track of grades and assignments, organize discussions, and help teams with their wiki reports by hosting office hours and helping with anything from debugging Mathcad code to formatting equations.
Fall 2008- Automated Chem Doser
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The wiki was new this semester, and I spent my free time trying to introduce it to the group in an efficient manner. We had to devise an entire structure for page creation, and a way to allow subteams to pass their work cleanly to the next semester. This also tied in well with my attemps to streamline assignments and grading for AguaClara. I created Assignments section in the wiki in an attempt to make it clear to students what was expected. I also spent a fair amount of time just reading through the wiki and deleting blank pages or moving pages that had been added in the wrong places, or helping team members learn how to use the wiki. The last aspect of the wiki I was heavily involved in was creating common pages for the team. I formatted the Home page, attempting to make it appear nicer, I tranferred many of the materials from the old website to the wiki, and I wrote a Technology Overview and ran an Events Outreach Calendar page.
The third aspect of my main contribution to the team this semester was through outreach. The outreach team did not have any engineers with team experience, so early in the semester they came to me with many technical questions. As the team shrank over the semester, I took on more regular outreach tasks. I have made two final posters, for the ESW conference and the EPA Science Forum, and helped edit/rewrite the hallway poster. I also took care of organizing and running numerous info sessions and demo plant demonstrations.
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