Scout: DIY Submarine Kit
For this project, we were instructed to gain inspiration from the NAE Grand Challenges of Engineering. At first, we came up with the idea for an autonomous sewer robot that inspects water pipes or an underwater bridge pylon crawler for the infrastructure challenge. However, these options would be too challenging to complete because they were outside of our skill, budget, and time ranges. We didn't want to give up on the idea of a mini submersible, so we transitioned to the concept of a DIY submarine kit with a live camera system targeting the Advanced Personalized Learning and Scientific Discovery challenges. The idea is that middle school users can gain educational value by assembling the sub and also add to citizen science through recording findings from underwater exploration.
Design Process
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My Role on the Team
On this team I was Documentation Lead. I oversaw meeting minutes, parts ordering, and submissions for deliverables. I oversaw the design process documentation making sure there was a good level of detail in the meeting minutes. To the right you can see an example of the meeting minutes that I wrote. I kept track of all parts orders and the budget in a spreadsheet, and I maintained the file drive organization system. I also oversaw and proofread the final submissions for our deliverables.
I also acted as an assistant project manager making sure everyone was kept informed about what was going on and helping out with whatever needed to be done. I became the expert assembler, constructing the submarine whenever we needed. And I colored the CAD model and remade the explosion animation.
