Other Engineering Projects

Mission Statement

1. Create an interactive arcade type game that allows students to learn about learn solar power by directly "competing" against the sun.

2. An informational kiosk for visitors of UCSD.

Target Audience

Students and visitors of UCSD

Challenges

1. It was a completely student driven project with no guidance or leadership from someone with experience. We would often times work on parts that end up being ineffective or useless, causing morale to drop.

2. While members had experience in CADing and had great ideas, there were holes in our collective skill range, causing to project to come to a halt when those skills were needed.

Solutions

1. Our leader valiantly tried to uphold meeting notes, weekly updates, but it was not enough.

2. The project failed, lol :(

Skills Learned

How to make a magnetic generator (theoretically should've worked), where I could find useful resources around campus (one of which I ended up working at), intro to Fusion 360 + 3D printing.

Team Dynamic

It was my first undergraduate project ever, so I was excited and eager to help in any way. However, I ended up mostly tagging along and learning new skills. All of the older members were intellectually attractive, ambitious people.