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Critical Reflection

At the beginning of trimester 1, I shared that one of my goals in this module is to improve my stage fright. Over the course of the trimester, I did feel that my stage fright has improved a bit compared to the past but there is still much room of improvement. The stage fright might have improved as I know my course mates much better than I do previously in polytechnic. Next, my second goal is to write better. I did feel that my writing has improved by doing reader response and technical report, but it still gives me the ‘weird and unconvincing’ vibe from reading it. I believe that there is still room of improvement in my team’s technical report as discussed with Ms Lim. We could have done our report better if we have better planning after the trimester break. But as we have other projects in another module, we do not prioritize this module equally. Especially from our benefits section, it could be improved by adding tables to explain the increase of capacity clearly instead of exp...
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Technical Report Draft 3

Problem Statement Given that students studying in SIT@Dover often encounter the problem of having to wait for tables during lunch time, shouldn’t a solution be implemented to ease the lunch crowd and increase space for students to have their lunch? This study will determine the feasibility and compatibility of replacing majority of tables and chairs in the canteen with ‘Trayble’ while still retaining several long tables to cater to group celebrations etc. Purpose Statement The purpose of this proposal is to explain how ‘Trayble’ will greatly alleviate the problem of insufficient tables during peak hours to reduce time spent waiting for table. Proposed Solution Our proposed solution is to change majority of the tables and chairs in both canteen in Singapore Institute of Singapore(SIT) to ‘Trayble’ which will help maximised the available spaces i.e. more seating capacity and to fully utilise the seating capacity. A ‘Trayble’ (Refer to figure 5) is a modif...
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Technical Report Draft 2

Executive Summary Most students and staffs in SIT (Dover Campus) have their lunch break during 12pm to 2pm everyday. However, both canteens (IEats and Canopy) have limited seats to accommodate to a certain number of people. This becomes a crucial concern for students who have limited time to eat as they would have to rush off to their following classes after their lunch break. This concern will also lead to existing problem of students taking-away food to have their meal somewhere else which might result to dirtying other facilities. This would result in an increase in workload for cleaners. To resolve this concern, the team came up with the concept of using trays as table where table in canteens are removed. In this proposal, the team with explain how to use of these trays will help improve the current situation. The team believes that every students is given the right to deserves a proper place to eat his/her meal.Therefore, the team will continue to provide better solution and w...
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Technical Report Draft 1

+Mr/Ms XXX XXX of SIT Dover 10 Dover Drive Singapore 138682 Dear XXX, Subject: Proposal for reducing time spent waiting for tables in SIT canteens We are students from the Singapore Institute of Technology pursuing a degree in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land/ Building Services). Our team would like to introduce you to a product, the “Trayble”, which we have carefully curated and designed with the main intention of reducing time spent on waiting for tables by fully optimizing the space in our two canteens. Based on a survey conducted, students in SIT often face the problem of shortage of seats in the two canteens during their lunch time. While some resort to packing their food and eating somewhere else, majority of students spend an average of 15-20 minutes of their lunch break looking for vacant seats.   Along with this letter, we have attached our proposal detailing the current problems students face during lunch time and how our product can help alleviate th...
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Analytical Reflection on Mock Presentation

On Thursday (2 nd November 2017), my group and I had our mock presentation. We were paired with group 4 to present our project slides. During the presentation when it is nearing my turn to present, I start to feel nervous and ended my presentation with a serious facial expression, not looking at the audience and some stutter during the presentation. After receiving feedback from both group 4 and Mrs Lim, I starts to think about what I did during the presentation and what can be improved. First, is my preparation. Due to bad time management on my part, I did not prepare well for the mock presentation. I did not go through my slides to think on what to elaborate during the presentation which resulted on me stuttering during the mock presentation. To make sure that I am well prepared during my presentation, I will go through my slides more thoroughly to know what to elaborate on. Lastly, is my delivery. During presentation, I will tend to focus on what to say on each of the slid...
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Reader Response Final Draft

In the Straits Times article “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Tan (2017) reports that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is trying out a new road-crossing feature at two locations which involves installing LED strips onto pedestrian crossing pavements. These strips will imitate the signals of pedestrian crossings to help smartphone zombies to be more aware of the changing traffic lights ahead. According to an interview by the author Mr. Tan with Mr. Meno (senior research fellow of Nanyang technological University), Mr Meno states that the installation of the floor lights will enhance the safety of pedestrians who are constantly looking at their smartphones as they are unaware of the road condition. While the floor lights might guide smartphone zombies when crossing the road, it is not the right moral for them as it didn’t encourage them to change their attitude towards road safety. The implementation of floor light will help to raise pedes...
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Reader Response Draft 2

In the article “Floor lights help 'smartphone zombies' keep eye on the road”, Christopher Tan (2017) reported that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is implementing a new road-crossing feature at two locations which involves fixing LED strips onto pavements by those pedestrian crossings. These strips will imitate signals of pedestrian crossings and can be seen throughout the entire day. According to an interview by the author, Gopinath Meno, senior research fellow of Nanyang technological University, stated that the installation of the floor lights would enhance safety of those who are constantly looking at their smartphones as they are unaware of the road condition. While the floor lights might guide smartphone zombies when crossing the road, it is a bane when considering their attitude towards road safety. The implementation of floor light will help to raise pedestrian awareness while crossing the road, but it does not solve the issue of smartphone zombies not caring abo...
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