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2nd Year Design 2026 - Part 4

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2nd Year Design 2026 - Part 2

2nd Year Design 2026 - Part 1

#280 How much can you (fork)lift?

#279 Keep up Billy

#278 A fruity zing to design

#277 Traffic Control

#276 On the road again

#275 ArcheologyX

#274 Boer and Schekman's National Lampoon Vacation 2

#273 Reinventing the trailer

#272 Water-ifying land stuff

#271 Drowning a hand above the rest

#270 Designing to promote technology development

#269 Battery Replacement Design Evaluation

#268 Definition of Solution to Complex Engineering Problem (again)

#267 Definition of Complex Problem (Again)

#266 Laying it all out

#265 Realisation of missing details

#264 Your Design Process

#263 Ice Jumping

#262 Schekman and Boer vs Wild

#261 Delivery system projects

#260 Campus transport of the future

#259 Tightropes and Squirrel Suits

#258 Cleaning Runways

#257 Nothing against cats

#256 Pogo Go-Go

#255 You broke us

#254 Train of the Phoenix

#253 Navigation without landmarks

#252-November

#251 Concerns about projects

#250 Explosions, bad practices and why does that still exist

#249 Getting bicycles wrong

#248 Spitballing: Cooling off

#247 Thinking like a Designer

#246 Test tracks

#245 Improving or redoing

#244 3rd year projects Sem 2

#243 Gamifying It

#242 Snow Mobiles and Land Yachts

#241 Cracking on with it

#240 Considering Habits to Identify Problems

#239 Improving Productivity

#238 Catering for the "bad" users

#237 Sport vs Design

#236 Scaling in Design

#235 Problem Types for Non-Engineering

#234 Another Rescue System

#233 Sand Dunes

#232 4th Year Project 2024 Part 1

#231 Unique Sidecars

#230 A problem with projects

#229 Starting with Apples

#228 The shapes of engineering

#227 A Quick Disclosure

#226 Still no catwalks

#225 Not the one with catwalks

#224 Post Options

#223 Magnets!

#222 Concrete Wings

#221 The URS Clocks

#220 The analysis in problem ID

#219 3rd year projects Sem 2

#218 Invisibility

#217 Parking and Dyson Spheres

#216 Drop tanks and Jet packs

#215 The Aftermath

#214 Conversions or Repercussions

#213 A little less reckless

#212 Windsurfing but without arms

#211 Charging plug and play

#210 Windsurfer concepts part 2

#209 Windsurfer concepts

#208 Patenting Flight

#207 Communicating in hostile territories

#206 Efficient Cooking

#205 Refining problems, sub-problems

#204 Electric Public Transport

#203 Planning

#202 New Materials

#201 Transforming Chairs

#200 Robot Wars V2

#199 Wheelchair Storage

#198 3rd year mech/aero design projects 2023

#197 The 2nd year design projects 2023

#196 Complex Engineering Problem (again - 2023 - part 2)

#195 Complex Engineering Problem (again - 2023)

#194 Cleaning up Everest

#193 Critically evaluating designs we have seen

#192 When Life Gets You Down Make a Podcast

#191 I'm not locked in here with you

#190 I hear clearly now that the rain is gone

#189 Hot Topics 2023

#188 Making bad ideas sound ok

#187 Design Series Part 28

#186 Design Series Part 27

#185 On the edge of your seat

#184 Can it be done better

#183 What came first the stylus or the digital pen?

#182 What's Happening Today (back then)

#180 Pulling it together

#181 Keeping busy to keep good

#179 More Words

#178 Inspirationally structural in a situation

#177 To sleep or go crazy

#176 Design Series Part 26

#175 Not thinking things through

#174 Specifying a Solution

#173 Reinventing the food processor

#172 Fire!

#171 Heated Torpedoes

#170 Reflection

#168 Design Series Part 25

#169 Designing for rare occasions

#167 Design Series Part 24

#166 Design Series Part 23

#165 Drone Soccer

#164 Design Series Part 22

#163 Inverse Design

#162 Design Series Part 21

#161 Novel Innovation

#160 Go Figure, Skating

#159 Irrationally Unconservative

#158 Shopping in the dark

#157 Drones....

#156 Being Better than Britain

#155 From Wham O's to Beards

#154 3rd year design Sem 2

#153 The unknown paths

#152 Design Series Part 20

#151 Internal Users

#150 Design Series Part 19

#149 Swarming Casualties

#148 Design Series Part 18

#147 Teflon

#146 Design Backwards

#145 Design Series Part 17

#144 MECN4005/6 2022

#143 Marsh mellows at a distance

#142 Design Series Part 16

#141 Project Ideas 2022 Part 4

#140 Project Ideas 2022 Part 3

#139 Project Ideas 2022 Part 2

#138 Project Ideas 2022 Part 1

#137 The Need for Speed

#136 Dyson

#134 Design Series Part 15

#135 Clean Sunlight

#133 Design Series Part 14

#132 Burgers and Boats with Influence

#131 From wet to dry

#130 Never Enough Criteria

#129 Design Series Part 13

#128 Design Series Part 12

#127 Design Series Part 11

#126 Falling with Style

#125 Design Series Part 10

#124 Design Series Part 9

#123 Design Series Part 8

#122 Design Series Part 7

#121 Design Series Part 6

#120 Trains

#119 Design Series Part 5

#118 Equivalence and Alternatives

#117 Unique Solutions

#116 Making the Problem Real

#115 Post Release Iteration

#114 Jet Packs

#113 Keeping Busy

#112 Design Series Part 4

#111 Design Series Part 3

#110 Training Day

#109 Design Series Part 2

#108 Learning from history

#107 Design Series Part 1

#106 We have gone to far

#105 Using the Users

#104 We save the Olympics

#103 Combatting bad habits

#102 The Misused Toaster

#101 That's not how you are supposed to use that

#100 Episode 100: The Hundredth Episode (+3)

#99 The Seven Steps Part 2

#98 The Seven Steps Part 1

#97 Complex Problems: The Definition Part 2

#96 Complex Problems: The Definition Part 1

#95 The glue that holds our thoughts together

#94 Washing up on problems

#93 Being Considerate

#92 Design Specification

#91 Details III: This time it's detailed

#90 Problem Defining and Refining

#89 Details, details, details

#88 Its all in the details

#87 Packing it in

#86 4th year design topics 2021

#85 Bring the holiday home

#84 Jumping over Leonardo

#83 Festivities and Design in Hindsight

#82 Mowing down the concepts

#81 We told you so

#80 Designing between the designs

#79 Drawing out design to make it faster

#78 A lit bit of different design ideas

#77 Completely inconsistent

#76 Heisenberg's uncertainty with design

#75 The What If's in Design Part 2

#74 The What If's in Design Part 1

#73 Getting Functional Part 2

#72 Getting Functional Part 1

#71 Matching your habits to your thoughts

#70 Assessing what should be assessed

#69 Designing research

#68 Requiring regulation regarding requirements

#67 Playing with grounded constraints

#66 Less waffle, more toast

#65 On a more serious note

#64 Student Projects Part 2

#63 Student Projects Part 1

#62 Con - wait for it - cepts

#61 Concepts again

#60 Concepts à la Boer and Schekman

#0 Introductions

#59 WFH Police

#58 Guessing

#57 Practical Recaps and Intros

#56 The office

#55 The never leave home - home Part 2

#54 From problem to function

#53 The never leave home - home Part 1

#52 Grinding through beans to find problems

#51 Medical Transport Part 2

#50 Medical Transport Part 1

#49 Cleaning Clothes by Design

#48 Design Tools Part 2

#47 Sport is boring

#46 Design Tools Part 1

#45 Emergency: Ostrich

#44 Filming sci-fi golf

#43 social distancing by design

#42 formula lockdown

#41 The ultimate triathlon

#40 Multipurpose vs Single Purpose

#39 searching and rescuing

#38 keep it simple steve

#37 not so naked on Mars

#36 Failing to fail is not failure

#35 Antarctic brainstorm

#34 Dominant ideas

#33 Why are some things just so?

#32 Design criteria

#31 fixing a bad design

#30 Designing outside your comfort zone

#29 Bad Habits: "Laziness"

#28 Functional Analysis

#27 What we don't lecture in the design courses Part 1

#26 Painting Cheese on Toast

#25 Open ended problem examples

#24 Keep your eye on the problem

#23 Mission Planning (Mech edition)

#22 Mission Planning (Aero Edition)

#21 How we learn and why

#20 Intro to Design Planning

#19 UG Projects 2020 Part 3

#18 UG Projects 2020 Part 2

#17 Biker Problems

#16 UG Projects 2020 Part 1

#15 Skateboard design

#14 The Design Trinity: the process, the product and the report

#13 We approach design differently

#12 Deduction and Induction

#11 Optimization and Iteration

#10 Moons and UAV's

#9 TRIZ Part 2

#8 TRIZ Part 1

#7 Role Playing Design

#6 4th year projects

#5.5 How not to ask questions part deux

#5 How not to ask questions

#4.5 First years...

#4 Levels of Design

#3 Hypersonic Trains

#2 The Boy/Girl Problem

#1 DJ Dogs and Hands Free Kitchens