Creative Engineering
Project Description: We finished the semester off strong with the Creative Engineering Project. The assignment was very open-ended, with the simple instruction to improve a world problem through engineering. It was up to us whether this issue was as simple as tying your shoes or as complicated as finding world peace. My group decided to tackle hunger and malnutrition.
The steps that must be taken for a proper design are known as the engineering design cycle.
1. identify the need
2. research the problem
3. develop possible solutions
4. select a promising solution
5. construct a prototype
6. test and evaluate the prototype
7. communicate the design
8. redesign and repeat
These steps may be arranged in many different orders depending on the outcomes. For example, if the selected solution is proved not to work, one might go back to number 3 to research the problem further and start again from there.
After identifying the need and doing LOTS of research, we decided to design a self-sufficient bar factory based in Ethiopia. Every bar sold would pay for another for a hungry Ethiopian. Also, it would provide jobs and food for the workers. Although this number may be small, every individual who is fed and healthy makes a big difference overall. As stated by Neil Armstrong, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." One bar at a time and one person at a time, the conditions in Ethiopia could change drastically.
The steps that must be taken for a proper design are known as the engineering design cycle.
1. identify the need
2. research the problem
3. develop possible solutions
4. select a promising solution
5. construct a prototype
6. test and evaluate the prototype
7. communicate the design
8. redesign and repeat
These steps may be arranged in many different orders depending on the outcomes. For example, if the selected solution is proved not to work, one might go back to number 3 to research the problem further and start again from there.
After identifying the need and doing LOTS of research, we decided to design a self-sufficient bar factory based in Ethiopia. Every bar sold would pay for another for a hungry Ethiopian. Also, it would provide jobs and food for the workers. Although this number may be small, every individual who is fed and healthy makes a big difference overall. As stated by Neil Armstrong, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." One bar at a time and one person at a time, the conditions in Ethiopia could change drastically.