Design Engineering
Showcase 2020

The overall aim of this project is to lay out the groundwork for the Museum to redesign the 100-inch engine experience. This includes identifying and defining the scope and limitations of the overall project, detailing the current known knowns and known unknowns through preliminary research, and brainstorming and evaluating potential solutions.

Throughout the project, I examined and analysed the current experience of the 100" engine, interviewed stakeholders involved with the engine, conducted research by looking at primary sources, industry guidelines, reports by other institutions of similar projects, etc. I also drew up a CAD model of the engine and made calculations to assess the technical limitations and requirements for future solutions to be implemented, on top of brainstorming different ideas and evaluating their viability and appropriateness for stakeholder needs.

In the end, a compilation of information about the engine, a list of success criteria for the overall project, a list of known unknowns to be investigated further, and a series of ideas and evaluations was generated to guide future efforts to deliver an excellent experience of the engine. This is only the very beginning of a long and vastly complicated process to revive the 100" engine experience, one likely to take much time and effort, and dedication from the staff and volunteers at the Museum. My project laid out the groundwork for this work to begin, and hopefully will also serve as an inspiration for projects of this sort in the future.