CAPSTONE PROJECT DESIGN STEP 5 OUTLINE BREAKDOWN AND DUE DATES:

ALL DUE April 30th (2 wks) GOAL: Design Defense for your Original Project

Week 04/19-04/23 and 04/26-04/30

ONGOING ( NOT due at the end of the two weeks):

• Work as a team using Onshape.com to create:

  • Detailed 3D “buildable prototypes” of your capstone projects, including all subsystems, fastening solutions, and alternative design possibilities. The models must be realistic and represent real physical objects, obeying the laws of physics.

  • Detailed 2D buildable blueprints. (Check Onshape - Drawings tutorials or using Fusion 360 to make a blueprint ).

  • Share your work with your Team on Onshape.com so I can monitor your progress.

  • I AM ACTIVELY CHECKING YOUR PROGRESS, WORK ON IT.

• Work as a team to create/update a professional Product/Team Website.

In planning, you should be thinking of the following:

• RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH. Research markets, competitors, how-to's videos for the specific skills you will need to create your prototype, scientific and mathematical concepts that you want to incorporate into your project.

• Check the STEM Website daily, review all requirements and readings.

• Make a detailed cost analysis for your prototypes (materials, tools), testing (materials, instruments), and promotional needs.

• Research marketing and promotion opportunities for your product, think about materials and funds (Crowdfunding, Sponsors, etc...)

• Look ahead to steps 5 through 8 and plan accordingly on the Capstone outline document, revise your Gantt chart accordingly

• Project Presentation Night will be the week of the final

• Continue to work on a detailed weekly plan for your team (Start planning ahead for the next weeks). Specify each group members’ tasks and responsibilities in the Gantt chart. (Ongoing)

• Include all links to sources that you plan to investigate/research (online tutorials, articles, software, etc) on the Padlet (Ongoing)

0. Design, mid-point Progress\Brainstorming Presentation due Monday O4/26

1. The teams create a presentation to explain the progress made so far answer questions such as: what are your next steps? what will you need, and how you are planning to procure what you need? How are your mentors helping? How will they help going forward? Including pictures and drawings and the material, you have completed so far. Emphasize who is working on what in your team.

2. Teams will present Tuesday 04/27 IN PERSON

3. All teams will participate by brainstorming together as a class.

1. Design Defense Report & Presentation with voice-over Due 05/07

***Carefully read the specifications further down on this page

1. Create Slides with voice over, that includes the “Defense” as explained on the page above DO NOT make a poster yet

2. Make sure to include any media (videos, pictures, etc…) to clearly and impactfully showcase your product and its functionalities.

2. Tinkercad Circuits Tutorials Part 2:

• 1. Click on "Wiring Components" and complete the tutorial by reading the information on the left side of the screen and following the instructions. (Due 04/23)

  2. Click on "Adding Components" and complete the tutorial by reading the information on the left side of the screen and following the instructions. (Due 04/30)

3. ONSHAPE SIMULATION SIMSCALE TUTORIALS PART 2 Due 04/30

Watch and complete the following tutorials using Onshape.com

Due Friday 04/30: Simscale is a simulation Software integrated with Onshape:

1. • Complete the “Tutorial: Thermal Analysis of a Differential Casing” step by step tutorial" (Read and follow the step by step instructions)

   • When done Share your work with your team and ctronconi@nusd.org by clicking on the share icon:

4. Website update. Update your personal digital portfolios including all material produced during Capstone Step 4. (Due 04/30)

Design Defense

Prepare to defend your design before a “jury” during STEM Project Presentation night. The "jury" will want to know: Did the team adhere to a systematic Engineering design approach? How does the final concept work? What is the level of risk associated with this design? Do the students appear to be teaming effectively with each other?

Prepare all the needed documentation, prototypes, poster and the right number of salient slides.

Introduction

Engineers must convince customers and investors that a design is worth expenditures of money and the time of skilled people. In a student design project, this process of convincing customers is simulated by a written and oral design defense. The goal of this presentation is to win the confidence of the project sponsors and possible clients, henceforth referred to as the "jury".

The products for this step will be:

• Oral and Written Defense

  • Slides with voice over, Poster.

  • Written defense document, including answers to the questions detailed in the "How to Prepare an Oral and Written Defense" section below. Make sure to explain what problem were you trying to solve, how you solved it using the engineering design process, Explain why they should invest in your product and why is it innovative. Your goal here is to convince the audience that your project was well thought through and researched, it is a great idea, can make a real difference in the world, and it is a good investment.

• Final Written Design Report including (See more on Design Step 8)

  • Initial Brainstorming and Initial Project Proposal and how it evolved over time

  • All preliminary and ongoing research conducted

  • Main tasks and accomplishments of each team members (Gantt Charts)

  • Problem Definition

  • All technical 2D, 3D sketches

  • Lab reports and findings.

  • Design requirements.

  • Alternative concepts not selected

• Prototype(s), Model(s), Evidence of testing

  • Preliminary physical models (models of sub-functions are accepted)

  • Evidence of Tests/Experiments

  • Built working prototype(s) that illustrate your project idea.

How to Prepare an Oral and Written Defense

In assessing a team’s chances for future success, the "jury" is searching for answers to the following questions:

• Did the team adhere to the Engineering Design Process?

• How does the final concept work?

• What level of risk is associated with this design?

• Do the students appear to be teaming effectively?

Strategies:

Some strategies that should be effective:

First, the organization of the presentation should parallel the steps in the Engineering Design Process, as shown in Table 25.1. This is your way of saying that you followed a systematic approach.

Second, you should try to get the "jury" to understand how your final concept works as quickly as possible. This frees up more time during questions for alleviating concerns about the design.

Third, you should anticipate that the "jury" will ask questions about potential sources of risk and prepare evidence in advance to quell those concerns. This evidence should be in the form of high-quality detailed drawings, results of calculations and experiments, and preliminary models (different from prototypes); bring evidence of experiments and tests to show that you actually did it. The strategies that serve to reduce risk, and their counterparts that don’t, are summarized in Table 25.2.

Table 25.1

Table 25.2

Meanwhile, the "jury" is also evaluating your teaming. It will base its impressions on the quality of your design and oral presentation (see Table 25.3 for some tips on delivery and visual aids). There are other telltale signs. For example, did everyone contribute equally to the presentation? Was everyone involved in answering questions? Did team members refer to themselves as “we” or “I” when citing accomplishments?

Table 25.3

When answering questions, be forthright. Failure to do so will lead to an unending chain of questions. If your response is an opinion and not a fact, state so because one erroneous answer can damage your credibility and thus elevate the risk associated with your design.

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Prepare the visual aids for the oral design defense. You must use PowerPoint or an equivalent software package like Google Slides. Relevant drawings should be scanned if on paper, including all the digital models. Suggestions to make it interesting:

a. Tell a story. Why is this important? Make your audience EXCITED about what you are doing.

b. Be passionate.

c. Be professional.

d. Include VISUALS, (pictures, graphs, short clips included)

e. Avoid BORING like the plague. If you have a tough time re-watching the presentation yourself, chances are it is boring and you need to change it.

2. Practice the presentation.

3. Deliver the oral presentation to a 'jury' You will do this by doing a voiceover for each slide. PowerPoint does a fantastic job of this. You can use the computers in the classroom for this. Upload your presentation to your individual and group's website.

Typical format

• 7 to 10 minutes for the oral presentation.

• All team members participate in the presentation.

Grading Criteria

• What level of risk is associated with the design?

• What was the quality of the drawings and the other visual aids?

• Did you make your audience excited about what you are doing?