Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

ofseveral design competencies including problem definition, idea generation, evaluationand decision-making, communication and teamwork.A fourth group design activity that was very well received was the construction of a fullsize pumpkin launcher. This activity gave student groups the design freedom to use anylaunch method they could build for a minimal cost. This allowed for great variation indesign with some launchers using leaf springs from automobiles and being quite large.Other designs used coil springs, weights and were compact. Some designs were muchmore successful than other with the winner throwing a pumpkin over one hundred feet.This activity employed many design skills such as problem definition, idea generation,evaluation and decision