My SIE2016 blog

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...

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...

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...

+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...