Digital Control Theory

1. If you could go back and start the semester over, knowing what you know now, summarize what you would have done differently in one to two paragraphs. Comment on the impact that you believe these changes would have had on the project, your experience, and your learning.

I would have done a DFMEA for the water cycle. When I got the water cycle working, I was so happy that I didn’t think why it broke in the first place. There were wires hanging around and most connections weren’t securely connected. I could have secured the wiring to the ceiling and replaced all loose connection pins with new ones.

         These fixes could have prevented the water cycle from breaking down again. I learned not to be rushing when doing any job. I learned to think of any job I do in the long run.

1. Please write one to two paragraphs describing what existing knowledge and/or skills you brought to your EPICS work.

I had good knowledge on building and analyzing circuits. I had a basic experience with programming in C language. Also, I had good knowledge on logic design and how functional blocks can interact with each other.

1. Please write one to two paragraphs describing the knowledge or skills you have learned from other members of your team in your EPICS work.

First of all, I learned how to be an active team member. I learned a lot about teamwork and how each member has a responsibility that contributes to the team’s goals. This is my first time working with members of other disciplines. I learned about dinosaurs from a geology major student. I learned about soldering and desoldering, which is going to be a great help for me in my future work field.

1. In your week 15 individual memo you summarized your accomplishments and skills you developed over the past semester. Write one to two paragraphs that describe how the skills you developed this semester will impact your future, personally and professionally.

Working in a multi-disciplinary team is one of the biggest accomplishments I did this past semester. Personally, this experience would help me in working with other people once I get to real working life. Also, I realized that as implementing my knowledge to help children learn about science increased my confidence in my knowledge, it would increase further once I get to the real world. Furthermore, it would be easy for me to share my ideas with others in the work field to accomplish shared goals.