Ideation & Discussion
As they didn’t have much experience, during week 1 to week 3, Amir & Chuan had lots of research, ideation and discussion to do. They explored different ideas from the original idea of a Solar Panel Cleaner to other ideas such as a Vibrational Speaker. Being mainly a two inexperienced members at the start, we consulted numerous advisors such as Tony, Jeremy, Yao Xiang & Dr. Ho. Through those consultations we understood the potential difficulties of the different ideas that we were considering. Additionally, through those consultations we understood the capabilities of the M&T lab.
In the earlier weeks, we too orientate ourselves and gotten familiarized with software such as fusion 360 as well as the safety procedures of the lab.
However, the first few weeks were not smooth sailing for us as it was difficult to the team due two the other members being uncommitted. As such it stifled a lot of the team’s progress. The situation only got better when we pivoted to a more objective-based (get the job done) approach than a team-based (do it together) approach .