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Introduction:
Our team is team 20, we are a group of five, in fall 2016 we work as a group in the wonder factory project, the goal of the project is to create an interactive platform that educate younger generation on the importance of the STEM. The project was open ended, you can choose any topic, any idea and you can choose your own way to execute the project.
Our client is trying to create a science center here in flagstaff, and they are trying to come up with the best ideas they could found for the science center. And they came up with number of needs or requirement the they need in the project, some of them was expected and predicted like safe and fun, but some other was little challenging, for example feel smart and project themselves .
We started by doing brain storming sessions, the come up with a number of ideas, after that we started to eliminate some of the unsuitable ideas. Then applied the weighting system for the remaining ideas, after contacting the client we decided to do the pulley wall idea.
This idea is a wall that have two faces and on each face a number of pulley systems that will be tested by the user, the user will understand how each system work and what is the advances and disadvantages of each system and where each system used and why, the user well get to know why is the pulley system is useful and how it can can left a weight of an object with a portion of the force needed.
Contributors to project success:
Our team purpose in this project is to build an interactive game or platform by using STEM concept by doing that the younger generation will be more drawn into science technology, engineering and math, and that will satisfy the goal of the project and satisfies the existence of the since center it self.
By building our final design (the pulley wall) we completed the team purpose, because through STEM we encourage the younger generation to experience one of the important concept in mechanical engineering concept in a fun, interactive and smart way.
The main team goal was to teach kids new concept, when the user interact with our design (the pulley wall) he came out wit some thing new in his mind, new concept. In our cause the user will gain knowledge about the pulleys and how they can be helpful, how he can use only a portion of the force to lift or move an object and most important what is the application for this concept is used.
Our team was well communicating with each other, the work was divided in a good and effective way that make the design developed on the right path and get to the wanted goal or every team member, and that came because we agree to set a ground rule that will help and accelerate the working process. The first rule is to be clear for all the team member if any one is having a problem or not satisfied he should informed other tem member and make it clear. If there was any problem or difficulties for any team member the other team mates will be available to solve and fix the issue, if the issue was not fixed or solved by the team the will refer the matter to the class instructor Dr.Omen or Dr.Trevas . but, we did not meet any problem from that kind, most of the work was delivered on time and meet other team member satisfaction, all the issue that came up was solver in the frame of the team.
The team was considering the time as some thing that very important, most of the work was delivered before the deadline from all team member, and the tame was before the schedule most of the semester, for example the design links and the testing precede was ready before weeks from the deadline, presentation was the same and we always will have a good amount of time to practice on these a lot. Communication went also very well in the hole semester every body was well informed and clearly know the task that he has to do , and the our team leader play a big role in making the communication went good.
Our communication with the client was so professional and well done, also the communication with our project adviser and that came with the help of our client contact.
The cost of the material and the manufacturing cost was the vaguest aspect because we don’t have to deal with it until this semester, and there was a lot of correction on this aspect, also one of the unclear areas that I have to deal with in this project is one of the customer requirement which was ‘’project them self ‘’ I found it hard to translate this requirement into a STEM design.
One of the most useful tools that the team used to communicate is a smartphone app is called the what’s app, simply you could group a chat group and share files, images, videos, PDFs, word files. one drive also was one of the good tool that we used but it has some problem when it come to formatting and editing on the browser, but mostly it was useful tool to share files mages and images between team mates.
Opportunities/areas for improvement:
Most of the problem that our team that encounter that a problem that related to the formatting , for example when we wanted to ad the gant chart is was so hard to change the sheet sheet size for one sheet to fit the gant chart
One of the things that I believe need improvement is the individual analysis, the goal of the individual analysis is to use the knowledge that you gain and analyze your own design, but that did not happen, at the time of the assignment we where still in the process of choosing the final design idea. Then we end up doing analysis for the final 10 design, each teams member chooses a design and analyze one area of it.
NAU could create a website or a program that could be accessed only by the capston student and they can upload there file and share all of the information the they need in through this program or web site, also the instructor will be having automatic access to all the file that been shared and the could see the progress of the design and give help and guidance through this program. Also it will be a reference for all the capston student that will be coming later.
The team website is a powerful tool to shoe you design and what you and your team has been accomplished, so is there is a helper with the website or some one that could refer to if we face a problem with the website, because the website should come up as professional and neat as possible .
The peer evaluation was one of the things I was not comfortable doing, some as I said before our teem was mostly a head of the schedule and deliver a good quality and in time work , so there is almost nothing I could write in the area of improvement
This experience tout me a lot o technical stuff I will be using in my future career, for example hoe to brain storm, how to inspire design from the surrounding like nature, what method is used to eliminate unwanted design, Also I was exposed to the 3Dprenting and, how it is used and how much dose it cost .how to deal with a client was something I learned in this semester, I also learn more about the pulley system what is the different settings for it and how we use it and why, and what is the application in real life ,
