Team 1 participated in an eight month long project sponsored by Alliance Laundry Systems. The team's contact person at the company was Mr. Tony Sasso.

Tony wanted the team to do specific things for the project. Therefore, the activities were divided up into two semesters. The Fall semester was dedicated to research, materials selection, and concept generation and evaluation, while the Spring semester was dedicated to building and testing a prototype. The team developed a schedule, set up regular meeting times and had frequent communication with the client in an attempt to make the project a success. The following links will give more information about the various parts of our project.

Fall Semester

Project Description - The description of the project given to us by Tony Sasso at our first meeting. (9/14/2000)

Fall Timeline - A timeline we came up with for the activities which needed to be done in the fall semester.

Fall Schedule - A detailed look at the dates over which things were done in the fall.

Specifications - See our table of the specifications for the project and their importance.

Materials Selection - The process of choosing a plastic for the tub.

Design Concepts - The two concepts we narrowed our choices down to.

Work Distribution - Find out who did what on our project.

Meeting Notes - These are notes from most of the group meetings we had. It shows our thought process throughout the semester.

Spring Semester

Spring Agenda - Our plans for the spring semester.

Spring Schedule - A detailed look at the dates over which things were done in the spring.

Test Procedure - How we plan to go about testing the plastic tub.

Secondary Considerations - Issues (other than the main tub redesign) we dealt with.

Meeting Notes - These are notes from most of the group meetings we had. It shows our thought process throughout the spring semester.

Project In Review - What we learned.