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This project was building off of the concept of our previous unit related to the Break it Apart! process. Following this concept, we highly emphasized learning about what was within the specific item. We began this process by deciding what object we wanted to further our research on. In our case, we concluded that we were most interested in gaining a deeper understanding of a flashlight. We specifically were going to reverse engineer a Duracell flashlight. My group though that this would be the most interested based on the various systems and subsystems that sat within this complex object.
Given the fact that no one in my group had gone through such a process like this, it was important for us to pace ourselves in a productive, yet engaging way. Through this, we would ensure that the project would be finished but that we would also grasp as much knowledge we could in such a limited amount of time. In order to accomplish this goal, we made a gantt chart that kept our time management and due dates in an orderly fashion. We ended up staying on track and finishing the project on time with this plan:
Flashlight Gantt Chart.xlsxBy following this plan, we were able to successfully complete our project by the due date of September 25th. The main steps of this project entailed the disassembly process, analyzing the system of a flashlight (structural analysis, functional analysis, manufacturing analysis, material analysis), and then showing our research through a report and presentation. Below, I will show our finished report and presentation that will give a better understanding as to how we proved our objectives related to reverse engineering.
Project Report and Presentation:
This is our report of the project. It is in orderly fashion of when each step was completed. For example, we began this process by asking a few key questions about reverse engineering which would help us later on. Given this, we incorporated the key questions first in the report to show that we did this first in our actual process.
After we concluded the report, we were asked to share our project through a presentation that can be shown above. This presentation lacks a large amount of sentences and words in hopes of making it more appealing to the audience. Therefore, without someone presenting it, the viewer may not get enough information which is why the report is important to provide this much needed knowledge.
In general, this project was a huge learning experience for me. Not only did I learn how to go through the overall process of reverse engineering, but I also gained new skills in working with a variety of different types of people. This will benefit me for the rest of my high school education as well as my life. I can apply these skills to what I may do in a future career relating to business and managing various personalities. Also, in this project, I feel as though it was important for us to present our findings and get constructive criticism that would help us to be more clear and concise in the future. Presenting information is a key component to life that everyone has to do at some point, so I am glad that we got exposed to what a good presentation should look like. Overall, this project was very beneficial to developing different skills and learning where to find information. I am looking forward to building off this concept and applying it to future pieces of work in this course.
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