Individual Reflection
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Instructions
For each question in the list below, you should keep the question (for readability) and then write your answers below it in paragraph(s) or sub-list (bullet or numbered) as appropriate.
List all that you find the most interesting about the projects. (2 points)
Make a list of what did you find the most challenging about the projects. (2 points)
Did you run into any major roadblocks in your designs or run into any places where you didn’t know how to proceed? How did you overcome these? (2 points)
Before the start of the projects you learned about engineering design process (EDP). The steps involved are: Identify an opportunity, define problem statement, research, imagine your own solutions, use (mathematical) models to predict their effectiveness, choose the best solution, create your prototype, then test your solutions, and improve as needed. All of these steps were with the customer as the center and focus. And you are supposed to test your ideas with simple tests and prototypes at various stages.
What steps were missing or improperly executed in your approach for the projects and why? Did they cause any problems? (2 points)
Did you get any new insights about the engineering design process? (1 point)
How did you apply the 3C’s (if at all) as you worked on your individual or team projects? (2 points)
How was your experience working in a team? Comment on the strengths, weaknesses, management skills, etc. of your team/team members. (2 points)
If your team had issues, how could you have avoided those? Would better team norms (rules we formed at the beginning) have helped? (1 point)
If you were to start the projects all over again, what would you do differently with respect to your design, your team, etc.? List all. (2 points)
- Make a list of technical skills, lessons, best-practices have you acquired/practiced throughout the course that could be helpful to you as an engineer. (2 points)
Make a list of non-technical skills, lessons, best-practices have you acquired/practiced throughout the course that could be helpful to you as an engineer. (2 points)
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Problem Statement and Context
Write the problem statement.
Also include a very brief description and the background of the problem you
identified.
This is the same information as the Individual Project Deliverable 1. It’s here to provide some context for
the information included in this deliverable.
Potential Solutions
Describe briefly three well-defined, complete, competitive potential design
solutions to the problem.
Along with each description, include a rough sketch to help visualize.
In the Individual Project Deliverable 1, you identified three possible solutions. They should have been
significantly different from each other to represent a variety. You may further define and improve those
three possible solutions to form three well-defined potential design solutions. For example, you can add
features to them so that they can meet all the requirements, and perform better on the criteria. Also
consider how feasible will they be to build and test. Consider the materials used to build them. Also
consider the ease of use/repair. Or, you may also come up with completely new well-defined design
solutions if you want, instead of choosing the old ones.
Decision Matrix
Provide a decision matrix to select the ‘best’ design from the potential
solutions.
Briefly justify the ratings you assigned in the decision matrix and the final
outcome of the decision matrix.
Note that it is perfectly fine to update your list of design criteria since the design process is iterative! If
your criteria have been revised, please include the updated weighted criteria in your decision matrix.
The Final Design
xplain your final design in one paragraph.
Your final design may be one of your three designs which had the highest score in the decision matrix, or
it may be design that combines the (best) elements/ideas of the three designs. If it’s the former (highest
rated design), feel free to provide any additional description about the parts, functionality, important
features/details, etc. If it’s the latter (i.e., a combined design), then please describe its parts, how they
function together, important features/details etc. In each case, describe how the design meet the
requirements and customer needs, etc.
reate a 3D model using TinkerCAD (or any other CAD software) to
represent the final design solution and include clear
snapshot(s)/screenshot(s) of it. Please label the relevant parts and provide an
overall scale (or some dimensions).
If there are particularly specific details of the solution that cannot be modeled or shown using the 3D
model, that is okay, just make sure that the general form and key features are represented in the 3D
model, and then described properly in the previous paragraph. Your CAD model does not need to be
overly complex (e.g., it doesn’t need to have more than 10 parts/components, it doesn’t need to take more
than 2 hours to build). It can be a combination of simple 3D shapes which conveys the design idea and
shows only the important and relevant features.
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