Olivia Azuara
End Of The Year Letter Grade Discussion
This semester in engineering I can definitely say that I pushed myself through every assignment and finished it being 100% confident in the work that I produced. The content area goal that I think I grew most in during this semester is computer aided design. Starting the semester I would just copy what the video not learning the many different features that solidworks had. After picking the role that was in charge of solidworks I can definitely say that I began to learn more about what each tool did making it easier for me to remember. I also didn’t just finish it to get it done and over with, but I made sure to do multiple drafts in order to continue and make it better even if it was the littlest amount of detail. Even when one of my final drafts of the grip failed to save I approached the design the next day with an open mind and tackled it with an even better design for the grip.The cross disciplinary goal that I excelled in is collaboration. Working with Nate, Renata, and Justus has really pushed our personal strengths to shine. I personally worked a lot with Nate, he and I continuously critiqued our products in order to make it look as best as possible. Also our whole group would frequently ask each other what we needed help with on our spare time. The growth goals that I set for myself was to focus better and not procrastinate as much. I think I did a pretty good job in both of these and can be shown during class when working on my assignments. When given something to work on I would make sure to get it done in class instead of saying my famous line “i’ll just do it at home I focus better.” I would also establish daily goals and make sure to focus and shut out any distracting, but when accomplished I was more laid back and open to socialize yet still get any extra work done. Although I can say I learned lots about innovative thinking by the videos that we watched in class and by actually following the footsteps of these professional designers, I wish to have put a little more effort in the brainstorming of our actual design. I wasn’t very creative when working on sketching out different ideas, but when we got hooked on one idea as a team I was able to build off it and making the design even better. Overall I believe I deserve an A+ for my participation and behaviour this semester and all of my evidence can back that up.