Define a problem
The purpose of the gantt chart was to clearly show the time constraint of the project. The chart was also to help with time management between team members. We equally divided responsibilities to hopefully get work done in a timely manner.
Generate concepts
Our idea was to use as many filtration layers as possible as well as have the most filtration towards the bottom of the filter.
pros vs cons
materials testing
cotton
mesh
rocks
coffee filter
charcoal
develop a Solution
sketch
Construct and test prototype
Final results
Evaluate solution
Our water filter had one major revision from our original design. At first we had sand in our filter which did not do what we thought it would. The sand particles were picked up by the water and proceeded to go through the rest of the filter giving the turbidity level a bad score. If we had to do this again i would of used pool sand which is better for filtration.
Reflection
The goal of the project was to show the basics of design process. I definitely learned to test variables individually before creating prototypes. Team work would have been better without covid. An improvement could possibly be having teams of three with higher goal reaching standards.