When I got to work, I found out that there were some problems with the 3D application - missing linkage between patches. So I went to correct the problems before having a discussion with Kevin on the powerpoint slides for PSRP(Polytechnic Student Research Program). So we worked on the powerpoint slide for then entire day before going over to school to get Dr Eng's views on what we are going to present.
17 February 2009
Told Kevin about Dr Eng's approach to the PSRP presentation, however Kevin feels that we did not do a good job conveying the message properly. So we edit the slides with Kevin's help and we continued to work on our presentation with Kevin's help for the entire day.
18 February 2009
Didn't go to work today as we had a photo-shoot for our Project Show and presentation for PSRP.
The presentation didn't really go very well because I felt that we did not do a good job conveying the message clearly. However, Dr Eng said that we might still have a chance of winning because out of the 10 engineering projects, only 2 projects were standing out. So now it has to depends on the judges if our project would be able to win.
Nonetheless, it was a good experience doing a presentation because of the research element. Normally in school, our presentation were just based on a format. However, in this presentation, we had to describe about our thinking process and how our application could help solve a problem. The toughest part of the presentation was to try to use the simplest term to explain to the judges as they might not have any IT background.
19 February 2009
We went down to Marketplace to get some food while the lab was being vacuumed. After returning to the lab, we did a presentation to Kevin on what we presented at the PSRP. The way we presented was worse than how we presented yesterday. I think I offended Kevin a little by interrupting his conversation with Ming Hong with my random thoughts. After the presentation, I sent him my SIP report for review and apologized to him about my mistake and rudeness before lunch.
After lunch, I worked on modifying the codes for 'Rotation' because since we are using laser, the 'trackmouse' properties of the patch cannot be used. I wanted to do the rotation like how I did the 'Scaling' function. However, Ming Hong explained to me that rotation and scaling works differently. So did some research on how to do rotation and came across this website which teaches me how to calculate the maths for 3D.
While researching, we received news that our project got selected for the PSRP award. It was a surprise for us as we felt that we did not do very well in terms of presentation. It was a total mood changer. So we broke the news to Kevin and he was happy for us. We'll definitely have to work harder on our presentation skills.
After breaking the news, I went to look for Ming Hong and asked him whether we could apply the formula to our application. He said that it was unnecessary for the formula because we are just computing the value for x and y rotation. So he explained how he intend to make the model rotate. Helped out with the testing of the application while he was working to compute the new formula. At the end of the day, we managed to make the model rotate. However, the rotation wasn't working as what Ming Hong expected. I guess we could finish the prototype for the 3D application by tomorrow.
20 February 2009
Leonard and I started working on our presentation for Lightdraw next week. While working on the presentation, I also help out with the testing of the rotate function for the '3D Visualization' application. We went to NUS for lunch because Ryan and You Hock needed to submit their documents for their university application.
After lunch, we spent the day reformating our computers while You Hock and Ming Hong worked on the '3D Visualization' application. I continued helping them to do testing while waiting for the MacBook Pro to be reformatted. Initially, I had problems trying to reformat because I wasn't able to use the disc provided by Kevin. I asked Kevin about it and he explained to us about the difference in the chipset - 32bit and 64bit.
It turned out that the MacBook Pro I was using is an older MacBook Pro which runs on a 32bit chipset. So Kevin passed me another disc. This time, it worked. However, after finishing the reformatting process, I found out that I had installed the Tiger OS instead of the Leopard OS because the look of the desktop is different. Here's how my desktop look like after the installation.
I tried to install the Leopard OS with other disc that Kevin passed me. However, the installation failed because there's a problem with the disc. Kevin told me not to worry and he'll try to find me the CD and pass it to me on Monday.
Reflection for the week:
It had been a roller-coaster week for me here at IHPC - rushing to complete applications and presentations. Thankfully, I'm glad that our hardwork had paid off as our project was selected to represent Temasek Polytechnic for the PSRP(Polytechnic Student Research Programme) in 2 years running. We really got to thank Dr. Eng and Kevin for their help.
Although we had won, we didn't feel really elated because we felt that we did not do well enough during our presentation. As Harold mentioned, "You don't want to just win, you want to win with style.".
That's the mentality that we all should have - "If we are going to do something, we are going to do our best. If not, I rather we not do it.".
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