NISHA KAR

Day 4: Entering the Design Phase

 

Hi interns,

Welcome to the Design phase! You will now use what you have learned about impact forces to design a supply pod using our design tool, SupplyDrop. You should already be familiar with this tool from your first day of work. Testing digitally will save time, materials, and money until Futura decides which designs to develop. We’ll also save a whole lot of eggs!

For each of your iterative tests, you’ll want to record your choices and how well they work. To help you organize this information, you’ll have a SupplyDrop Data sheet which you will record your information on. At the end of the workday, be sure to decide which of your designs was the best. We’ll be using it again.

Deliverables:

3–6 iterations recorded on SupplyDrop Data sheet, with best design indicated

After Hours: Project Summary

Happy testing, 

Nisha 

Nisha Kar, Project Director

Futura | Mechanical Engineering Division

 

NISHA KAR

Day 5: Analyzing Your Data

Hi interns,Today you will continue using your SupplyDrop Data sheets to conduct iterative testing. You’ll also learn how to analyze your results in order to make your tests more meaningful. You will use your analysis to select a design version to submit to me for feedback.Analyzing data is an essential skill for success that I make sure all my interns practice. If you don’t look at your results and try to learn something from them, then there is no point to testing in the first place. More importantly, carefully planning your tests by changing only one thing at a time will allow you to see the results of individual choices on your design’s success. I’ve provided a Results Analysis sheet to help you with this.Deliverables:

 
Nisha

Nisha Kar, Project Director
Futura | Mechanical Engineering Division