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Tasks
Project Tasks:
- Review candidate project offerings from
handout or webpage
- Note interesting projects
- Form a team of no more than three
- Considerations for Team Formation and
Project Selection:
- Project
preference - All team members should have a desire to work on the same
project.
- Undergraduate /
graduate student - It would be best if all team members were either
undergraduate or graduate students as this makes it easier to continue projects
into the Spring Quarter.
- Desire to continue
project work into Spring Quarter - Ideally, all team members should commit
to continue their project work into the Spring Quarter.
- Team's engineering
skill set - Match the team's expertise with the project needs.
- Personality -
There should be a compatible mix of personalities in the team.
- Consider interesting projects as a
team
- Decide on a team project
- Contact the individual who suggested the
project
- Acquire information on underlying problem
and need
- Investigate project needs with an
individual with a disability, caregivers, family members, health-care
professionals
- Evaluate the needs to further define and
specify the project parameters
- Gather relevant background information for
the project, including any prior design approaches and commercial
products
- Brainstorm, evaluate, and select a design
concept
- Prototype, fabricate, test, assess the
result - iterate the process
- Present team’s design - giving
background, criteria, initial concepts from brainstorming, selected design
candidate, and any prototyping, fabrication, and testing
- Submit an end-of-term final report and
individually reflect on the design experience
Pre-lecture Class
Discussions:
- Listen
- Absorb information
- Analyze
- Formulate opinions
- Contribute to discussion
Guest Lectures:
- Listen
- Absorb information
- Analyze
- Ask questions
Communication:
- Mid-term team presentation and
report
- End-of-term team presentation and
report
- Individual reflection
- In-class discussions and lecture
questions
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