Week 4
Research Paper 1: docs.google.com/document/d/18b8mWlx0sBIiB-z9BT4uLA-rBdaFv0cE8h7N14_6KLo/edit?usp=sharing
Research Paper 2: docs.google.com/document/d/1xud7YnlAvNPATKOVUzV2gwgd8k5ep52jZhVCnLdiNSo/edit?usp=sharing
Project Evaluation responses:
Describe the plan your group used to build the project.
We decided to split up the work for this project. Izzy, Kunal, and Aaron worked on making the straw, stomp, and actual rocket, while Kyuhyun and Matthew worked on the drone and airplane models.
How did you incorporate the Design strategies from the textbook (Ch 21-26)?
One major design strategy that we used was the strategies on successful teamwork on pages 493-494. We used the idea of assigning clear roles and work assignments a lot, dividing up the work needed to be done on the rockets and planes between groups of people. We also communicated a lot and made decisions with the agreement of the whole team. We also used the advice on “How to manage a design team project” on page 490, as we made sure to set deadlines and keep working methodically on all parts of the design.
Describe the process your group used to accomplish the task.
Our process for this week was to split up the work and finish the mini projects before collaborating on the bigger projects, which were the rocket and airplane. By dividing the work, we were able to finish projects at a quicker rate which allowed us to have more time to modify the plane and rocket.
Describe how the principles you used to build the project and apply to the engineering fields you studied
The rockets and planes we built relate to aerospace engineering. In order to make our designs successful, we needed to grasp ideas such as center of gravity and drag. This knowledge came from researching aerospace engineering within our textbook.
Each member’s role in the project.
Izzy, Kunal, and Aaron worked on the straw, stomp, and actual rocket, while Kyuhyun and Matthew worked on the plane models and the drone. Kunal and Aaron also worked on the carbon capture device while Izzy worked on the simulation.
Describe the successes and the obstacles your team encountered and how your team overcame the obstacles.
We struggled with the design of the parachute on the rocket, so once the rocket launched and we saw that the parachute design failed, we changed our design. We then made streamers instead which worked better during the final launch.
What would your next steps be to improve your project?
The next steps we would take to improve our project would be to change the design of the body of the rocket so that the parachute would have more space when it was time to launch. Hopefully, this would mean that the parachute would actually deploy when the rocket launches.
Describe the lessons that you learned and how you will apply these lessons to future projects.
We learned to divide work as a team and communicate properly. We will use this lesson of teamwork and apply it to future projects and teams we will be working in.
Knowing what you know now, how would you start your project differently?
Knowing what we know now we think that we wouldn’t start the project differently because we started strong and worked well in our individual projects.
Technical Questions:
How did you find your rocket’s center of gravity?
How does the carbon capture Arduino work?
How does the motor on the capacitor plane work?
How did your straw rocket work?
How did your stomp rocket work?
How does the ignition work during the rocket launch?
Why did you use a parachute or streamers?
How did the RocketSim simulation work?
How did you balance weight on your capacitor plane?
End-user Questions:
What was the Makerspace like?
What was your favorite part of this week?
How do you feel after your rocket launch?
What was your least favorite part of this week?
What was your favorite model you made?
How do you feel after completing this program?
What was your favorite project of the entire engineering program?
How did you utilize the Makerspace?
Did you like working with your group?