Assignment
Two
Design Proposal
Due Friday - March 14, 2008 at 5pm
In Professor Drew Nelson's Office - Terman 517
(Please slide under the door)
For your second assignment your team is asked to
formulate a preliminary set of design concepts addressing the specific problem
your team has identified, further research this need, and to focus on a
specific design solution. The embodiment of your chosen design should be in the
form of detailed drawings, non-functional models, and/or critical function
prototypes. Your team will present this design in class and submit a final
comprehensive project report that encompasses your project work for the entire
quarter.
Team Project Report
Your report should include all your background
research, user interaction, evolution of ideas, etc. Your team's report should
be at least 6 pages in length.
Provide a concise and accurate overview of
preliminary design concepts (at least 3) your team considered to address the
identified problem. Describe the general design objectives, the rationale for
the design concepts selected, how these concepts address a specific project
problem, and features / potential benefits of each of the specific design
concepts. Include any models, mechanical engineering analyses, calculations,
drawings, and sketches you have developed as well as any feedback from
potential users or coaches.
Comment on the chosen concept's technical
feasibility and engineering difficulty, estimated cost of materials, and safety
considerations.
Assuming this project will be pursued in ME113 or as
directed study, identify future challenges and include a timetable of major
tasks to produce and test a functional prototype.
In addition to a printed final report for
Professor Nelson, please send an electronic copy to Dave Jaffe at dljaffe -at-
stanford.edu
Individual Reflection
Reflect on your class and team experiences. Each project
team member will provide a one-page discussion of the design process, what you
learned, and what was most valuable to you individually. Here are some items to
address:
You have spent the past quarter hearing from
different professionals and users, interviewing community members,
brainstorming with your team, doing background research, looking at prior art,
etc. Please comment on the relative value of the different parts of this
process toward your design.
How did the different interactions in the class (with
users, community members, speakers, professionals, etc.) contribute to the
results of your design? Was any particular interaction especially rewarding or
helpful? Why?
If you were to go through this process again, what
would you do differently? Was there support from the teaching staff or course
content that you felt was missing? What advice would you give to future
students?
Team Project Presentation -
March 11, 2008
Your 20-minute (approximately 15 minutes plus questions)
presentation should include the following points:
- Introduction of team members
- Statement of problem
- Discussion of interviews with project suggestors and
users
- Statement of need
- Identification and limitations of existing
solutions
- Magnitude of problem addressed by this project
- Description of and rationale for all design concepts
considered
- Analysis of considered design topics
- Description of selected design including its technical
feasibility, engineering difficulty, estimated cost, user acceptance, safety
considerations, etc
- Project visualizations: photographs, videos, sketches,
drawings, models, prototypes
- Future work and challenges for continuing the
project
Course staff, your classmates, and others in attendance
will judge your presentation on the following metrics:
- Content - what was overall quality of the
information you presented?
- Clarity - did the audience understand your
presentation's content?
- Conciseness - was your presentation short and to
the point?
- Completeness - did you include all major
elements?
- Convincing - did you provide a good reason for
your decisions?
- Creativity - how inventive / innovative was your
design?
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