Renewable Insulation

Project Objective: The objective of this project was to create a panel to conserve energy and decrease expenses associated with climate change by insulating a 6x6 box with 7 inches of depth within a small budget. This was accomplished with a group of technical engineers, systems engineers, and communications engineers, all collaborating to create the final product of an 8x8x1 insulator with recyclable material in a time constraint of 3 days. 

Design/Project Process: For this specific project, I decided to incorporate the foil paper around a sandwich of two cardboard flaps and cotton in the middle. This removed tape from the process because the foil acted as tape and insulator at the same time. I had to use my thought process and other teammates' ideas in order to successfully create the product with everyone's contribution. I collected the materials from my group members and finished the product at home. The final product consisted of cotton, foil, and cardboard. 

What I Learned: As a technical engineer, I had to gather all the necessary materials and build the final product. This required me to thoroughly understand and communicate with my peers because I was the only person who was building. With this project, I also obtained knowledge of thermodynamics equations and their use of them as engineers in real-life scenarios.

Personal Reflection: In my opinion, this project helped me fully understand how thermodynamics work in real life, however, we need to work on what each type of engineer is supposed to do, for example, the systems engineer needs to know what they need to do and the communications engineer should not do what the systems engineer is supposed to do.