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Handwashing Timer

Course Description: EGR 101 (Engineering Innovation)

Project Length: 4 weeks

Project Description:

This project involved was the first design challenge for the EGR 101 course. Furthermore, this was my first project as engineering student at Duke. The goal of the project was to create a handwashing timer that would. The motivation behind this was to Each team, consisting of 20 students, was responsible for their own Rube Goldberg Machinec. Furthermore, subteams of 3-4 students were responsible for creating  each subsection of 

Skills Obtained/Used:

  • Circuit Building

  • C++ Coding for Arduino

  • 3D Printing

  • Interactions and Handoffs

  • Team and subteam communication

Solution to Problem

After completing this project, I learned a lot of important lessons. .... Our subteam ran into a few challenges along the team. One of them was that we struggled to maintain a steady form of communication considering that we were all on different schedules. Additionally, we experienced a problem . However, I overcame these issues . Overall, this was a succesful project and I gained more knowledge about 

Results:

After completing this project, I learned a lot of important lessons. .... Our subteam ran into a few challenges along the team. One of them was that we struggled to maintain a steady form of communication considering that we were all on different schedules. Additionally, we experienced a problem . However, I overcame these issues . Overall, this was a succesful project and I gained more knowledge about 

Key Takeaways/Evaluations:

After completing this project, I learned a lot of important lessons. .... Our subteam ran into a few challenges along the team. One of them was that we struggled to maintain a steady form of communication considering that we were all on different schedules. Additionally, we experienced a problem . However, I overcame these issues . Overall, this was a succesful project and I gained more knowledge about 

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