September 21st Meeting Minutes

I.  Introductions.

A.  Dale has been working at INL for 20 years and is currently the manager of the INL project engineering team.
  

II.  Information from Dale.
 

A.  Specifications

1.  The $300 market price is somewhat flexible.
2.  The monitor should be easy to use and should run by itself.  
3.  The monitor must allow for movement.
4.  SIDS occurs primarily in cribs or other sleeping apparatuses.  So the monitor should be designed accordingly.  
5.  The monitor must detect when the infant has stopped breathing.

B.  Client Knowledge

1. Dale is not too familiar with SIDS.  
2.  His biggest research suggestions include talking to doctors who have prescribed pre-existing SIDS monitors as well as parents who have used SIDS monitors. 
3.  Our device must not attach to the infant in any way that will hinder its ability to move or breathe.  It must not irritate the skin.   
4.  The device needs to be found on the shelf, not prescribed.
 

C.  Miscellaneous.

1.  If our design is a success, another project may be conducted to fine tune the design.  It would then be presented to Batelle and possibly put into production.
  

D.  General Design Ideas
  

1.  Pressure sensitive mattress.
2.  Check pg 23 of  #___ issue of _____ magazine. (can someone fill in the blanks?) for an article on pressure sensors.
3.  Motion sensor to pick up chest movement.
4.  Sensitive C02 sensor. 

III.  Requests from Dale

 A.  He would like Lloyed to send him an email including team member names, disciplines, year in program. 
 B.  He would also like a meeting agenda at least one day in advance of each team meeting.
 C.  Dale will be joining us by teleconference for the first part of every team meeting.  (Thursdays at 3:30)
 D.  Once our initial design is finished, Dale will invite his boss to attend the video conference where we will present our design.          

(Interview over, begin team meeting)

IV.  Post Interview assessment.

A.  What we did well.

1.  Sent the questions in advance.
2.  Knowing our desired outcomes.
3.  Not evaluating during a brain storming session.  
  

B.  Improvements for next time
  

1.  Work on group interaction to help build client relationship. 
2.  Keep focus on the goals of the meeting. 
3.  Inventory action items at end of every meeting. 
4.  Set a standard of equal dialogue from each person.
   - Ask the quiet people for their opinion. 

V.  Action Items.

A.  Chris will work on getting us a new meeting room for next week.  
B.  Colby will contact Dr. Grauke at Gritman Medical Hospital sometime before the end of the weekend to set up a time for himself, accompanied by Jeff and Lloyed (schedule pending), to hang out with the techys and photograph the sleep disorder related equiptment at said hospital. 
C.  Bart will contact Dr. Frostad( Pediatrician ) ASAP, drop Dons’ name and inquire about a possible teleconference.  Jenny will also be a part of this teleconference.    
   Note:  This teleconference may need to be planned 2-3 weeks before execution.

VI.  That’s it!  Remember we have class on Tuesday.