Introduction to Engineering
Team Design Project
Agenda
Team project description
Introduction to design process.
Brainstorming
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Team Project Description
 Problem :
 Design and build a sorter system for 3 types of
recyclable objects.
 Requirements and Constraints:
 Must use materials provided.
 Sort 30 objects ( 10 of each type randomly fed to the system into
3 bins) within 2 minutes.
 Count objects going into one bin.
 Detailed information on all parts of the team project is
included in the Design Project Handbook, located at the
end of your course materials.
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Documenting the Design Process
 Detailed written report and short oral report required.
 Report documents each step of the design process.
 Outline will be provided.
 Person reading your report should be able to:
 Understand how & why the final design was chosen.
 Build your prototype from the information in the report.
 A Project Notebook will be kept for all Project materials
 Team Meetings
 Sketches, Drawings, Notes, Calculations, References
 One notebook, written report, and oral report per team.
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How Project Will Be Graded
Team grades calculated
Individual grade will be team grade,
perhaps modified by the extent of
individuals contribution to the team.
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Components of the Project grade
(30% of total grade)
Final test of the system
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How well your team builds another’s system
and comments on the report
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How easily another team can build your
system
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Written report
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Oral report
5
Project notebook
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Total 30
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Design Process
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Statement of the problem.
Requirements and constraints.
Preliminary concepts (brainstorming).
Analysis.
Select final design and refine it.
Build prototype.
Test prototype.
Modify prototype.
Final test.
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Problem Statement
Design and build, with proper
documentation, a device for sorting
recyclable materials into bins – namely
Paper Cups
Wooden Blocks
Steel Cylinders
Count the objects falling into one bin.
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Some Requirements and Constraints
System must be built using only the
materials provided
System must be finished in time for the
preliminary competition.
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Brainstorming –
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Proposing New Ideas
Free Flowing Exchange of Ideas
No Judgment
No Decisions
Build on Others’ Ideas
Silly is Good – Can trigger creativeness
A Recorder(s) is(are) needed
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Brainstorming – An Example
NEW FACTORY
OLD FACTORY
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Brainstorming – An Example
To bridge
- 50 miles
NEW FACTORY
RIVER
To bridge
- 60 miles
OLD FACTORY
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