Reverse Engineering Project
Evidence of Work
After finishing our individual Break it Apart projects, our class started the Reverse Engineering Project. For this project Mr. Tronconi selected one of the devices from our groups and asked the group to do a more in depth analysis and research of the device. My group was Rose, Justin and Faith, and we were tasked with reverse engineering a Casio fx-300ES Plus calculator.
Content
At the start of the year our class learned about what being an engineer really means, as well as, learned about and discussed the ethics of engineering. While learning about what being an engineer really means, we looked at the various fields of engineering along with the many jobs an engineer has. For example, when analyzing a device an engineer focuses on the creative use of materials, information, motion, and energy. A main way to completely analyze a device as an engineer is to make a conceptual sketch of the device. In my group's Reverse Engineering report and presentation, we included many conceptual sketches of our calculator.
Reflection
Throughout this project my group worked very well with each other, and everyone ensured that the project was thorough and finished on time. Every member of our team held a great character during the entirety of the project. Everyone was respectful of others' ideas, and we all did the work that we were assigned to do. Along with the great character and attitude of the my group, our communication was also great. In our brainstorming phase of the project we all carefully listened to each others' ideas and made sure to leave room for anyone who wanted to add input or their thoughts. Even more so, our group had great communication of our findings to the class, as our presentation was concise and we had our information memorized.
While my group worked really well together throughout this project, we could have improved both our cultural competence and conscientious learning. Although Mr. Tronconi picked our device for us, and the project was not directed in a way where much cultural competence could be shown, it is important to keep in mind for future projects that cultural competence is a vital skill to have. Furthermore, our group could have also proven ourselves to be better conscientious learners. Even though we were able to finish the project on time, we had to do a large portion of our work in the last few days of the time allotted for the project. Next project I want to make sure that I improve my time management and work better as a conscientious learner.