Thesis – timeline

It is now the start of week 4 in my thesis semester  ::gasp::
Now is the time to attempt a realistic over all view of the time I have and what I intend to do with it. Having a hard time planning anything 1 week in advance, I’ll be filling in and changing details as I go. There are the milestones that I can fill in now, such as midterm presentations, when the paper is due, so on and forth…

WEEK 4
feb. 11-18
-sketch out ways of designing 2 sensors using various materials
-start fabricating 2 basic sensors
a large squishy ball
a tendril of which to pull on
-order materials.

I need to work on how I am going to design a felt sensor that will give me a consistent reading of resistance. I have some ideas on how to do that. I just need to start testing them out.

WEEK 5
feb. 18-25
-Keep fabricating these two sensors and troubleshooting methods of design.
-sketch new designs for these two and sketch out at least 5 new ones for different actions
-think of shapes and possibly make mock-ups to give to people to see how they react with them
-finalize method of controlling resistance

WEEK 6
feb. 25-mar. 4
midterm presentations
-work on perfecting designs and experimenting
-finalize at least one that works, hook up to output
-outline of paper

WEEK 7
mar. 4-mar. 11
midterm presentations
-work on perfecting designs and experimenting

WEEK 8
mar. 11-mar. 18
-make an outline of paper
-Stop, reflect and reassess

WEEK 9 (spring break)
mar. 18-mar. 25
-start writing paper
-work on perfecting designs and experimenting
-figure out output

WEEK 10
mar. 25-apr. 1
-enter photos, url, title and brief description for thesis project into the database
-work on perfecting designs and experimenting

WEEK 11
apr. 1-apr. 8
-Stop and reflect what I have done and start putting together a narrative and conclusion.

WEEK 12
apr. 8-apr. 15
-I want to be finished…
-Know what my conclusions are… failures and successes

tuesday 13th
- post four completed sensors with data and videos to entice people to use them
- come up with solid pixel by pixel final
- organize new documentation and put up headers for tutorials

wednesday 14th
- work on draft of final presentation
- work on paper

WEEK 13
apr. 15-apr. 22
-possibly give the working sensors to people to see how they would use them.

thursday 15th
- casual presentations to class
- shoot tutorials

friday 16th
- go to library
- work on first draft of paper
- crochet more stretch sensors

saturday 17th
- finish first draft of paper

sunday 18th
- tutorials
- work on paper

monday 19th
- finish first draft of paper
- tutorials/edit vid
- make midi patch for ted
- make basic arduino code for reading sensor
- softness homework

tuesday 20th
- finish final draft of paper
- p_by_p homework

wednesday 21st
- proof read final draft of paper/revisions

WEEK 14
apr. 22-apr. 29
-final presentations

thursday 22nd
- final draft due

friday 23rd

saturday 24th

sunday 25th

monday 26th

tuesday 27th

wednesday 28th
- final presentations

WEEK 15
apr. 29-may 6
-practice presenting in room with light and podium.
-thesis presentation on may 6th!!

thursday 29th
- final presentations

friday 30th

saturaday 1st

sunday 2nd

monday 3rd

tuesday 4th

wednesday 5th

thursday 6th
!!!!final presentation!!!!