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Team and
Individual Project Task Summary
Team Project Tasks:
- Mid-term
Assignment:
- Review candidate project offerings from
the 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 effort into the Spring Quarter.
- Team's engineering
skill set - Match the team's expertise with the needs of the project,
including shop / lab experience and fabrication ability.
- Team members' course
load - All team members should be able to devote sufficient time to the
project.
- Personality -
There should be a compatible mix of personalities on the team.
- Friends and team
members - A good friend does not necessarily make a good team
mate.
- Consider interesting projects as a
team
- Decide on a team project - inform
instructor of selection
- 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 existing commercial
products
- Determine the magnitude of the
problem/need and identify all the populations who may benefit from an improved
solution.
- Brainstorm, evaluate, and select a design
concept
- Provide a concise and convincing statement
of how your project might address the need / problem. Outline general design
concepts and new technology that might be brought to bear on it.
- Begin prototyping solutions starting with
sketches, CAD models, and low resolution 3D physical models. Meet regularly
with the user to discuss the merits of your developing design - what looks
promising and what requires further thought. Refine your prototypes as
needed.
- Present your team's progress in
class
- Submit a mid-term report
- End-of-term
Assignment:
- 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
Individual Reflection on the project
experience
- Meet and communicate with instructor on
project progress
- Attend lectures as required
Individual
Project Tasks:
- Attend at least 10 lectures, including the
first lecture, Introduction to Assistive
Technology.
- Meet with the course instructor to agree
on an assistive technology project and to report progress during the
quarter.
- Interview an individual with a disability
or older adult, consisting of a overview of the individual's life, challenges
being faced, successes achieved, desires for the future.
- Review of assistive technology employed,
their usefullness and limitations, problems experienced, and similar products
on the market.
- Focus on one of these activities that
benefits the interviewed older adult or individual with a disability:
- Research an assistive
technology topic - report on new products and research under development
that have the potential to benefit the interviewed older adult or person with a
disability.
- Pursue a "paper design"
of an assistive technology device - develop a CAD design or a "low
resolution" physical device built from foam-core or other prototyping material.
- Create a work of art
- create an original poem, song, skit, painting, or video. (This option would
be of particular interest to students who have skills and expertise other than
engineering.)
- Engage in an aftermarket
aesthetic design - select an existing assistive product that could benefit
from a better appearance, contact the manufacturer, and work with a user of the
device to improve its aesthetic appeal.
- Engage in an aftermarket
functionality / usability design - select an existing assistive product
that could benefit from a better functionality or usability, contact the
manufacturer, and work with a user of the device to improve its functionality
or usability.
- Give a final presentation of about 15
minutes in length to be scheduled outside of class time during the week of
March 2nd that includes PowerPoint slides,
photographs, and short videos as described
here.
- Submit a final report that documents the
entire quarter's effort and addresses the elements described
here. Individual final reports are due
Monday, March 16th.
- Submit an Individual Reflection as
described here. Individual reflections
are due Monday, March 18th.
Pre-lecture Class
Discussions:
- Arrive on-time
- Be attentive
- Absorb / understand / analyze
- Formulate opinions
- Contribute to discussion
Guest Lectures:
- Be attentive
- Absorb / understand / analyze
- Ask questions
- Fill out Class Session Evaluation
Forms
Communication:
- Submit Weekly Individual Reports or meet individually
or as a team with instructor
- Present mid-term team progress and submit
a report
- Present end-of-term team presentation and
submit a report
- Submit end-of-term Individual
Reflection
- Participate in class discussions and
lecture questions
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