Greetings Professor,

Thanks for the email. Let us first introduce ourselves. Our team consists of 4
members: Adam Boeckmann, Michael Olson, Andrew Camp, and Kevin Hughes. All of us
are computer engineering seniors here at Purdue and are graduating this December.

From our understanding our class is very similar to one of the semesters at
Villanova. Ours requires that we design and build a prototype of a digital
embedded system. Approximately every week we are expected to move along stepwise
through the design process. A direct link to the schedule:
https://engineering.purdue.edu/ece477/Docs/sched.pdf
The important deadlines are in the bright yellow and cyan blocks(usually due on
Fridays).

Currently we need to make 5 Project Specific Success Criterias (PSSCs)
These set of PSSCs were suggested by Professor Meyer: (however we would
appreciate input from the Villanova Team as well.)

1. An ability to recharge and monitor an integrated (lithium ion) battery.
2. An ability to sense impact data using 3-D accelerometers.
3. An ability to generate an audible alert when a programmable impact
    threshold has been exceeded.
4. An ability to log/timestamp impact data on a removable memory device
    (SD card or USB memory stick).
5. An ability to remotely monitor real-time impact data and tune impact
    detection thresholds via an embedded web server.

After we have established our PSSCs we need to begin the Design Constraints
Analysis and Packing Constraints Analysis. Initially the Design Constraints were
due this Friday, so we need to begin work as soon as possible to get caught up
with our regular schedule.

We were wondering what state the project is currently in. If you could give us
the contact information for the team members at Villanova, it would be very
helpful.  We look forward to collaborating with Villanova on this project!

-Team2



Quoting Ed Dougherty <edougherty@ablazedevelopment.com>:

> Hi Students,
>
> I just wanted to introduce myself... I am professor Dougherty of
> Villanova University.  I will be working with you on the joint project
> with the Villanova seniors re: an instrumented football helmet.
>
> Attached is an article that was just published this week in Villanova's
> Alumni magazine about one of my other projects.   I thought it might be
> a good introduction to me (especially since it puts me in a good light.)
>
> Anyway... I have a number of ideas of how we can work together, but I'd
> first like to know if you have any thoughts. _Please let me know what
> you are hoping to accomplish with the project_ and then we can start to
> work on a joint plan.
>
> Though it may be a little difficult for us to all work remotely team...
> that also should be part of the fun and provide some real world
> situations.   So let's go.
>
> Best,
>
> Professor Ed Dougherty
>
> 484-557-6590