Creative engineering project
In this project we were told to solve a world problem that is happening today. Our group decided to take a fun twist on this project and we tried to solve the problem of soggy cereal. We knew that this problem was not the biggest in the world but it was still damaging people`s lives everywhere. At first our group did not really know what to search on the internet but we decided to look up what cereals get soggy faster to help our machine, we found that flaked cereal gets soggy faster and more dense cereals like chex get soggy slower. Ely, Tyler, Aidan, and I made a machine to solve this soggy cereal problem. Our machine consisted of a wooden frame and base put together in a triangular prism shape. Our prism had a hole on the bottom with a tube running through it. This prism held the cereal in it. Unfortunately we got cut a few days short so we were unable to perfect it but it was still a nice product.The Creative Engineering Design Cycle is a series of steps used by engineers to guide them with their initial problems. It is made up of a series of procedures which are:
Engineering Design Cycle 1. Identify the need of what your doing 2. Research the problem(s) 3. Develop possible solutions 4. Select the most promising solution 5. Construct a prototype 6. Test and evaluate the prototype 7. Communicate the design 8. Redesign 9. Repeat the cycle |
Peaks and Pits Peaks: Some of our peaks were that our group had a great time doing the project, also we had a very unique idea that was far different than any one else. Pits: Some of our pits were that we did not manage our time well and we got off track a lot, also we got set back pretty far when we decided to change our whole idea from the cereal itself to a machine. |