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The Idea
The problem we chose to solve was making an umbrella that kept your backpack dry when traveling in the rain. We attacked this problem by first brainstorming designs that could potentially solve our problem. The first idea was to create an umbrella with a poncho added around the rim that would drape down like a cape, but the flimsy fabric of the poncho made the umbrella unreliable. Then we thought of a dome-like umbrella that would drape around the buyer, but moving around it not only inconvenienced others around them, it also made it so that traveling around with the umbrella was difficult. Our final design choice was an umbrella with an additional back flap to cover over the umbrella in a sturdy and transportable fashion.
The Engineering Design Cycle
Ask
we collected ideas and thoughts on problems in the world with class that we could potentially solve
Research
Each of us researched different points about umbrellas which included the purchase graphs of umbrellas, the current designs, materials used to create an umbrella, and weather across the u.s
Imagine
My group drew out and designed our prototype that solved our problem
Plan
we created a layout of what we were going to do within the tie span we were given to create our prototype
Create
To create our solution we made a slide about it and the research we did, as well as create a working prototype
Test
to test our product we took it out during a rainy day and tested to make sure that it kept the buyers backpack dry and it worked great
Reflection
I realized that during this project there are certain friends that I can work well with and others that I cant. I had three good friends with me in my group and two of them were able to keep me on track and we did good work together, but my other friend I found myself goofing off with and drifting my focus away from the work I needed to do. So now in the future I have better knowledge on who I should have in my group and who I should try to avoid in my group.
Other than that our dynamic was great and I was glad to have everyone in the group have a leadership role. I also got to create a solution that everyone in the group agreed with instead of only a few people. In the end we all were very proud with our work and I think it showed well with our presentation.
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