CREATE

Skills Used and Learned

Every team member will be required to use each of these skills at any given time:

1.      Creativity

·        Use your imagination to think of unique, novel solutions to problems at hand

·        Think outside the box, be confident in yourself, and act on your ideas

2.      Research

·        Anything that would help solve the problem at hand

                                                                           i.      Online searches

                                                                         ii.      Library searches

                                                                        iii.      Consult with professors/staff/faculty/doctorate students/grad students

                                                                       iv.      Consult with local doctors (University Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic, VA)

·        Document all:

                                                                         v.      Sources

                                                                       vi.      Dates

                                                                      vii.      Findings

                                                                    viii.      Successes/Failures

3.      Software

·        MATLAB

·        SolidWorks

·        PSpice

4.      Fabrication

·        Use tools/machines at

                                                                           i.      CREATE’s workshop

                                                                         ii.      Jim Drake’s EMAE lab

                                                                        iii.      Glennan Lab

                                                                       iv.      Others TBD

·        Based on specifications in CAD models/drawings

5.      Testing

·        Prototypes must be tested to determine

                                                                           i.      If they solve the problem

                                                                         ii.      Ease of use for PH

                                                                        iii.      If specifications/dimensions need to be changed

                                                                       iv.      If alternative materials need to be used

                                                                         v.      Strength

1.      cyclic loads

2.      non-cyclic loads

                                                                       vi.      Corrosion Resistance

                                                                      vii.      Wear Resistance

·        Methods: TBD

6.      Documentation

                                                               i.      Research

                                                             ii.      Brainstorms/Ideas

                                                            iii.      CAD work

                                                           iv.      Fabrication activity

                                                             v.      Test results