DDC Design Project
MILESTONE 1 - ENTERING UNIVERSITY
Date: September 5th, 2012
Goal: Gain a variety of technical skills in a broad range of topics, as well as improve my time management skills and study habits.
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Description: In high school, I have learned important skills like scientific rigor, attention to detail, and experimental design. I was never formally taught the process of design, or knew that it existed. I am entering the ECE program with little understanding of what Engineering is. Not only am I not qualified to practice engineering design, I do not even know what skills I am lacking.
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Relevant Courses: Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Linear Algebra, Calculus, Earth and Space Science, English
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Strengths: Experimental practice, Detail Oriented, Textual Analysis, Writing
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Known Weaknesses: Oral Communication, Teamwork, Time and Work Organization, Technical knowledge
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Unknown Weaknesses: Engineering design methodology, Application of Knowledge, Inter-Disciplinary Communication and Design
HIGH SCHOOL DESIGN PROJECTS
A brushed DC motor similar to the image above, using 3 electromagnets (nails with wires wrapped around it).
Experimentally shown that the decay constant of the pendulum has an exponential relationship with the strength of the magnetic field.
A user interface based network designed in Java. The purpose is assess the progress of information spread.