February 1, 2021 - February 26, 2021
Generation of Alternative Concepts:
1. Brainstorm to determine at least three feasible alternatives for each subfunction and assemble the results in a classification scheme.
2. Form three promising design concepts by combining compatible subfunction alternatives from classification scheme.
3. Firm up your three design concepts by sketching them in the form of concept drawings. Functionality should be clearly indicated in the drawings through the use of labeling and text.
Generation of Alternative Concepts:
1. Brainstorm to determine at least three feasible alternatives for each subfunction and assemble the results in a classification scheme.
2. Form three promising design concepts by combining compatible subfunction alternatives from classification scheme.
3. Firm up your three design concepts by sketching them in the form of concept drawings. Functionality should be clearly indicated in the drawings through the use of labeling and text.
Reflection:
During the second design step, our group focused on different alternative solutions to the new specific problem we have come to. Some highs we had in this step were problem solving and leadership. For the rout we chose to go down, it can get really complicated with designs and material. Figuring out how the material works to capture carbon dioxide is really complicated when it gets down to fining new technology we can scale down. I think I did a good job with problem solving and researching. Many of the materials that do capture carbon have specific environments they need to be in to work properly. This put us in some setbacks but ultimately we worked through it and kept researching possible solutions. Another thing I though I did well for this step was leadership. I would always try and keep everyone up to date and busy when we had work time. I also would assign task for each person to do so we could split up the work. Overall, I think we did a much better job during this step compared to the last step. Some lows I think we can improve on for next time are with communication and time management. We had our ski week in the middle of this step which didn't help our time management. Most of our assignments were finished the day before it was due and could have been better if we kept working on it throughout the weeks. Another thing that could have been better was out communication with ideas and research. We did a lot of new research and planning ideas that weren't always shared with the whole group in person. All of the research I did was just added to our padlet and not all of my group mates would read each article so the information was never really shared. Other then that, this design step went a lot smoother then our first one because our focus is narrowing down and will be easier to design. For the next step, I am going to focus on communication and better time management.