Week 14 – Capstone design: Documentation

Date 12/7

 

In-Class Discussion

Summary

• Identify real-world problems that need to be solved using technological and engineering design.
• Conduct design research to inform inventions and innovations that address specific needs and wants.
• Develop a plan that incorporates knowledge from science, mathematics, and other disciplines to design or improve a technological product or system.
• Use conceptual, graphical, virtual, mathematical, and physical modeling to demonstrate the design solution.
• Develop design solutions using advanced technological tools to solve the identified problem.
• Apply a broad range of making skills to their design process (not implemented)
• Assess design solutions using design criteria and constraints.
• Document the engineering design process using an online portfolio platform and share the final design to the public.

Thinking about Engineering Design

• What is Engineering?
  • Koen (2003) mentioned the characteristics of engineering that include change, resource, best, and uncertainty. What kinds of characteristics have you experienced during your project?
  • Bucciarelli (2003) described engineering design is a social process. Did you find this feature?
  • Petrosky (2006) mentioned failure is a nature of engineering. Do you agree to this?
• Position to Engineering
  • Engineering as Applied Science? (Hubka, 1983. p. 9)
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  • Engineering as Problem Solving?
  • Engineering as Human Nature? (Ethnography)
• Engineering Design Process
  • Conceptual Design (Clarkson & Eckert, 2004, p. 5)
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  • Interactive Engineering Design Process (Cross, 2008)
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  • Engineering Design as a Mental Process (Benami & Jin, 2002, p. 5)
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  • Engineering Design in the Technology Classroom
    • Gagne’s Nine Instruction Events  (Gagne, Briggs,  & Wager,  1992)
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    • Engineering Design Process Model (ITEEA,  2006)
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    • Engineering Design Inquires (Sung,  2018)
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Self-Reflection

• What are the first thoughts about this overall project?
• What did I learn?
• Were my milestones and goals mostly met, and how much did I deviate from them if any?
• What were some of my most challenging moments and what made them so?
• How well did I and my team communicate overall?
• How well did I and my team collaborate overall?
• What would I do differently if I were to approach the same problem again?
• What moments was I most proud of my efforts?
• How can I better support and encourage my teammates on future projects?
• How will I use what I’ve learned in the future?

Project Content for the final project

• Do not need to include all chapters, but recommended
• EDU 4480 Capstone Project Table of Content
• Cover Page: Title, Team members and number, Course Name, Date
• Table of Contents
• Abstract
• Introduction
• Problem Formulation
• Impact of the Project
• Analysis
• Design Strategy (Include options considered, ones selected, and alternatives for risk reduction)
• Division of tasks among team members
• Timeline showing dependencies and major testable milestones
• Cost (Show total cost and cost to project in separate columns if different, eg. because of borrowed or donated items)
• Conclusion
• Your reflection (Individual)
• Appendices (eg. catalog copies, spec sheets, etc.)
• References

Student Evaluation of Teaching

• Emails will be sent from Scantron to student’s campus email address.
• Emails will be sent from:
• i. Sender Name: NYC College of Technology Course Evaluations
• ii. Address: SPSSurveys@scantron.com

Peer evaluation

• Evaluate your group members. If you have three members, you need two evaluations.
• Link: https://forms.gle/nhRdKUDgPynFYWjQ7

Final Submission

• Topic: Capstone design 5
• In-class: Develop the selected solution
• Project Final due Dec 7 11 pm
  • Individual submission.
  • Items
    • Solution model & demonstration.
    • Presentation PPTs (extended due at 5 pm on Dec 14)
    • Project document. Download from your Google doc and convert into the MS-Word format.
  • Submit through Blackboard – Principles of Engineering – Assignment – Final Project.
  • After submitting, you should upload your project document to your Open Portfolio.