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KICKOFF

Wow, you must either be very, curious, or have a lot of time on your hands to have found this secret message. There’s no prize though. Isn’t really a point to it either; it’s just here innit?

Well, you’re here, so might as well follow this link over here:

http://img.ifcdn.com/images/2bcba8124db76ff0456a5f84259813cb3c50f54c824cc91823055ba186382d0b_1.gif

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Past Projects
  • Timeline
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Timeline
  • Past Projects
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Timeline
  • Past Projects
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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Officer Board

https://www.build18.org/contact

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What’s Build18?

(besides amazing, of course)

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Build18 is a weeklong hardware hackathon during syllabus week of spring semester

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What is Build18?

  • Weeklong hardware hackathon in spring semester syllabus week
  • Season starts today
  • Teams of 2-5 people
  • Come up with your own project idea
  • $250 for parts to design and build your project (Track 1), and possibly even more money (Track 2)
  • Companies send engineers during build week to talk and interact with builders

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Past Projects
  • Timeline
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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Past Projects: Wizard Chess

video

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Past Projects: Destination Constellation

garage

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Past Projects: MinesweepAr

garage

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Past Projects
  • Timeline
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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Important Dates

  • 09/13 - Kickoff (you’re here!)
  • TBD - Tutorials
  • 10/13 - Track 2 proposals due
  • 10/14-20 - Track 2 proposal meetings
  • 10/27 - Track 1 proposals due
  • ​
  • 11/24 - Final parts list due
  • 01/13-19 - Build Week (first week back in the spring)

these dates are also in our events calendar

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Past Projects
  • Timeline
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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Tutorials

  • Project Brainstorming
  • Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Custom PCB Design
  • Soldering
  • 3D Printing
  • Lazer Cutting
  • IOT

vote in this poll so we can gauge interest: https://forms.gle/8x3KeAvrnSnYVjY47

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Past Projects
  • Timeline
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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What’s new?

  • Amazon is no longer a preferred vendor
    • Changed parts of their website that complicated ordering
    • Unreliable shipping
      • Things didn’t come in
      • Things came late
      • A team’s parts came in around end of April
      • A team’s parts came in around mid-February (but for 2018)
      • One team didn’t get any parts at pickup
      • It’s a sad sad time :(
    • Order at your own risk

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What’s new? (cont’d)

  • We are re-vamping our communication system
    • Yeeting Piazza out of here 🔥🔥💯
    • Reintroducing Canvas
    • Using our Facebook group
    • Check out our google calendar too
      • http://bit.ly/Build18Calendar

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What’s new? (cont’d)

  • Track 2 is back!
    • Once proposals are in your team will meet with the officers to go over project feasibility &c.
    • For more ambitious projects
    • More flexible budget
    • Needs more documentation & proper engineering docs & thought process that can be demonstrated behind it during proposal review meetings

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What’s new? (cont’d)

  • Mini fair!
    • In the past there has been a 2 hour lull between end of Demos and the Banquet
    • Being replaced by a Mini-Career Fair / Builder-Engineer Mixer
    • Starts half hour after Demos and runs directly into the Banquet

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Past Projects
  • Timeline
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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KICKOFF

BUILD18 ACCOUNT

Track 1 Proposal

Track 2 Proposal

Track 2 Review

Parts List

BUILD WEEK

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What’s Project Proposal

  • Track 1:
    • A short description of what your team’s project is going to be
  • Track 2:
    • Like Track 1, but with more planning and documentation

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What’s the Parts List?

  • Once you have your project you list out the parts you will need (along with their online vendor)
    • You write a ‘wishlist’ of parts you need
    • We order these parts for you
    • You pick them up on Monday of Build Week
  • If you have to get parts from unsupported vendors (i.e.: eBay, any brick-and-mortar store) we will reimburse the purchase
    • Forms will come out after build week

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Agenda

  • Overview
  • Past Projects
  • Timeline
  • Tutorials
  • Updates
  • Application Process
  • Q&A

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QUESTIONS?