====== Weekly Meeting- October 30, 2014 ====== **Attended: Dr. Kuh, Andy, Kenny, Zach, Conrad, Sean, Daisy, Ryan, Christie** =====Ryan and Christie’s presentation on updates for plotting class and website===== * Plotting class has its own repo on Github * Will be using new website medium =====Funding===== * EPA P3 Program funding * Funding renewable energy projects * Could use our current project and just write proposals for it * Smart thermostat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8TkhHgkBsg * Two phase contest * First phase compete for $15,000 grants to do research * Final projects include Phase I project report and Phase II proposal * P3 award is $75,000 to best student designs * Need to consider how our project contributes to public * Data * Kenny working on organizing data and making publicly accessible * Deadline: December 16, 2014 * Mentorship * Dr. Kuh applied for funding from EE department * Waiting to hear back from NSF funding * $10,000-$11,000 supplement undergraduate support =====Box Updates===== * Holmes Hall box * Still need to take down box from Holmes Hall roof * Box probably has enough power but in bad state * Take down by next week * Contact Severine * Hokulani box * Still waiting for response from Hokulani =====Team Get-Together===== * Maybe on one of the two Tuesday holidays * Picnic, walk, hike =====496 Projects===== * Conrad and Zach * Date set * Dr. Kuh will not be here =====Next week’s meeting===== * Andy and Kenny give overall update * Daisy presents following week