Kia Ora everybody,
The Engineering Intermediate ENGR101 assignment is now out. I have presented two lectures (both also streamed) to the students (1060 ENGR 101 participants) and the assignment has now been released today to the students. The Assignment is due on Monday 19th March at 3pm
Brian and I have created a subject guide that provides some materials for this project, we have also taken pains to put in possible steps on how to answer the question. A mind map has even been provided. As usual the students are marked on a reference list that is in APA format.
http://canterbury.libguides.com/engr/no-flies-on-us
In the first step can we please refer students to this guide. Brian and I are also offering Adobe Connect sessions every day next week at 12.15pm. I have put a place holder on the Engineering Meeting room for ENGR 101 all next week for possible consultations (booked in or walk ins). Brian and I have also reduced the length of our meeting times to cover any increased use of the my scheduler software. Please expect an increased demand of AskLive as this was specifically demonstrated.
If a house fly question pops up on AskLive can you please confirm that this is for “ENGR 101” as we can use this to track our statistics.
The problem statement:
Engineering Process for House-flies Problem
You are to write a technical style engineering report. The aim of the report is to summarise some aspects of the engineering process that lead to a solution to help prevent house-flies from entering houses. Below is the problem statement:
House-flies pose a threat to hygiene and are recognized as carriers of easily communicable diseases. The fly population tends to increase significantly in summer. Apart from common causes, for example, rotting meat, overripe fruit, bad smells, damp areas etc., flies are also attracted to houses by the heat that they radiate. This becomes a nuisance to many households because people like to have their windows and doors opened during summer. The pest control companies are required to come up with engineering solution(s) to address the problem.
The whole Engineering Process (as covered in class) would be applied to this project. However, for this report, you should only focus on steps 2, 3 AND 4. In “Define Success” (step 2), discuss about possible performance criteria and constraints. In “Find solutions” (step 3), you only need to present one solution briefly so that it can be discussed in the next step. In “Test” (step 4), you will need to describe feasible testing method(s) to ensure the solution meets the selected performance criteria and constraints (e.g. if one of the constraints is that the solution needs to be functional in both day and night time, how would you test your new solution to make sure it meets this requirement). You will not get extra marks for writing about more than these three steps from the Engineering Process.
