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Skyler0114
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I want to start a discussion in relation to a club I am going to form at my college.
A few bits of background:
I'm a physics major, but I do love me some engineering. I'm all over the spectrum in interests to say the least, EE, ME, SE, Mat.Sci/Eng., enjoy it all.
Prior to transferring to university, I participated in a capstone project at my community college as Systems Engineer (along with smaller roles in each team) where we made a 3d printer from scratch. I had tons of fun working hands on and want to bring the hands on aspect to my university.
I want to start a club that focuses on smaller-scale fast-paced engineering projects with short life cycles. I was wondering if anybody here had experience and organizational advice they could provide for actually meeting quick deadlines and milestones.
Basically most of the time we would have a project that we start and finish within ~1-2 weeks. I'm thinking that we could recreate the 3D printer I made in a month, simplifying the design and raising funds for future activities in the meantime. During that time we sketch several projects as a group and then set up ordering of mission critical, long delay parts. Designs would probably be made modular to be able to quickly swap parts if the needs arise, and simple components could be made with the 3D printer.
If people can just start throwing tangible problems I am likely to experience, but that I can plan ahead/around, that would be just great. I'm looking for constructive critique, advice, and ideas on how to implement rapid development life cycles in an engineering setting. I know that I want to do something difficult, but if I can make it work it'd be so cool that it's worth the shot.
This was one of my inspirations for this idea:
http://abc7news.com/archive/9348022/
A few bits of background:
I'm a physics major, but I do love me some engineering. I'm all over the spectrum in interests to say the least, EE, ME, SE, Mat.Sci/Eng., enjoy it all.
Prior to transferring to university, I participated in a capstone project at my community college as Systems Engineer (along with smaller roles in each team) where we made a 3d printer from scratch. I had tons of fun working hands on and want to bring the hands on aspect to my university.
I want to start a club that focuses on smaller-scale fast-paced engineering projects with short life cycles. I was wondering if anybody here had experience and organizational advice they could provide for actually meeting quick deadlines and milestones.
Basically most of the time we would have a project that we start and finish within ~1-2 weeks. I'm thinking that we could recreate the 3D printer I made in a month, simplifying the design and raising funds for future activities in the meantime. During that time we sketch several projects as a group and then set up ordering of mission critical, long delay parts. Designs would probably be made modular to be able to quickly swap parts if the needs arise, and simple components could be made with the 3D printer.
If people can just start throwing tangible problems I am likely to experience, but that I can plan ahead/around, that would be just great. I'm looking for constructive critique, advice, and ideas on how to implement rapid development life cycles in an engineering setting. I know that I want to do something difficult, but if I can make it work it'd be so cool that it's worth the shot.
This was one of my inspirations for this idea:
http://abc7news.com/archive/9348022/