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Unit 2 Lesson 1: The Engineering Design Process
Refining the Design
10.Refining the Design
Based on your tests, what design refinements should be made to the prototype to ensure that it can
satisfy all of the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Refinements
We should have focused more on spreading the weight throughout the design. By putting all the weight
on the sides of the structure we ended of crushing it. If we had woven the string through the design the
weight would have been spread out and would not have put as much pressure on the center and the
sides.

Category

Below
Average

Average

Excellent

Refine /
Improve

Refinement
based on
testing and
evaluation is
not evident.

Refinements were made from data Refinements were made from data
collected during testing and
collected during testing and
evaluation.
Data-driven decision evaluation.
Data-driven decision
making is clearly evident, and the making is clearly evident and
solution has improved based on
documented. Refinements to the
testing. All notes are recorded in solution are documented and the
the Engineering Folio or EDJ.
solution has improved based on
testing. All notes are recorded in the
Engineering Folio or EDJ.

2013 International Technology and Engineering Educators AssociationFoundations of Technology, Third

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Technology, Engineering, and Design