The Laskin group is in the last week before the project deadline. All group members have been putting in extra time and energy (including over Thanksgiving break) to achieve our goal of creating a deliverable product that our client should find advantageous and user-friendly.
The aspects in which I have been spending the majority of my time and efforts on most recently have been: Programming the user interface, updating the spreadsheet calculations and the ability to trend data gathered from the server located on-site at MN Power. The user interface is now finished and is automatically updating and the spreadsheet efficiency calculations have also been completed.
This weekend, Matt and I worked on the VBA code, which gathers data from the server at MN Power from a specified time and interval range, then calculates the efficiencies and subsequently graphs the data automatically. During this portion of programming, I was reminded of the importance of knowing mathematical equations very well in order to apply them when writing a computer program that relies on the use of such equations. The hope is that this portion of the program will give “at a glance” information allowing for predictive rather than reactive maintenance. The data will help keep the power plant operating at optimal efficiency.
We will be headed to Laskin Energy Center on Tuesday to verify that the computer program runs as designed as we work to finalize this project.
Reviewed by: Matt Hudson
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