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	<title>Project IRIS &#187; Scott Kuo</title>
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	<description>A University of Waterloo Electrical and Computer Engineering Fourth-Year Design Project</description>
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		<title>T minus 32400</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2010/04/02/t-minus-32400/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will be launching the IRIS II capsule shortly after noon today. It&#8217;s too hard to arrange to have everyone to drive out on such short notice, but we&#8217;ll definitely be making a post-mission post! Stay tuned! :o) Edit: Launch was canceled today]]></description>
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		<title>Design Project Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2010/03/22/design-project-symposium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 10th annual ECE Design Project Symposium is coming up this Wednesday in the Davis Centre at University of  Waterloo from 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM. The Project IRIS team will be there to demonstrate our capsule to the public. In addition to Project IRIS, there will also be many other innovative ECE student projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mechanical Construction</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/07/25/mechanical-construction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Photosynth of the Atmospheric Reconnaissance Capsule prior to the final application of radiation-reflecting Mylar material. (Click on image to view in 3D) It is kind of difficult to have an idea of what is going on with all those pieces glued in, but we conveniently have a CAD drawing showing how the main body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Showing off the guts</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/07/18/showing-off-the-guts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Components]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GSM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pressure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sensors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UHF]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As of Friday afternoon, all of the components have finally made it to the Project IRIS team after hunting down on some MIA packages with Canada Post and UPS. So here&#8217;s a small collection of photos that we have taken over the past few weeks of some of our components. (Click on thumbnail to open; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antenna Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/07/15/antenna-testing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dipole]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since we posted anything on the website because we&#8217;ve been working hard to put all of our components together. Here&#8217;s a video of us testing our parabolic dipole antenna that we are going to be mounting aboard the first assembly! This design gave us about a 9 dB gain when we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simulated Flight Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/04/22/simulated-flight-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flight Path]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a screenshot of a 3D path of the simulated balloon trajectory had we launched the balloon today. The flight path is visualized with Google Earth and overlaid on the latest Nav Canada aeronautical chart. In this simulation, we would be launching our payload near Goderich, ON. The payload would travel a lateral distance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal Presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/03/23/proposal-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our fourth-year design project proposal presentation was an overall success today even taken into consideration of a few scheduling and technology mishaps. We are posting the presentation slides here for those who couldn&#8217;t make it out today. To reduce the file size, I have taken out our very inspiring multimedia presentations, which I&#8217;d like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>System Requirements Specification</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/03/16/system-requirements-specification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Documentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constraints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Documentations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guidelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IEEE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procedures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long awaited Project IRIS System Requirements Specification has been delivered electronically today. We have worked diligently in elicitating the requirements and constraints of the enormous project that we are about to take on. This 58-page long document will tell you more than you need to know about the project along with some guidelines for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRIS I Concept Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/03/13/iris-i-concept-teaser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/03/13/iris-i-concept-teaser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a small preview to our IRIS I assembly, which is the payload that will be traveling up to the lower stratosphere with our electronics components. If you want to see the full design, you’ll have to come to our FYDP proposal presentation in RCH 105 at 8:30 AM on March 23rd, 2009!]]></description>
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		<title>WEEF Presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/03/05/weef-presentation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.projectiris.com/2009/03/05/weef-presentation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Kuo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Presentations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sponsors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our team have just made a presentation to the WEEF funding committee earlier this evening. We are hoping to include WEEF to our growing portfolio of sponsoring corporations and organizations to fund our pricey project. :o) You can view a copy of slides at the link below. WEEF Funding Proposal &#8211; PowerPoint Presentation]]></description>
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