User:DivaEngineer/enes100/bridges

Link to project DAS team page.

Week0 Activities
CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
My top three project choices were 1-Bridges, 2-Water Treatment, and 3-Water Jet. The details of each project can be found at the link Category:General_Engineering_Projects.

I was assigned to the Bridge team and the link to my team's project page is noted below
 * Bridges Project

Write problem statement
The overall problem statement for the project is to design a bridge that is completely made out of pasta and will hold as much weight as possible.

Assign Task1
The task for this week is to get an understanding of what was involved with building a spaghetti bridge and what is involved and necessary to complete a successful project. I thought that it would be best to first become familiar with any specific parameters associate. I did the following to get the project started
 * 1)Looked up the rules of the competition and shared links with the team members
 * 2)Started brainstorming for for best bridge designs

Compare actual work done to Task1
I completed assign task for Week O and discussed information with team members. Now it is time to move into the next phase

Week1 Narrative
This weeks work is crucial to the success of the project. How should this bridge be designed and held together I researched more bridge designs and found the following info and made the noted assumptions. Taking a look at this bridge,Possible Bridge Design to improve upon  It is the type of arch design that I mentioned when we first started.

1-Notice how much weight it held 2- Notice that the arch of the bridge never broke 3- Also, notice the span of the bridge, specifically the length of the span resting on the table 4- Most of the winning designs or those that held the most weight, used perfectly round pasta noodles as a circle is the strongest element (that is largely why most teams used an arch in the first place)

If we can take this design and approve upon it, specifically strengthening the span of the bridge considering the ideas that we came up with, including a truss span in that area, I think tat we will be able to come up with a design that will hold quite a bit of weight. We do have to consider that the weight added in the tested of this particular bridge was a uniform force (added evenly of a particular span) and the weight that is added per the competition is a concentrated load (specifically in one area)

My head is spinning right now, and I am ready to get started as I am excited to see what will happen.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Power Outage on campus -Because my group was not able to meet and test some of the ideas we came up I will present information and possible designs solution. I will test connections solutions and attempt to start building the bridge

Compare actual work done to Task2
Rationalize differences

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week2 and week3 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Rationalize differences

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week3 and week4 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

0/5/0 .... 5 points for getting on the next teams web page 1sfoerster 13:32, 17 October 2011 (UTC)