Student Portfolio Development

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Forging new generations of engineers
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Student Portfolio Development
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Portfolio Development
STUDENTS Write down these terms and what you
think the definitions are. Check your definitions
during todays lesson. Your homework assignment
is to hand in a completed set of definitions.

• Define the following
• Portfolio
• Artifact
• Evidence
• Medium
• Annotation
• Design Analysis

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Portfolio Development

• During this unit you will learn
• What a portfolio is
• Why we use portfolios
• What to put in a portfolio
• How to make an effective portfolio

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A Portfolio is...

• A record of history
• A display of best works
• An organized collection of materials
• A collection of evidence to prove original work

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Why do we use Portfolios.

• To record important events
• To show samples of best work
• To provide evidence that the design is an
  original

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A Portfolio of a familys important events
Sammys first Halloween
Sams wedding day
Sammys senior trip
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Portfolio of an architect's best works
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A Design Portfolio is used to provide evidence..
- something that tends to prove
Patent Awarded
Detailed Drawing
Prototype
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Elements of a Design Portfolio

• Development and Implementation Documents

• Title Page

• Table of Contents

• Design Brief

• Optimization

• Evidence of Conceptualization

• Presentation Materials

• Refinement of Ideas

• Supporting Documents

• Evidence of Design Analysis

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Title Page

• Name of the project or design
• Names of the people who contributed to the design
• Date the design began
• It should be typed or neatly printed.
• It should be balanced and pleasing to the eye.

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Table of Contents

• Includes each element or section
• Is accurately numbered
• Is neat

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Design Brief

• Problem identification - What is the purpose of
  the design? This should be short and to the
  point.
• Remember what we learned in Unit 2

• Market Research - show charts or survey.
• Remember what we learned in Unit 2

• Design Brief - concisely identify and classify
  any
• constraints.
• Remember what we learned in Unit 2

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Conceptualization

• Data Collection

Resources for Information Remember what we
learned in Unit 2.
Brainstorming
Thumbnail Sketches Remember what we learned in
Unit 2.
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Refinement of Ideas

• Identify possible solutions
• Show how the brainstorming ideas were narrowed
  down to possible solutions.

Detailed/annotated sketches Developed plans for
possible solutions Remember what we learned in
Unit 2.
Graphical analysis of possible solutions Modeling,
drawings, vector analysis, or descriptive
geometry Remember what we learned in Unit 2.
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Design Analysis
- Engineering tools used to determine best
solution
Show comparison of alternatives.

• Decision making matrix

Show how the final design solution was
selected Include supporting research Show
justification for solution
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Development Implementation

• Working Drawings

Prototype
Testing
Working Drawing
Prototype
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Optimization

• Show evidence of assessment and modifications.
• Show evidence of updated working drawings.

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Presentation

• Provide evidence from written, oral , or
  multimedia presentations
• Remember the rules of plagiarism - if you had to
  document resources in your written report, you
  need to include these references in the
  presentation. Place these references in the
  supporting documents section if necessary.

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Supporting Documents

• Provide crucial background information.
• Background information your targeted audience
  needs in order to understand your design concept
• Clarify a complex part of the design.
• Add further explanations for sections of the
  design that are difficult to describe with simple
  annotations
• Include References.
• Citations on articles, books, web sites,
  interviews, and all other sources you used to
  gather information
• List where to find more information on the
  subject.
• Recommend sources that provide additional
  information on your design topic

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Effective Elements

• Artifacts - material evidence
• Select pieces that best convey the idea, process,
  or event.
• Medium - vehicle used to convey meaning
• Printed documents, drawings, digital pictures,
  video clips, voice recordings, charts, graphs,
  newspaper clippings, and anything else which BEST
  conveys your idea.
• Quantity
• Less is Best - choose quality over quantity!
• Annotation - a critical or explanatory note
• Identify or label each artifact or element.
• Number each page.

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Problem Identification
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• Problem Statement/Definition
• These faucet handles look nice, but they are not
  functional when your hands are wet and soapy.
• Redesign these handles so that when a persons
  hands are wet and soapy, the handles can easily
  be gripped.

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Problem Identification

• Market Research
• Requires Marketing department to find out how
  much of a demand there is for the proposed new
  product.
• Accomplished through the use of surveys.
• Requires the preparation of graphs and charts to
  visually present the results of the surveys.

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Problem Solving

• Design Brief

• A clear and concise description of the problem.
• Identification of the needs to solve the
  problem.
• List of design constraints (limits), such as
  function, appearance, time, legal issues, cost,
  etc.

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Resources for Information

• Explore all possible sources for ideas
• Existing Products
• Earlier Patents
• Design and Trade Journals
• Museums
• Trade Exhibitions
• Hardware Stores
• World Wide Web

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Thumbnail Sketches

• Recorded ideas with quick sketches
• Initial ideas with little thought to scale or
  accuracy

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Develop Detailed/Annotated Sketches

• A number of different possibilities should be
  sketched and evaluated to determine size and
  shape.
• A determination of the size and shape will assist
  in determining the specific materials used for
  the product.

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Assemble Graphical Analysis of Possible Solutions

• Graphical analysis is used in design refinement
  to see which designs optimally perform under
  design parameters.
• Some examples of Graphical Analysis include
• Descriptive Geometry
• Vector Analysis
• Layout Analysis
• Finite Element Analysis
• 3D Modeling

Sample of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
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Descriptive Geometry

• Descriptive geometry using orthographic
  projection to solve a 3D problem on a 2D surface.

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Decision Matrix

• Using a matrix, select a workable solution.