Sagot :
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1. Identify a need
The need (also called the problem you are solving or the Engineering Goal) is frequently identified by customers–the users of the product. The customer could be a retail consumer or the next team in a product development. Customers may express needs by describing a product (I need a car) or as a functional requirement (I need a way to get to school). The need should be described in a simple statement that includes what you are designing (the product), who it is for (customer), what need does it satisfy (problem to solve), and how does it improve previous designs (easier to use, less expensive, more efficient, safer).
Step 2. Establish design criteria and constraints
Design criteria are requirements you specify that will be used to make decisions about how to build and evaluate the product. Criteria are derived from needs expressed by customers. Criteria define the product’s physical and functional characteristics and must be declared as a measurable quantity.
Step 3. Evaluate alternative designs and create your test plan
Your research into possible solutions will reveal what has been done to satisfy similar needs. You’ll discover where knowledge and science limit your solutions, how previous solutions may be improved, and what different approaches may meet design objectives. You should consider at least two or three alternative designs and consider using available technology, modifying current designs, or inventing new solutions. Superior work will demonstrate tradeoff analyses such as comparing the strength vs. cost of various bridge-building materials. It’s important to document in your project notebook how you chose and evaluated alternative designs.
Step 4. Build a prototype of best design
Use your alternative analyses to choose the design that best meets criteria considering the constraints, then build a prototype. A prototype is the first full scale and usually functional form of a new type or design.
Step 5. Test and evaluate the prototype against important design criteria to show how well the product meets the need
You must test your prototype under actual or simulated operating conditions. Make sure you test all of your criteria and constraints to evaluate the success of your prototype. Customers are usually involved in product testing so be sure you have SRC approval if people are involved.
Step 6. Analyze test results, make design changes and retest
Testing will disclose some deficiencies in your design. Sometimes the testing fails completely and sends the designer “back to the drawing board.” Make corrections and retest OR prepare an analysis of what went wrong and how you will fix it. As always, document your analyses, fixes, and retests in your notebook.
Step 7. Communicate the design
The designer’s real product is the description of a design from which others will build the product.
Use your notebook and the fair exhibit to communicate the design to your customer and the judges. Your product description will be conveyed in drawings, photos, materials lists, assembly instructions, test plans and results. Consider listing lessons learned so future designers need not repeat any of your “frustrations.” You’ll have clear instructions on how to produce your design, along with production cost estimates.
Step 8. Prepare
Prepare your engineering project exhibit board. See the Project Display Rules and Helpful Display Hints for a successful project board.
Step 9. Prepare your abstracts and compliance checklist
You will need to bring to Check-In day:
15 copies of your Project Abstract for grades 9-12 OR 10 copies for grades 6-8
your completed Compliance Checklist
your project board
research notebook
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