The Bungee Omelet

                                               A Freshman Engineering Design Project
                                              Developed by Dr. Ron Roedel, Arizona State University

Report Guidelines

The report is to be done in Lab Format, not as an essay. The following sections should be included, and each section title should be highlighted:

• Introduction
  • Purpose of project
  • Goals
  • Motivation
• Modeling Process
  • Measuring the elastic properties of the bungee cord
  • Presenting and analyzing the bungee cord data
  • Use of Euler's method on spreadsheet
  • Strategy for determining the number of cords, lengths, etc.
  • Predictions of the model
    • Closest approach to ground
    • Maximum deceleration
    • Final location of egg at steady state

• Design Process
  • Preliminary designs (Use sketches or CAD drawings here) of launching mechanism
    •  Concept combination table
  • Modifications
  • Brainstorming (if carried out)
• Results of the Bungee Jump
  • Capturing the data
  • Presenting and analyzing the data
• Discussion and Analysis
  • Comparison of prediction and measured results
  • Evaluation of the project

As before, the report should be descriptive and must use proper grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and so on. It should also be illustrative and use graphs, sketches, figures, and so on as necessary. You want the report to be clear and concise, so that you could pick it up ten years from now and be able to understand what your team has done.                                                           

©2002, Ronald J. Roedel
These materials may be duplicated for educational purposes if properly credited.