Context: This project was completed in my UBC APSC 100 class, a project-based engineering course for first-year students. In this course, we learn about the engineering design process and apply them to various projects in groups of five.
For this project, my team was tasked with designing a bottle opener that allows people with disabilities to open caps with minimal effort.
The outputs of this project included creating an official memorandum, using C-the sketch method, developing a weighted matrix for evaluation, and creating a prototype using SolidWorks.
Here’s what I learned:
The process of designing an engineering project. We watched interviews with our stakeholders to understand their needs and wants of them. then created C-sketches: where my team and I go through cycles of initial sketching and build upon each other’s ideas.
How to use SolidWorks Software: We were given a tutorial on using the software to generate our 3D model of the design.
I am proud to have my idea chosen for the project. My design is a pizza-sliced cap. I was inspired by C-Sketches and previous inventions of cap openers. I wanted something straightforward and came up with this design. This design allows bottle caps to be opened regardless of size, hence the pizza shape.
For more details, please look at the technical memorandum.