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Machine Control: Capstone Project

-Brainstorming Ideas: Provide at least four of your team’s brainstorming ideas for the design solution. This should include brainstorming sketches or electronic 3D models of your ideas. Each sketch should be signed, dated, and should include labels and descriptions for communication.

-Decision Matrix: Evaluate the four solution ideas using a decision matrix. Determine the best solution to the problem.

-Final Design Solution: Create a detailed pictorial sketch or use 3D modeling software to document the best solution, based upon your team’s decision matrix. Your sketch or 3D model should include a rationale for the design selected as the final design solution. Each sketch should be signed, dated, and should include labels and descriptions for communication.

-Design Modifications: If you change your final design solution, document the modifications. Explain the reason for the modifications and describe how the new design solution will solve the problem (refer to Design Modifications Chart).

-Final Design: This section will include information pertinent to the design solution in the form of images (e.g., photographs of final solution, photographs of testing solution, orthographic and isometric drawings, assembly, schematics, exploded views, written programs, flow charts, calculations, and data tables).

-Reflection: How well did you accomplish your objectives? What would your team do differently with your design solution and why? Do the results fulfill the problem statement? Provide a brief explanation of what you learned, the challenges of working in a design team, and the purpose of the design problem. The reflection should be 200-250 words.


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- A Helping Hand: Since one of the major goals of our course is to expose students to working in a collaborative and open environment (like one might experience in a professional technical setting), I'd like to know if there were any students outside of your team that were especially helpful to your efforts. If you did recieve some help, please let me know who that was and be specific about how they helped you out. I will look positively on you for recognizing people that made a difference for you. Thanks.

Engineer program investigation

I chose to do UCLA's architecture and Urban design,

course requirements:
all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose, creative portfolio, and the departmental supplement. Letters of Recommendation 3


Questions

College/University of interest: UCLA

Why does this institution appeal to you?: I like the campus, it's a great and well known school, it shows a good program for architecture that i want

Which engineering program is most interesting to you and why?: I'm mostly interested in the architecture, Master of Architecture I (M.Arch. I) because i'm a creative person and i'm better at designing the interior or exterior than the actual technical calculations and building of it


Which undergraduate engineering elective is most interesting? Describe the course and its appeal to you: the BA in Architectural Studies because it's all about designing

Glider Challenge: Deliverables

Challenge: To create the best glider in the class.


Brainstorm solutions:
-To brainstorm we must think about design, about ideas that will make the glider work the best, last the longest in the air, or go the furthest. Although the design is important it's better to worry more about the technical function of our glider

-Long rectangular wings, support inner triangles for resistance, cover with paper glue it by adding glue to the skelleton of our glider and then cover it all up and let it dry



Sketches:






Specification:

-We are all given the same amount of time to come up with a glider, we can only use tissue paper, the couple sticks of wood (that is easily broken), glue, and scissors



Sketches of Developed Solutions:

Test Phase notes:

It's been a pretty windy week and our gliders are all pretty light. Let's hope when we go out there the wind stops winding :)

The wind had no mercy so we had to go in front of the dance building to help our gliders a bit, it helped as they took off

the harder they were being thrown the less distance they'd travel

Our glider sadly did not make a very good performance due to it's accident of a broken wing when found the morning of the competition. Other than that I feel like maybe if Rickey would have been a little more gentle when throwin it maybe the Friendship would have had a longer and better glide. We probably should have added some weight at the tip of the glider so that it wouldnt go up in a circle and crash. If we had a stronger material holding it together like some stronger wood it probably would have helped it glide. Over all i feel like our design was built the best way possible with the time and materials we had. It was a fun activity :)

Egg Drop Challenge- I#1

Total # of Achievements Earned: 26

Brainstorming -Create a sketch of one possible solution. Include labels. -Create a sketch of another possible solution. Include labels. -Create a sketch of a third possible solution. Include labels. -Use a decision matrix to justify the approach you chose. Material Prep -Generate a list of materials required for build day. -Document a plan to ensure materials are brought in on block day. Build Achievements Material Size: (your egg is not included in the material size) (air is ubiquitous and not included in material size. "Rare" commodities like helium are.) -Your materials fit inside a printer paper box -Your materials fit inside a shoe box Material Weight: (your egg is not included in material weight) -Your materials weigh less than 500 grams. -Your materials weigh less than 300 grams. -Your materials weigh less than 200 grams. -Your materials weigh less than 150 grams. -Your materials weigh less than 100 grams. Drop Achievements Drop Accuracy: -You hit the butcher paper! -You hit inside the third ring! Egg Resilience: -Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times) -Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times) -Your egg didn't break in any way! (awarded three times) Calculation Achievements -Describe an aspect of the event using arithmetic. (234g-149g)=85g -Describe an aspect of the event using geometry. A=pi r^2 A=36pi -Describe an aspect of the event using algebra. x + x + x =85; 28.33g per plate -Describe an aspect of the event using calculus. 1/2 a t^2; t=1.01s; integrate 1/2 a t^2= at; (9.8)(1.01)=9.9 m/s Other Achievements -Help set up the Bullseye. Ana did it -Come up with a clever name Mr. Olson uses for an existing Achievment. Don't Scramble the Egg (Egg didn't break) -Design an Achievement Mr. Olson approves for next year's Egg Drop Challenge. Use only one type of material. -Suggest a redesign to the activity that Mr Olson confirms he will use for next year's Egg Drop Challenge. Obstacles and challenges; like blindfolded drops, spots on the tarp that do not count for any points, AESTHETICS SHOULD COUNT

• Our "Friendship" and Joe's parachute worked very well. Since we had a secure padding and the egg was stable it didnt move on its side or anything which helped it not to break because the egg's side is the most vulnerable. That was the mistake with Colin's and his partner because they had their in a bunch of cotton balls but it wasnt as stable as it should have been.


• Based on the achievements you earned, how would you redesign your solution to score better? Be specific (sketches with labeling work well for this).

TED-key issues presented in my talk

Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now

We aren't paying attention to ourselves

We dont take time to think, computers do all the thinking for us now

The advancements in technology allow us to communicate from any part of the world

We are able to connect to whomever and whenever we want

First time in humanity that we've connected in this way

"Things are beautiful that it's still human connection it's just done in a different way"

TED

• TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.


• Their main purpose is to spread their ideas because they "believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world." Due to their site they are able to upload all their new ideas and they are able to share them with the world.


• Technology, science and global issues would be of the best interest to us because as engineers we have to know of global issues going on so that we can come up with ideas to solve them, we use technology for these changes so we need to know about technology and science is a perfect tie to technology and global issues.


• The first video I chose was: We are cyborgs now, this caught my attention and interest as an engineer and problem solver because we are using technology now more than ever. Falling behind with the technology we use now to save our environment and facilitate things would not be something very smart of an engineer to do.The second was Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain, all engineers want to understand how everything works so that they can come up with controls and ways to either copy them or making something better for it. The third was 'Understanding the Rise of China' because we know that china comes up with great technological advances and in many ways we are fighting against them to come up with the next big thing, knowing their advancements help us keep advancing.


• I could get involved in the fiel and study i chose to hear about by doing my own research of communication between people now with all the new technology involved and maybe even do some activities of my own that will back up my opinions and theories about communication with human beings. I can begin to do studies about science advancements that will help me understand the functions of the brain to understand how someone can even begin to clone it. It seems like the biggest skills and training i'll need is just a full study and understanding of such subjects. For example really understand everything that has to do with a subject, analyze everything that will help me see a new perspective or point of view for of the subject for a greater understanding and creativity in ideas that can be possible in the future.

Proffessional Interview

1. Discuss with your instructor who you would like to interview. Obtain instructor approval. 2. Contact the person you will be interviewing and obtain consent. Professional Background 3. Gather the information below. a. Interviewee name: b. Interviewee’s specific degree: c. Interviewee’s place of employment: d. Interviewee’s email address and/or phone: Professional Interview 4. Ask interviewee the questions listed below and record exact responses in your engineering notebook. If you wish to ask additional questions, seek instructor approval. · Please describe your engineering field. · What is your current job title? · Please describe your particular job and duties. · What is your average work schedule? · Starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically. · If you had it to do over, related to your career or education, would you do anything differently? · What advice would you give to me as someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours? Personal Reflection 5. Reflect on your completed interview and answer the following questions. You may also add additional reflections or thoughts. a. What surprised you the most about the interview? b. What was the most important piece of information that you learned form the interview? c. How has this interview influenced your feelings about your future career?

Variables and Branch Functions

Take what you've learned from the RoboPro Software for Fischertechnik presentation on Tuesday/Wednesday and create a program that uses a branch function and loop to increment the value of a variable 5 times before completing. Use the elements in the active workspace in the image above. Deliverables (2pts): -Use a sentence or two to set up the context of your post.

Machine Control: Flowcharting

• Flowcharting is similar to a map because it shows the route traveled







• The process I follow every day is going to school, here's a flowchart that demonstrates it:

Opt. In content

Facebook is now a world wide way of communication. It has the ability to show posts and blogs that allow others to see what you may be doing, thinking or simply want to share. it's one of the easiest ways to plan events, since it also has an event planning app. Your information can be as private as you may want it to be or as public for the world to know. Posts are instant and show very little delay. Twitter, in the other hand has the same type of effect. It's less personal and shows less information. Twitter would me mostly the updates and the posts that facebook has. They are ways to join groups, keep in touch, inform updates and changes.

Facebook and tweeter were the technologies that facilitated the regime change we witnessed in Egypt today. Many protests in the Middle East chose to use these websites to tell when and where the protests and marches and rallies would be held. I feel like also because they were being informed that all these protests were being made, it gave the others the courage to begin their own protests. In a way, Twitter and Facebook united the Middle East to help against their own government. It's kind of like the power of multitude. It was something crazy and at the same time, kind of funny to see how something that would seem insignificant have such an effect on the world.

Content is King

Something i really like doing is volunteering at the Boys & Girls Club in Imperial Beach. I like spending time with them without having to because most of those kids' parents are too busy working or just dont want them at home to be with them. I like helping them enjoy a good day and helping with their home work.

Blogging is helpful to the Club because we [the volunteers] are able to communicate with the staff and learn about what is going on and what events are coming up at the club.

I see myself blogging with the Boys & Girl's Club because I will soon be a staff member and I'll have to know how to keep it up- to- date. I'm excited Mr. Olson has taught us blogging and has enforced it because it'll be beneficial in future occasions.

Units(metric)

l (distance) - m
t (time) - s
m (mass) - kg
a (area) - m^2
v (velocity) - m/s
p (density) - kg/m^3
g (gravity - m/s^2
F (force) - kg m/s^2
E (energy) - m kgm/s^2
P (power) - kgm^2/s^3

Team: Survival at Sea

For this activity Mr. Olson gave us a sheet of paper with a list of survival materials after a ship being lost at sea. He gave us time to number off from which we thought was the most important material to the least. Then he grouped us up and gave us time to discuss the value of the materials with them. After that we got together as a class and we saw how the official Coastguard had numbered them off and why.This activity was very interesting to me because it taught me how different my logic was compared to my team's. It revealed a lot of complications and a lot of reasoning and problem solving. Something that to me made complete sense of keeping was pretty useless for some of my team mates. We also realized that some of the things that were on there we didn't quite know how to use or would only be useful if we had its compliment. It was interesting because i've never really had a survival activity to help guide my decisions and my logic--pretty much i have no survival instinct. I hope this really helped for the future in case anything is to ever happen to me.

Team: Tennis balls

In this activity, Mr. Olson gave the challange of working with a team to create a way of passing a tennis ball in a faster way than the opposing team. The disadvantages to this was the close distance we were to the other team, therefore they'd take our ideas and in the competition they'd use our strategy against us.
For example, Joe came up with the idea of everyone sticking their hands out towards the center of our circle and every other person would have their hands facing up. The idea was to just move our hands side to side and to release the ball without having to throw it. This depended on how fast our reflexes were and how fast we could move our hands from side to side. It worked out pretty good because we were pretty fast at it.
Since the other team did the same thing, this proved who was a better and quicker team because we were not only creating a strategy but seeing who was better at the strategy we chose to use.
Next time we would probably stick with this same strategy but make up a 'fake' one that they could think we'd use but end up using the first idea so that they dont end up using the same idea we do.
It was a fun entertaintment and it's always nice to be outside a classroom. :)