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    Working in an engineering design team is most effective when members understand each other's strengths and roles. As a student, you are developing the skills and knowledge needed to contribute solutions to problems, though it takes over 10 years to be considered an expert. Effective teams include a diversity of perspectives, with members representing different stakeholder interests. Regular design meetings allow many decisions to be made, but the team must be careful not to fall back on outdated problem-solving methods. Proper documentation in a dated notebook is important both for the design process and potential patents.

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    Working in an engineering design team is most effective when members understand each other's strengths and roles. As a student, you are developing the skills and knowledge needed to contribute solutions to problems, though it takes over 10 years to be considered an expert. Effective teams include a diversity of perspectives, with members representing different stakeholder interests. Regular design meetings allow many decisions to be made, but the team must be careful not to fall back on outdated problem-solving methods. Proper documentation in a dated notebook is important both for the design process and potential patents.

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    WORKING AS A TEAM IS BETTER IF DONE RIGHT

    ENGINEERING
    DESIGN

    Engineering design :
    systematic process
    t0 identify and solve
    a problem

    This is not industrial


    design (beautify
    things)
    TEAM
    WHAT ARE BENEFITS?
    NOW THAT YOU AGREED ON A PROBLEM – KNOW EACH
    OTHER’S STRENGTHS
    IDEATION TEAM MEMBERS ROLES

    Introvert
    Extrovert

    Dreamer
    Fact finder

    The fixer
    EXPERTS WITHIN THE TEAM?

    What + How = response (solution to problem statement)

    As a student you are arming your “what” and


    “how” repertoire for you to leverage.

    Takes over 10 years to be considered expert.

    As as a student you have the benefit of not


    being jaded and perhaps can be more creative

    Every designer is different (different repertoire)


    Stakeholders interests must be met
    LET'S DESIGN A PLANE
    (STAKEHOLDER AND WANTS)

    If team does not represent someone from each stakeholder you


    need to pretend you are them.
    PRIOR METHODS NEED UPDATING

    Outdated
    TIME IS MONEY
    DESIGN MEETINGS

    Many, many decision made (don’t fall in the trap of historically


    taught problem solving (class #4)

    Psychologists believe that


    most good designers process
    information in terms of visual
    images and that these
    images are 3D and are
    manipulated in the short-
    term memory.
    NOTEBOOK

    Critical to have
    Dated and signed by
    team

    Legal implications on
    patens

    Our short-term
    memory is no good
    Long term is better,
    thus take your time in
    meetings (need all on
    board for more
    chances of success)
    KNOW THE COMPLEXITY AND
    TEAM LIMITATIONS

    Often, sadly, innovation is incremental


    WHAT MAKES A “GOOD”
    DESIGNER
    A creative solution to a problem must meet 2 criteria:
    1) Must solve the problem
    2) Must be original

    Creativity & High IQ (No)


    Creativity & visualization (Yes)
    Creativity & knowledge (Yes)
    Creativity & conformity (No)

    The creative designer is generally a person of normal intelligence,


    a visualizer, a hard worker, and a constructive nonconformist
    with knowledge about the domain.
    NOW WHAT IS IDEAL TEAM
    (PERSPECTIVE) AND WHAT IS
    WANTED

    FOR:

    - New car
    - Tire swing
    -?
    DESIGN
    CONSULTANT
    (JOINING A TEAM)

    What to charge?
    How to balance
    time?

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