What do you need to know to design and develop a solution to your chosen problem?

How many people occupy a certain area or how often it can get crowded?

What is the need or want in your problem statement that is causing a problem?

To be able to purify the air around a room that is able to move around near people.

What customers will be interested in or served by a solution to the problem?

People who are environmental activists or hospitals with patients/people with respiratory problems.

Is the assumed target market correct, smaller, or larger?

It would be larger because having an air purifier that can move around a room without you having to physically move it would be much more sufficient.

Do products exist that already serve as a solution?

Yes, but they are not based in the United States or Mobile.

What competitors affect your solution options?

Aichi Institute of Technology and developers o the base material, as well as the developers of the mini controller on the bot.

What solution characteristics and features are most important?

It is able to be stored in a small space, everyone in the U.S. will be able to buy it, and it will be mobile.

How much would people pay for a solution?

$250

Is the problem definition adequate or is the problem broader or narrower than the original problem statement indicates?

The problem definition is accurate with a minor error being broader than we expect.

4.4 Conclusion Questions

Why is it important to conduct market research?

In order to figure out if our product has a place in the market and if will it meet a hypothetical demand.

Why do companies and individuals with new ideas put so much effort into research and development before moving forward with the product or system development?

Because you have to know what kind of demand you will have for the product that you are creating and to see if anybody else has either tried to create the product or if it’s already created, or how you can improve it.

Based on your market research results, describe the wants and needs of the potential customers for your proposed solution.

People who are wanting to make their local, building, or community have purer air in the vicinity and to help combat air pollution in that area

How do the results of your market research help define the scope of your proposed project?

The results of our market research help define what direction our project should go, as well as who we should cater our project to.

Market Demand Research Study Examining the Janeoulus Purifier

Mecca Fisher, Shaugn Ostrowski, and Gage Yandell

Project Lead the Way, Muskogee High School

Engineering Design and Development

Janet Lopez

November 5, 2021

Questions

A Mobile Air Purifier is moving toward you, filtering the air as it rolls. Do you breathe in the air? Do you trust the Air Purifier? If you don’t trust it, What would make you trust it more? Do you think the Mobile Air Purifier will be school safe for use? Could you see it being used in a medical application? What could be added or used to be used in a medical application? Are there any ease-of-use preferences you would like with it?

Focus Groups

Who: AP Students of Muskogee High School/Teachers

What: Focus groups for ideas pertaining to our Janeoulus Purifier

When: November 8, 2021, 4th Hour

Where: Conference Room Prefered, but any room with a place to present and enough space for 7-17 Students.

Why: 38-43 million tons of carbon dioxide are being produced every year since 2010. The pollutants from that are particulate matter (PM), sulfur oxides (SOx), and nitrogen oxides (NOx). The OG&E Plant adds to that number and affects the people who attend Muskogee High School. The Development of our product can help the people who are affected and increase the overall cleanliness of the Muskogee High School Environment.

Survey Questions

Demographics

How would you solve the problem of air pollutants compromising air quality?

What do you like about our solution?

What do you dislike about our solution?

What features do you think are most important? Why?

How much would you pay for our solution?

If a new product existed to solve the problem in a better way, would you try it?

How much would you be willing to pay for it?

How many times a year would you expect to buy it?

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