Sept 23rd GRNG 101- Design a Backpack

Review of IDEO "Deep Dive" Video  https://youtu.be/2Dtrkrz0yoU

See also: https://youtu.be/-SLk0CZjAw4 Ohio State

See http://steamcurriculum.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/5/8/25586003/201btcmpdeepdive.pdf

Assignment: By the end of class today,

1.  Come up with a list of requirements and constraints for your backpack design--

• Cost
• Range
• Weight capacity
• Special features- compartments for laptop, drink, etc.

   2. Make a sketch of your design, and share via Google Docs or on paper....

...."How Might we..."

   3. Make a list of who you want to interview for design --users, experts, etc.

     Survey Data-  look for contradictions and commonalities- should include what others tell you they want.

   - Be in contact with each other, go out and do surveys:

By end of class on Monday, be ready to start building your prototypes.

Why replace a backpack?

• Style
• Price
• Weight capacity

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Lunch Box compartment- insulated for heat

Kelty pack- excellent but expensive $$$-- ended buying a used Kelty for 50% off.

Process--what was your methodology?

-A lot of good work going on-

      - one group did online survey with pie charts

      - One group reverse-engineered existing backpack

      - one group did verbal surveys

Share your methodology-- how are you coming up with your ideas?

You Will learn the most from other students, not the teacher-- i.e. how did you make the Google Forms?

Links- Museum of Science Engineering the Future- backpack design.

Changing students from worksheet mindset to self-directed mindset-- takes time, doing many design challenges, not giving complete instructions- make them figure it out!

Weighing backpack . . .