1. Presenters: Michael Dixon Ben Gheliuc Group Members: Haidar Al Gharash Daniel Gheliuc Fue Her Zach McCurter Capstone Advisors: Faryar Etesami Evan Thomas Yakima Sponsors: Mark Elliot Chris Sautter

2.  Introduction / Background  Internal/External Customers  PDS Criteria  House of Quality  Technical Risk Management  Project Timeline  Summary

3.  Current Yakima Designs.

4.  Thule

5.  Malone

6.  Yakima’s first load assist design

8.  Average 45 year old 5’ 2” woman Paddles a sea kayak Rides a bike Drives a Subaru Outback

9.  Yakima PSU Capstone Team  Dr. Evan Thomas  Dr. Faryar Etasami  PSU Machine Shop

10.  Chris Sautter  Mark Elliot  Yakima Legal Department  Yakima Financial Department  End-User Target Persona

11.  Ergonomics Ease of use for target persona Max load assist  Cost Target retail - $500  Safety Pinch points  Clear existing IP/Patents  Testing Yakima internal standards – ISO #

13.  Load Assist mechanism fails  Clearence / height  Weight  Cost  Testing

14. TaskAssign DateFinish DateTasks due Discussion of ideas and scope of projectDec-13-11Jan-11-12 Internal and External ResearchJan-9-12Feb-3-12 Draft DesignJan-23-12Feb-29-12 PDS ReportJan-16-12Jan-30-12 PDS Report PresentationJan-30-12Feb-13-12 Evaluation Of Drafted DesignFeb-13-12March-5-12 Design/make ProductFeb-20-12March-15-12 End of the Term Progress ReportFeb-27-12March-12-12 Progress Report PresentationFeb-27-12 Presentation design to SponsorMarch-12-12March-14-12 Testing and PrototypingMarch-14-12April-4-12 Redesigning Concept And PrototypeMarch-21-12April-18-12 Repeat TestingApril-11-12April-25-12 Manufacture Final ProductApril-25-12May-23-12