Project contributions

 The contributions that I contributed:

1.)  I was the 'timekeeper' for my group, I made sure that my group complete said task days before the actual deadline, so I can do some double-checking on the overall work and edit as per needed.

2.) I made our ideas more refined by researching and providing new pointers that could be added to our project. I did this by asking ourselves questions that steer us in the right direction, and also I read up more on the stakeholder we are targeting to have a clearer picture of the situation.

3.) I researched on the possible introduction points that can put into the report. I did this by referring to the past students' sample work and came up with some that is relevant to my topic. From there, I used gAI to further expand on the pointers and from there, I pick out those that I feel is specific to our topic.

4.) I paraphrased our problem statement by properly stating everything that is in our ideal, gap and goal. I also paraphrased our purpose statement by looking through the past students' work. 

5.) My role in the oral presentation is to capture the attention of the audiences at the start, and keep them interested in my group's topic. I decided to go for a storytelling which paints the importance of Drone delivery, then I mentioned about our stakeholder, Zipline's current drone and some of their limitations.

6.) As for primary research, I approached Professor Steven for recommendation of Professors that has particular interest with regards to aerodynamics, specifically towards drone. He suggested Professor Henrik and Professor Paw Yew Chai. After which, I approached both of them with the same set of questions that my group and I come up with.

7.) For the report, I was responsible for the 'Introduction', 'Overview of Zipline', 'Current limitations of Zipline Drone Delivery', and the 'Primary Research'. As I was tasked with mostly the introduction of the report, my job is to research our stakeholder at a more in depth level. By researching on their website, and using gAI such as ChatGPT, to come up with a coherent introduction that highlights improvement of drone capabilities and the impact it could have on healthcare delivery.

Updated as of  29/11/2024

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