Senior Puzzle Cube

Perspective Sketches

I practiced my newfound skill of perspective sketching by doing graphic logo for DIZM eyewear!

Figuring out the curves on the "m" was definatly a challenge, the z was also a little tricky.

Halloween Pumpkin Man...

Cardboard Canoe Achievements Post

Total Achievements: 17

Here is our finished product. Its not really that heavy we just all wanted to the picture.

The secret to our success... taped inside.

Design Achievements:
• Define the Problem and Brainstorm Solutions
• Big Brain
• Criteria & Constraints 
• Sketch Ideas
• Prototype Ideas
• Select an Approach

These can be viewed at Cardboard Canoe Design Phase


Build Achievements:
• Build It!- see pictures above
• The Early Bird Gets the Achievement -I'm claiming this achievement for my team because we worked the hardest to get our boat finished and had a usable product first.
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Test Achievements:
• The Fastest - Awarded to the first team to reach the far side (25yds)
• The Farthest - Awarded to the team that can travel the furthest (laps)
• The Longest - Awarded to the team with the watercraft that floats the longest (multiple teams may be awarded this achievement if multiple boats remain afloat at the end of our competition period).
• Balance Master - Chase was able to stand for more than 5 seconds with me sitting in the boat




Reflection Achievements:
• Feedback -
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-large surface area caused it to float w/o sinking more than 3 inches
-full taped inside allows water to enter inside without causing cardboard
change
-make sure we completely tape the bottom of the boat
- create a more efficient way to tape the sidewalls up
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- Did water come in the corners of our boat of just the bottom?
-Would a fin have helped keep the boat straight?
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-lots of surface area to keep it afloat
-include fin in future design to make steering easier.
• How Low Did You Go? - Our boat only sunk about 3' inches into the water when our pilot a.k.a. Chase Fischer who weighs roughly 135lbs, was inside of it. That means that because water is about 8.3454 pounds per gallon, our boat displaced about 16.2 gallons of water.
• Redesign - If we were to do another Carboard Canoe race next semester, what would you build? Draw from everything you experienced in your class and propose the most competative solution. Include a sketch with key features and dimensions labeled.
• (Make Your Own Achievement) - The only boat that didn't fall apart after more than 25 yards- This achievemnt was pretty self explanitory, our boat was the only one that could be salvaged and made it farther than 25 yards.

Cardboard Canoe Design Phase

Important Features: sealed rolls of cardboard, 3' sidewalls, duct tape rope for pulling

This is the boat design we used.



Important Features: 12 inch sidewalls, curved up nose, flat bottom





This is our pentagon design we did not use it. Important Features: pointed nose to cut through water, flat bottom, 12 inch sidewalls



Four Quadrant Feedback

Castaway Design

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-sealed and watertight can go underwater

-very strong

change

-shape of front to funnel/cut through water

?

-Can we paddle it?

-How sturdy is it?

!

-floats really well

The Pentagon Boat Design

+

-nose pointed and cuts through water

change

-how sturdy sidewalls are

?

-will the sidewalls fold in?

!

-goes fast through water.

The one we used

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large surface area for maximum floatage.

change

how sturdy the sidewalls are

how we tape it together

?

Did water enter because of the hole in bottom or was there another reason?

If we do a cleaner cut will our boat last longer

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-put fins in the bottom so it goes straight

Brainstorming List

Define Problem: cardboard boat sealed with dict tape that makes it across the pool first w/o sinking

- flat bottomed boat

-v bottom boat

- castaway design

- castaway desingwith sidewalls and pointed nose

-panga design

- canoe

-outrigger

-zodiac design

- duct tape rope for pulling

-harness for person to swim infront of boat

- large fin in the bottom

- cardboard seat to sit in

-surfboard design

-d day w/flat bottom and curved up flat nose

-cardboard sail(unrealistic but cool)

-name on side of boat(for good luck)

-concave bottom( to funnel water back)

-sealed hull

-pentagon design

-circular boat design

See achievements on next post...

 

Achievements: 7
"One Assembly" "Two Assemblies""Three Assemblies" "Four Assemblies" "Five Assemblies"
"Give a Helping Hand"- I helped Sammy constrain his bricks together.
"Ask For Help"- I asked Frederico to help me open up my simple cube at the begginning of creating my assemblies.

The History of the Surfboard

Brick By Brick Challenge

Achievements=6
Today in engineering we worked with Autodesk Inventor ProTM to design different types of blocks to fullfill different requiremets or achievements. The idea was to experiment with different design ideas and discover the many funtions that Inventor works.

Achievement - The "Basic" BrickA straightforward part shape to start with.

Achievement - The "T-Bone" BrickThis shape adds a few more sides to the basic brick.

Achievement - The "Axe Head" BrickNow we'll experiment with using curves.

Achievement - The "Tri-Pole" BrickMore complexity with our curved shape.

Achievement - "Seek Help"
I asked Chase Fischer for help with extruding my bricks. He was happy to help and promptley instructed me how.

Achievement-"Lend a helping hand"
I showed Chase how to save his files as a jpeg image.

My First Blog Post

"Super exciting"-Israel Dedina, "amazing"-Israel Dedina, "the highlight of my journey through the internet"-Israel Dedina, "It's okay"- Chase Fischer

Welcome to Engineering and Intelligent Design my "amazing" blog dedicated to the Intro to EngineeringTM class at CHS.

I am an avid surfer and this picture is of me being nothing short of amazing. For many more pictures and videos visit http://browntroutproductions.blogspot.com/

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