Final report for Engineering designs. The topic is or the objective is to teach principles of gravity to a museum visitors, especially to kids, by explaining five different ideas as exhibits. in the...

Final Design Proposal for Gravity Project
Team Gravity
Abdullah Almutairi
Fawaz Almubarak
Jinyang Lu
Mahmoud Shaban
Yufei Cheng
EGR 386W-007 – [term year]
Project Sponsor:
Faculty Advisor:
Sponsor Mentor:
Instructor: David Richte
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Disclaimer
This report was prepared by students as part of a university course requirement. While
considerable effort has been put into the project, it is not the work of licensed engineers and has
not undergone the extensive verification that is common in the profession. The information,
data, conclusions, and content of this report should not be relied on or utilized without thorough,
independent testing and verification. University faculty members may have been associated with
this project as advisors, sponsors, or course instructors, but as such they are not responsible for
the accuracy of results or conclusions.
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Executive Summary
There have been increasing concerns with respect to teaching the Science, Technology,
Engineering & Mathematic (“STEM”) subjects for children in schools as extent of STEM
proficiency have fallen across many schools. In addition, there has been an increasing trend
which is increasing across the society wherein children at school have knowledge levels with
espect to basic sciences, specifically at the level of practical knowledge and day to day
exposure; to be reduced. In the context of this background, the aim is to design and develop an
insightful yet playful approach for teaching children in school a concept from basic science,
Gravity, which is a critical and fundamental element of life on earth. Amongst the identified
existing systems for this project objective - four novel concepts was developed, - Vertical
Launch, Gravity Room combined with Space Time, Magnet incorporated with Vertical Launch,
and Visual Exhibits. Based on careful and collective decision making, Gravity Room combined
with Space Timewas decided for final project implementation.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to express our deepest appreciation to each and every individual who
offered us support and guidance in completing this project. We would like state our specific
gratitude to the course assistant for EGR 386W, Mr. Keenan Evans, whose contribution in
guiding is with the project and offering necessary encouragement helped us to undertake the
project in a successful manner, specifically during the design process phase.
Furthermore, we would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role
played by the course instructor, Mr. David Richter for the EGR 386W course, who helped us
immensely by offering us permission to use the necessary materials for completing the overall
“Gravity” project. We also appreciate and accord our thanks to the guidance offered by other
students, audiences as well as the panel particularly during the project presentation which aided
in improving our presentation skills. We are grateful and thank the comments and advice offered.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Disclaimer ...................................................................................................................................................... i
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... ii
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................... iii
Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................... iv
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Project Description ........................................................................................................................ 2
1.3 Gravity System .............................................................................................................................. 3
2 Background ........................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Literature Review .......................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Existing Designs ........................................................................................................................... 4
2.2.1 Design Research .................................................................................................................... 4
2.2.2 System Level ......................................................................................................................... 4
2.2.3 Subsystem Level ................................................................................................................... 9
3 Requirements ...................................................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Customer Requirements (CRs) ................................................................................................... 11
3.2 Engineering Requirements (ERs) ................................................................................................ 11
3.3 Testing Procedures (TPs) ............................................................................................................ 12
3.4 Design Links (DLs) ..................................................................................................................... 12
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4 Designs Considered ............................................................................................................................ 13
4.1 Vertical Launch ........................................................................................................................... 13
4.2 Gravity Room combined with Space Time ................................................................................. 13
4.3 Magnet incorporated with Vertical Launch ................................................................................ 14
4.4 Visual Exhibits ............................................................................................................................ 15
5 Design Selected ................................................................................................................................... 16
5.1 Rationale for Design Selection ................................................................................................... 16
5.2 Detailed Design Description ....................................................................................................... 17
6 Project Implementation ....................................................................................................................... 18
6.1 Deliverables ................................................................................................................................ 18
6.2 Budget ......................................................................................................................................... 18
6.3 Team Qualifications .................................................................................................................... 19
6.3.1 Existing Team ..................................................................................................................... 19
6.3.2 Additional Desired Team Members .................................................................................... 19
References ................................................................................................................................................... 20
Appendices...