ENERGY PRODUCTION
VIRTUAL STEM HOUSE
EDSGN 100
October 16, 2013
Section 008 Team 7
Victor Hagerstrom
Kim Harmon
Kenny Stevens
Sashank Vanga
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Description of design task
• Design process
• Evaluation
• Prototype
• Summary
DESIGN OBJECTIVE
To design and build a motivational and educational
virtual STEM learning program to meet 6-8th grade
state educational standards, with a focus on energy
production subsystem, all in a profitable fashion.
CUSTOMER NEEDS/ STAKEHOLDER
INFORMATION
Stakeholders
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Faculty
Superintendent
School board
Principals
Parents
Students
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Program engineers
Landfill operator
Legal council
Computer
manufacturers
Customer needs assessment was
described in business team
presentation.
More input will still be needed
from stakeholders other than
teachers, in order to properly
gather all necessary information
and construct a marketable
product.
SPECIFICATIONS
Economics/Logistics
User Friendliness
Sustainability
Educational
Low cost of
production
Engaging
Upgradable
Meets educational
standards*
Profitable
Appropriate for
age group
Easy to maintain
Skills based
Easy to use
Reusable
Experience based
Safe
Transportable
*Educational objectives
3.3.8.A2
Describe renewable and non renewable energy resources.
3.4.8.E3
Examine how power systems are used to drive and provide propulsion to
other technological products or systems.
Table 1
SYSTEMS DIAGRAM
Brainstorming Ideas
Idea 1: Mobile Device Application
Aim: To educate elementary school kids in
terms of energy production through use
of technology.
Procedure: Create an interactive learning
application in a touch capable mobile
device like an iPad. Schools started using
tablets in educating children, so an
application that has educating capabilities
could be designed and sold to schools.
Brainstorming Ideas
Idea 2: Legos!!
Aim: To educate elementary school kids in
terms of energy production through use
of hands-on activities.
Procedure: Legos can be remodeled
easily to form various shapes, in this case
solar panels, windmills and other energy
producers. Students can be showed how
to make Lego models and be explained
how the real structures produce energy.
Brainstorming Ideas
Idea 3: Educational films
Aim: To educate elementary school kids in
terms of energy production
Procedure: Short educational films that
show various simple experiments that
would explain energy production could be
made and sold to schools.
IDEA SELECTION MATRIX
Table 2
CONCEPT SELECTED
The design chosen was a variation on the mobile
device program.
Tablets would add an additional expense to
schools that would plan on using our product.
Instead, the design will be made into a computer
program that can easily be installed onto the
computers the school already owns. This will
keep the interactivity of the original idea, while
decreasing the cost.
PROTOTYPE