Week 9 Update

Week 9 Update

Part of the Engineering Design III course is during the final weeks of the term, each lab section would nominate a project group to present a poster on their project. This presentation was scheduled to be on the same day as senior engineering presentations at Mitchell Auditorium on June 3rd. The Honeywalk Project was nominated for this honor for section 068. After this nomination, it was determined that a redistribution of roles for the remainder of the project was necessary. The group reserved the beginning of the lab period of Week 9 to discuss a redistribution of roles.

The following tasks must be completed by the following week to successfully complete the course:

• Final Report Submission (revised version of Final Draft)
• Final Blog Checks and Updates

• Presentable model of Honeywalk piece

• Final Presentation

• Project Poster

• AutoCAD drawing of Walkway proposal

Bill was not in attendance for the Week 9 lab (excused absence) but gave Ilana specific instructions for final modifications of model of the Honeywalk piece. Due to the lack of detail for the 3D model (because of the thickness of the 3D printing filament and parameters of the machine), the Fusion 360 model of the surface design as well as several animations for the locking mechanism and legs would be used in the final project. This eliminated the need for a 3D part, confusion regarding the actual design and will be more beneficial for the final presentation.

"Artistic model" of the Honeywalk piece with obvious lack of detail and true nature of design.

The Final report grades were received and there were numerous edits and revisions needed to be made. These include:

• Correct spelling and grammatical errors
• Include more graphics to illustrate design process.
• Analyze results in the discussion section and explain why other designs were unreasonable.
• Making the report more concise (and thus, shorter).

It was decided during the beginning lab meeting that Spencer started the revisions to the final report during the lab period. These edits were to be made available to the group so all could add revisions and discuss proper changes. Spencer was also to complete the Week 9 update and any necessary blog updates/changes prior to the final blog check.

Julia completed the AutoCAD drawing of the Walkway proposal and posted the file in the group folder prior to the Week 9 lab. This included the correction of a dimensions mistake made earlier in the walkway design process (comparison shown in figure below). After this was completed, she volunteered to begin filling in the slide text and graphics according to Spencer’s outline using the draft of the Final Report. 

The hexagonal pattern on the left is the corrected design used for the centerpiece of the Honeywalk; the right is a visual of the previous centerpiece.

It was decided that the group members would complete their sections of the Presentation and the entire group would meet Saturday morning (exact time TBD) to finalize the presentation and  practice the presentation before the following Wednesday.