9/3/2008

We reviewed our protocols (GPSR, LEACH, HEED)
and gathered more info about our wireless sensor network (WSN) and discussed
the website design.

9/10/2008

We discussed making 20min presentations for our protocols (GPSR, LEACH, HEED)
to present to each other in two weeks.

9/17/2008

We discussed more about the website

9/24/2008

We presented our 20min Power Point presentations on the protocols we studied (GPSR, LEACH, HEED).
Then we discussed making our own protocol.

10/1/2008

We continued to discuss the making of our own protocol.

10/8/2008

We presented our idea for a new protocol which we called HyLo
(Hybrid Low-Energy Forwarding) then we discussed HyLo and possible algorithms and continued our research.

10/15/2008

Had to think of three types of senarios that our WSN would be useful in.

10/22/2008

Looked for robotic vehicles for a mobil node and also thought of a more in depth senario to use.

10/29/2008

Decided to use a rescue senario for our WSN. Talked about the type of WSN that would be used.

11/5/2008

Discussed algorithmic approaches using a layerd WSN and moving base station.
Told to come up with use cases and senarios for the WSN.

11/12/2008

Went over use cases and senarios for the WSN rescue senario.

11/19/2008

Started to talk about writing a simulator (in java) for our WSN rescue senario(s)

11/26/2008

Thanksgiving Break - No Meeting

12/3/2008

Came up with a basic design for the simulator, was told to start writing out some code

12/10/2008

Showed the code that we wrote so far. Basic classes and sensor interface. Won't have another meeting till
spring semester starts on January 20th, 2009. We were told to continue some minimal coding for the simulation over winter break.

1/21/2009

Discussed progress over winter break. Continuing on design of simulator and basic implementation

1/28/2009

Presented GUI design on paper and UML diagrams.

2/4/2009

Coded GUI design. Created template for simulation.

2/11/2009

Discussed what else to add to simulation. Talked about articles deaing with rescue simulations.

2/18/2009

Presented powerpoint on researched articles.

2/25/2009

Presented powerpoint on researched articles.

3/4/2009

Discussed what we need to add to our code and what we will accomplish over spring break.

3/11/2009

Spring Break

3/18/2009

Spring Break

3/25/2009

Talked about a physical test bed, and further implementation into the simulation

4/1/2009

Brought in remote control car and made sure it worked. Continued working on simulation

4/8/2009

Talked about what was needed for the final product for the simulation.

4/15/2009

Submitted an abstract for the 2009 Undergraduate Research Forum at Radford University
Practiced our presentation, edited and tweeked slide show based on feedback from Dr. Lee.

4/22/2009

Presented our research to a live audience of at least 30 people at the Radford University - 2009
Undergraduate Research Forum, where we then held a question
and answer session regarding the research we had done.
We recieved a lot of great feedback and
positive comments and remarks from the various members of the audience (teacher and students).

4/29/2009

Discussed the future of the project and decided on how to write the final paper.