Design Summary Draft 2 - Seabin using plastic to fight plastics

The article "Seabin using plastic to fight plastics" (2019) describes the dangers of micro fibers and micro plastic in water bodies and introduces the Seabin technology as a possible method to tackle this problem by elaborating on its functions and discussing future improvements.

Micro plastics and micro fibers are a big issue concerning aquatic life as well as humanity itself. These "organic pollutants", which measure up to 5mm in diameter, are digested by aquatic life, which in turn gets digested by humanity. The Seabin technology functions by trapping water and filtering out the trash. The article states that with the addition of sensors implanted onto the Seabin, observations can be made on the amount of mirco plastics and micro fibers lying in open waters. With further improvements done to the Seabin Project, such trash in our open waters will be reduced drastically.

Reference
Seabin Project. (2019.) Seabin using plastic to fight plastics. Retrieved and adapted from
https://seabinproject.com/seabin-using-plastic-to-fight-plastics/

Design Summary Draft 1 - Seabin using plastic to fight plastics

The article "Seabin using plastic to fight plastics" (2019) describes the dangers of micro fibers and micro plastic in water bodies and introduces the Seabin technology as a possible method to tackle this problem by elaborating on its functionalities and discussing future improvements.

Micro plastics and micro fibers are a big issue concerning aquatic life as well as humanity itself. These "organic pollutants", which measures up to 5mm in diameter are eaten by aquatic life which in turn gets eaten by humanity. The Seabin technology works by trapping all trash flowing through it by the filtration method. With the addition of sensors placed onto the Seabin, observations can be made on the amount of mirco plastics and micro fibers in open waters. With further improvements done to the Seabin Project, such trash in our open waters will be reduced drastically.

Reference
Seabin Project. Seabin using plastic to fight plastics. Retrieved and adapted from
https://seabinproject.com/seabin-using-plastic-to-fight-plastics/

Letter of Introduction

Subject: Self-Introduction

Dear Prof Blackstone,

I am writing this email to introduce myself as a student attending your effective communication module. My name is Chuah Sande. I am currently a year 1 student studying mechanical engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). I graduated with a diploma in mechatronics and robotics in Singapore Polytechnic.

From young, seeing giant robots on television move about had always caught my eye, and thanks to this, I am a collector of many plastic models, namely the Gundam series. Being able to assemble these robots was a childhood dream of mine, but now, that dream has evolved to the one to one scale. Thus, my dream is to build a giant robot that can move with controls. This is the reason why I choose to dive into the world of engineering.

My area of weakness in communication is that I am not an outgoing person in terms of speaking. I do not make the first move when meeting other people for the first time. It will be either the person comes to me or we do not converse at all. This is, of course, a wasted opportunity to gain more connections and is something I wish to fix deeply.

As my communication strength, I believe that once I have started to converse with another person, I would be less stiff as time goes on. I would be able to converse more actively and positively with the person.

The goal I am aiming for in this module is to be able to take the first step in speaking to another person for the first time and be able to present myself with confidence in both a casual and professional environment.

I look forward to learning more from you this semester.

Best regards,

Chuah Sande

Edited on 30/01/2020

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