Creative Engineering Design
The final project of the first semester was the Creative Engineering Design. This project was disparate from the foregoing others in the fact that this was much a more independent one. We were asked to find our own world problem that we would then need to solve using engineering principles and implying the use of the Engineering Design Cycle when building the solution to the said problem. The solution would come in the form of a prototype of a device. After assembling the prototype, our group would have to pitch our solution, discussing the cost efficiency of the apparatus as well as how well it solved the problem. But, prior to building the gadget, we were told to intensely research our problem so that we could most effectively come up with the solution. Generally, this project was an exceptional test of self-reliance within a group while also testing our ability to solve a problem within a given time frame.