Project Overview

For most people, weight fluctuates throughout the day and night. As a result one can lose as much as 700 grams over the course of the night, even if they do not eat or go to the bathroom. Much of this is related to metabolism, as well as water loss. We would like to be able to measure this weight change accurately on people who are in hospital beds. This will require that our device record the patient’s weight every fifteen minutes. The device would likely have to support a hospital bed, which sits on four legs, and read at an accuracy between 0.02- 0.05 lbs. Ideally the device could be moved to a different bed without too much difficulty (one to two hours time) and without complex recalibration.

Files

• Mid-semester Powerpoint Presentation (in Powerpoint) (October 20, 2006)
• Product Design Specification (October 24, 2006)
• Mid-semester Report (October 24, 2006)
• Project Poster (December 7, 2006)
• Final Report (December 15, 2006)

Contact Information

Team Members

• Kyle Herzog - Team Leader
• Ben Engel - Communicator
• Eric Printz - BSAC
• Joe Ferris - BWIG

Advisor and Client

• Prof. Walter Block - Advisor
• Timothy Juergens - Client