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Slingshot Experiment

Course Description: EGR 244 (Dynamics)

Project Length: 3 weeks

Project Description:

This project involved was the final design challenge for the EGR 121 course. The goal of the project was to create a Rube Goldberg machine. 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:

  • Solidworks

  • 3D Printing

  • Prototyping and Testing

  • Interactions and Handoffs

  • Team and subteam communication

Solution to Design Challenge

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.

 

Attached is a link to a PDF file of my full lab report for this experiment: Slingshot Experiment - Lab Report

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