Del. 1 - Investigation What is it? Why do it? What it's not? Information you gather to support (drive) your project Why do it? Before you can advance the state-of-the-art, you need to have a thorough understanding of the problem and some knowledge of the current designs. What it's not? This is NOT your team's proposal ... that will come later after you've had a chance to brainstorm solutions.

Del. 1 - Investigation MEMO components: Executive statement Clear discussion of your investigation summarizing what you've learned Conclusions regarding what parts of this information may be key to your project Requested action Enclosures: labeled, hand-drawn sketches from each team member (what you’ve found “out there”) spec sheets for system components; i.e., sensors, tanks, pumps, components, etc. List of references