Capstone Design Step 1
In this step, we created a survey to gauge the wants of the public. We distributed this survey to environmental clubs at our school. From this survey, we were able to narrow down a final concept. We were deciding between a sponge and an aerosol spray, and the responses helped us choose the sponge concept. We also created a Demands and Wishes list to outline requirements for the product.
Below is our modified Demands and Wishes list that we incorporated our survey results into.
Reflection
One thing that went well during this step of the capstone project was our formulation of the Demands and Wishes list. We were able to brainstorm and come up with specifications for our product very quickly, and we also easily incorporated our survey results into the list. Another thing that went well was our time management. We were able to quickly finish the survey so we could send it out to people with enough time to gather results.
One thing that did not go as well was some of the survey responses. There were people who did not seem to understand the purpose of their project, since they kept suggesting ways for us to clean up plastic. While that is an important goal, it is not the focus of this project. In the future, we will be sure to be more specific when crafting a survey. We also did not get as much engagement with our survey as we would have liked. We only got about 20 responses, although we sent it out to many more students. Because of this small sample size, we did not blindly follow the results.
From this design step, I learned how to create a survey, how to analyze its results, and how to specify demands and wishes for an engineering project.
One thing that went well during this step of the capstone project was our formulation of the Demands and Wishes list. We were able to brainstorm and come up with specifications for our product very quickly, and we also easily incorporated our survey results into the list. Another thing that went well was our time management. We were able to quickly finish the survey so we could send it out to people with enough time to gather results.
One thing that did not go as well was some of the survey responses. There were people who did not seem to understand the purpose of their project, since they kept suggesting ways for us to clean up plastic. While that is an important goal, it is not the focus of this project. In the future, we will be sure to be more specific when crafting a survey. We also did not get as much engagement with our survey as we would have liked. We only got about 20 responses, although we sent it out to many more students. Because of this small sample size, we did not blindly follow the results.
From this design step, I learned how to create a survey, how to analyze its results, and how to specify demands and wishes for an engineering project.