Name: ______________________________
Reading Assignment #3
Reading: Course Guidance (on course web page) and Chapt. 4
From the course guidance:
1. List and briefly describe the sections of the “Preliminary Design Proposal”
2. List and briefly describe the sections of the “Detail Design Report”
3. See if you can access the share drive, and if so create a folder following the course guidance. Put a copy of your
Project Proposal Demonstration file in the right place. (Let Prof. Firebaugh know if you don’t have access to the
share drive).
From Chapt. 4:
4. Describe the “Nominal Group Technique” for brainstorming.
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5. Create a concept table for a home exercise machine and use the table to generate 3 different design concepts.
6. Using the criteria of {safe, effective, affordable, fun}, use a Pugh concept selection matrix to compare your
concepts using a treadmill as a reference. (Weight the criteria as you see fit).
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