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    The document discusses a design challenge to create a pen organizer from scrap wood to solve a stationary hoarding problem. Key ideas proposed were a simple organizer with drawers and divided sections for different pen types. Safety and proper construction techniques will be considered when building the prototype to address lack of skills. The experience provided an opportunity to be creative with limited resources and gain experience in engineering fields.

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    The document discusses a design challenge to create a pen organizer from scrap wood to solve a stationary hoarding problem. Key ideas proposed were a simple organizer with drawers and divided sections for different pen types. Safety and proper construction techniques will be considered when building the prototype to address lack of skills. The experience provided an opportunity to be creative with limited resources and gain experience in engineering fields.

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    ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGE REPORT

    Name: Carl Djhon E. Gangca


    Grade & Section : XI - Mercury

    Remember to consider the following prompts as you compose your terminal report.

    1. Who do you want to solve a problem for? What do they need solutions for? What are
    your insights and takeaways from your empathy work?

    There is currently a stationary ‘hoarding’ problem in our household since we had a bulk
    purchase of papers, pens, and printer necessities to continue with our online learning without
    having the need to risk ourselves buying outside and be in contact with other people in the midst
    of the pandemic. We did not anticipate the effects of stocking-up and ended up with a
    disorganized situation especially with ballpens and pencils - which are easily lost when not
    placed inside a pencil case. Therefore, I have to make use of this situation to come up with an
    idea that is creative and innovative in solving this problem. It is important to determine the users
    of this design challenge and seek out their insights and suggestions to cater their needs and
    wants. That's why I held a small meeting with my siblings, who are the main users of pens, and
    addressed the problem that we usually don’t pay attention to.

    2. What is the challenge? How did you determine this to be a challenge for your target
    users? Why is this a challenge?

    The challenge to create an organizer from scratch with zero experience in construction
    and building is one of the challenges of this project. It was also difficult for my siblings to be
    convinced to build a personalized organizer since it is very easy to purchase online but still
    agreed that it is better to use our personal touches through our combined ideas. We also have
    a limited budget but agreed to use the scrap wood that was used from the recent renovation we
    had in our house.
    3. What ideas can you offer? How did you come up with these ideas? What are the most
    promising ideas that you want to consider exploring further? How did you determine that
    these are the promising ideas worth further exploration?

    They initially suggested complex designs to be used in the organizer, but one of my
    siblings suggested that it is better to be practical considering our skills in carpentry is not at the
    professional level. We decided to build a simple yet systematic kind of an organizer. Instead of
    building a normal pen holder or organizer, we added some drawers that would fit erasers and
    notepads to make use of the space below. Then, the top space is divided into sections fit for
    different kinds of pens (ballpens, colored pens, pencils, and markers). The current suggestion
    that we wanted to go for in the future is the rotating pen holder since it is more efficient and
    innovative if we can achieve that project.

    4. How did you make these promising ideas come to life? How did you assess their
    potential to address the challenge? What were the issues you encountered in
    prototyping and testing these solutions? How did you address these issues to move
    forward to the succeeding iterations?

    We are currently not in the process of making the actual pen organizer but we have
    been collecting the materials that are needed to be used for the project. Our only concern is the
    construction of the pen organizer and how we need to be concise in our measurements, cutting,
    installation, and painting. We will go through these issues with the help of construction videos
    online and make sure to follow safety precautions when using equipment such as drills or saws
    to avoid any accidents in the future.

    5. What were your key takeaways from the experience of going through your own design
    challenge at home?

    I think the most important takeaway from this design challenge experience is the
    creativity and resourcefulness of this project. We have a limited budget and time to make a
    personalized pen organizer but it would be a successful challenge to showcase our efforts
    considering the lack of carpentry skills that we have. It is important to have at least one building
    experience to be familiar with the different fields of engineering and to learn a bit of survival
    skills for future purposes.
    It is challenging to come up with a design that we can all agree with since there are too
    many ideas that we want to put up in our pen organizer. It was important for us to be practical at
    this point since we have zero construction or building experience which resulted our design to
    be very simple and

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