Engineering and designing innovative solutions to problems is at the heart of engineering as a discipline, but communicating it is an entirely different process altogether.

This project has three primary conceptual questions:

• What is a cutting-edge technology that is in the process of being developed or has recently been released?

• What is the problem solved by your cutting-edge technology?

• What is the past and prospective future of that technology?

• How can you effectively communicate about that topic, including communicating your research process?

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• Main Idea: What is a problem in the world that has been fixed by your chosen research exploration? Explain the problem in the world being solve by you research topic.

  • Investigate a historical design milestone of the past in building, graphics, fashion or transportation (e.g., the invention of the bicycle, aqueducts steam engines, corsets) that your problem is a part of. 

  • Key Focus: Historical context, materials, and cultural relevance.

• Study a current cutting-edge building, graphics, fashion or transportation design solution (e.g., electric cars, sustainable water maintenance ,autonomous vehicles, 3D printable fashion).

  • Key Focus: Technology, materials, and how cultural/global conditions have influenced its evolution.

• Analyze the relationship between the historical and contemporary design solutions.

  • Consider:

    • How past innovations laid the foundation for current designs.

    • Environmental, ethical, and global factors driving modern changes.

Present your findings

• Prepare a presentation of your research using one of the following formats:

  • Research paper with visuals.

  • Media presentation (e.g., PowerPoint, Canva, video).

  • Graphic illustrations or infographics.

• Deliver a final presentation