Researcher = Project Manager• Manage project resources to achieve deliverable (experiment)

– supplies, equipment, fabrication, external vendors, staff, and other researchers

• Before coming to Davis– Scheduling– Autocad / drafting– Mathcad (recommended)– Machine shop / hand tools– wiki

• At Davis– Labview (required)– Forklift driving– Electronics – instrumentation

CGM Wiki at nees.ucdavis.edu

Jonathan BrayPI

Shideh DashtiProject ManagerRESDAQ operator

Wing Shun KwanAssistant

WiDAQ operator

Lars PedersenMechanical design

of structures

UCD shopFabrication of

structures

Ray GerhardElectronics Supply

Chad JusticsFabricator

Centrifuge Operator

Dan WilsonViDAQ operator

Scheduling / planning

• 3 months before test schedule is set – complete diagram of experiment and instrumentation

• 1 month before test – all fabricated structures

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Displacement Transducer Rack Mounted on Container Above Model