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1/11/2024 1 GNG1103 – Engineering Design GNG1503 – Génie de la conception Engineers Without Borders - Rainwater Harvesting Case Study Created by: Hanan Anis, Patrick Dumond, David Knox; Presented by: David Knox, Muslim Majeed, Emmanuel Bouendeu uOttawa.ca Faculté de génie | Faculty of Engineering Image from: http://www.marinebuzz.com genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca Housekeeping • Hopefully, you read the case study already ! • Reminder: Initial reflection is due end of this week (BS dates are the master dates!) – “Assignments” submission folder in Brightspace – Please answer all of the questions as carefully and honestly as you can, based on what you know now • Reminder: Assignment #1 is due too (see BS) • Reminder: deliverable A right behind that! – Project groups are now set in BS and MS Teams, depending on the survey submissions 1 2

1/11/2024 2 genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca Agenda 1.Problem Definition and Needs Identification 2.Design Criteria and Conceptual Design 3.Detailed Design and Picking a Solution genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca Case Study – Poll Did you read the case study before the class? 3 4

1/11/2024 3 genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca Problem Background genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca EWB Rainwater Harvesting Based on a thesis by Dan Olsen at the University of Waterloo for Engineers Without Borders http://www.veethi.com/places/tamil-nadu-state-24.htm 5 6

1/11/2024 4 genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca What is the Problem? genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca What is Required to Solve It? 7 8

1/11/2024 5 genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca What Key Data is Available? genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca Case Study – Group Work • In small groups of 3-5 people, plan how to solve this problem – What steps would you take – Outline your approach on a piece of paper • You have 5 minutes! • Produce a shared document to record all of your significant notes and key ideas and insights (submit to BS in “Lecture 2 hands-in slot)! 9 10

1/11/2024 6 genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca Solution Steps? genie.uOttawa.ca | engineering.uOttawa.ca Suggested Solution Steps • First, understand the problem – What is required? • Identify potential concepts and pick a solution – Is it feasible? • Develop and refine the solution – What are the key characteristics? – How good will this solution be? • Complete the solution – How much will it cost? Solution? Concepts? Problem? • In lecture 3 we will cover “ Design Thinking ”, which is a standard approach to engineering design 11 12

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