This semester in for engineering by design we were assigned to design a product that we would work on for the whole semester and hopefully have complete by the end. Throughout this semester we also learned what the process of design entails. From learning how to choose a product for the market to figuring how the product would affect the environment. We learned a great deal this semester. Our group decided to design an application for the semester. This came with a lot of challenges but also a great deal of learning. This essay will go more into detail about our learning throughout the year while trying to accomplish this awesome project.
Market Need
Currently there is a “Rate My Professor” application in the Apple Store for Iphone, IPad, and other Apple products. Android OS users do not have this luxury. With the “Rate My Professor” app and website obtaining a great deal of popularity, there is a reasonable need for a similar app on Android. For starters we will create the app only to rate professors at the University of Hartford. This way it is easier to keep an up-to-date roster of professors.
This application’s main purpose is to improve of professors through positive and constructive feedback from students. With the overview of many professors, it will be much easier for future students to choose professors that are more appropriate for their needs.
Product Performance
Our apps performance relies on three key characteristics, accurate data transfer and retrieval, multi-platform compatibility and most importantly the app must be user friendly. To reliably transfer and receive data we must make the app able to easily communicate with our dedicated server, flawlessly encrypt and decrypt information, ...
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... future. The plan we have to combat being sued for copy right is to first investigate the laws for copyright material so that we know what they can hit us on. Second we have to change the name of the app so that it is not related to the current app that is on the market. Lastly we have to make sure we get as many people on board with the creation of the app. We plan to combat being hacked with first making sure that our app is consistently backed up so that is we are hacked we still have all our information. Second we want to have constant alerts that will monitor the system to see if anything is happening that we have to worry about. Lastly we want to have security that’s job is to watch the system. As for the privacy of the users we plan on having a banned word list so that no user will get offended in some way. We will have alerts and security for this purpose.
Freeman, N. (2011). Credibility and the Professor: The Juxtaposition of Student Perceptions and Instructor Beliefs. Retrieved May 10, 2014 from http://centralspace.ucmo.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10768/13/NFreemanFINAL.pdf?sequence=1
Lawson, Bryan. How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. 4th ed. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2006.
For instance, there are a few important keys that contribute immensely to a student’s success. For example, they can be the student’s commitment, student’s self-judgment for registering in his/her compatible academic level, and the professor’s
To start off, the website lacks many aspects about the professor. Currently, RateMyProfessor bases their rating on three attributes about the professor, which includes level of difficulty, hotness, and overall quality. There is a clear lack of information, other possible categories that are useful would include, education, and work experience. These categories are important in defining how well the professors know the material and what the focus of their studies were.
...he would be a great help in the design on the courses that the students should be involved in. Professor Adams is why I joined this college program and I cannot thank him enough. His style of teaching connected with my learning style very well. I entered this program to learn from professors like him. He was a great influence on my decision to start back to school and he explained the program to me that related to my career that I am in.
The changing needs of the population have also forced designers to become more open minded and responsive. For examp...
Writing this evaluative essay is both beneficial to the teacher and the TCC English Department. The professor because she had given us a chance to critique her and tell her, her strengths and weakness of her teaching; it favored the English department because they now know how effective the textbook is and how effective this class is to the students actually taking it. Because I had a teacher who was willing to help when in need, English 111 wasn’t as hard as others portrayed it to be. I had a good professor, peers, and the writing center to help me with this class. I hope to continue to be successful in the second part of the course. Although I do not enjoy writing essays this is an essay I enjoyed writing.
Lawson, Bryan. How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. NY: Architectural Press, 1980, 2007. Massachusetts: NECSI Knowledge Press, 2004.
Hegeman, J. (2008). The Thinking Behind Design. Master Thesis submitted to the school of design, Carngie Mellon University. Retrieved from: http://jamin.org/portfolio/thesis-paper/thinking-behind-design.pdf.
I am privileged to call several of these professors mentors. These mentors have given me valuable insight into how to achieve my goals, and I have modeled my academic career after their own prestigious achievements and accomplishments. They have helped me to develop a plan for my future that will enable me to overcome any obstacles that I may come across while striving for degree. It has been my pleasure to know and learn from each and every one of them as they have made me a better student, and a respectable person in my
Creswell, J., 2003, A framework for design, 2nd ed., Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 3-26.
Gralla, Preston. "Smartphone Apps: Is Your Privacy Protected?" Computerworld. N.p., 7 July 2011. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.
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Engineering field focuses on problems through the application of creative thinking. As engineers, their goals and objectives
Nowadays, engineering has been reduced to something less than simple. It’s still a hard and long process, but it has been made a lot more efficient. Smaller and smaller innovations and inventions are being made. Small, paper thin, portable microscopes, water wheels, and devices that can display yo...