Here are the results of the discussion. We want to be excellent researchers. 
In order to be excellent, individual members put their 20016-17 goals as well. 

Then, we made posters and presented to everyone. It was fun.

Posters were put on a wall of the lab room.

We had a Team Building Project as one of the professional development activities.

Group members are divided into 6 groups, each of which has two members.

Then, each group had a brainstorming about skills and minds that ideal researchers have.

We started a vermicomposting experiment.

Yan Ming Lee, EESL Research assistant, is leading this research project.

Earthworms were installed into a glass cylinder.

Temperature, moisture, and pH are measured during the composting processes.

The composting system was demonstrated in the lab meeting.

and happy birthday, Xiao!

Meeting and a demo of composting system research.

Motion Control Project
Members:
++ Masa Nakamura

Website: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/eesl/2016/10/22/computing-for-motion-control-project/

Project activities:
++ Setup Raspberry PI servers: forward, vibration, compost
++ Aquire Static IP Addresses for PIs
++ Setup wireless network
++ install vlc
++ Install phidget library
++ Programming for motions responding sensor inputs

Current status:
++ Fix wireless issue
++ Fix OpenCV installation errors
++ Check All PIs MAC address (both ethernet and wireless)
++ Ask CIS to register city tech wireless network.

References:
++ Raspberry Pi:
…… VNCserver,
…… raspistill
…… cron
…… mount usb memory
++ OpenCV
…… Install,
…… Tutorial 
++ Sensors and motors:
…… Phidgets,
…… Sunfounder Sensor kit,
…… Kuman Tech (K32),
…… Adafruit: Adafruit 16-Channel Servo HAT
++ bcm2835 liburary
++ C/C++ in Rasberry Pi:
…… Geany (IDE),
…… GPIO,
…… Tutorial
++ Troubleshooting:
…… Pi 3 wireless ( sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off )
++ Motors:
…… Standard Servo, Hitec HS-422, product info
…… Continuous Rotation Servo – FeeTech FS5103R
…… Continuous Rotation Servo Hitec HSR-1425CR 
…… Continuous Rotation Micro Servo – FS90R
…… High Torque 2BB Metal Gear Servo, Hitec HS-645MG
++ Monitor:
…… HDMI 4 Pi: 7″ Display w/Touchscreen 1024×600- HDMI/VGA/NTSC/PAL, config.txt
++ Distance Sensors:
…… Sharp A41SK datasheet
…… HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Module Distance Sensor  datasheet 1, 2 

Rasperry Pi 3 is used in this project.