Tanner+reflection+1

=//__Tanner reflection 1 - Due Oct 9th, 2009 __//= Tanner's home page

1. How are things going with your Senior Project?
 * Falling behind schedule
 * Having some trouble with certain pieces
 * Making Great Progress
 * Moving Along Fine
 * Stuck and need help

2. How and when are you working effectively on this project? If you had the last month to do over again, what would you do differently? Why?
 * < moving along fine ||


 * I am working most effectively on my project both during school if i have any free time as well as at my house working on sketch- up ||

3. What kinds of decisions have you found yourself making recently? Have they been good decisions? What are you learning about how you make decisions and what kind of effect these decisions have on your learning?


 * I have been making good decisions lately. I am learning that the better decisions you make the easier everything is. ||

4. What did you learn about yourself—your working style, your interests, etc?


 *  I have learned that I am very interested in and can work well with sketch up. This is important because I am interested in being an engineer and engineers use auto cad programs. I learned that when I remember assignment I get them done as soon as possible. I have learned that I have a strong interest in motors. Like the snowmobile motor that I am going to put on my go cart. ||

5. What did you learn about your topic/subjects that you didn’t know before? What connections among the various things you have studied and researched do you see? Have you had any “aha” moments? What were they and how did they affect you?


 * I have learned that I am very interested in and can work well with sketch up. This is important because I am interested in being an engineer and engineers use auto cad programs. I learned that when I remember assignment I get them done as soon as possible. I have learned that I have a strong interest in motors. Like the snowmobile motor that I am going to put on my go cart. ||

6. How have you used your advisor or mentors feedback? How have you implemented their suggestions into your project?
 * Yes I have taken all of the advice that I have got from my advisor/ mentors. Thomas Younge suggested that I connect the secondary clutch directly onto the driveshaft. I have implemented this into my project and this tip has saved my go-cart weight by removing the chain case and this will make my go cart faster. From Robert Dicken one of his suggestions was using a rack and pinion in my steering and I am going to use this idea in my project. Mr. Hibbert has offered some suggestions about the chassis of my go-cart which I am going to use when building the frame of my cart. ||