Praxis II Request for Proposal
Overview: This phase was essentially a continuation of the Topic Précis. We were required to write a Request for Proposal to establish an engineering request for a specific problem to be solved.
The Assignment Requirements
Team: Fadime Bekmambetova, Rong Guan, and Jingyao (Jason) Li, Toluwanimi Odemuyiwa
Process in Action: This phase of the design project, like the Praxis I Design Brief, was heavily steeped in the first three steps of the Predesigning stage. It required us to use research and contact with stakeholders to establish a community and prove that the need for Deaf cyclist road safety was legimate. In addition, we outlined the design requirements and constraints for prospective designers. Our final Request for Proposal, titled “Improving Road Safety for Deaf Cyclists,” ended up being one of the 10 RFPs chosen to move forward into the solution phase. Our problem statement was: “Improve Deaf cyclists’ awareness of
sound-based warnings on the road.”
The Assignment Requirements
Team: Fadime Bekmambetova, Rong Guan, and Jingyao (Jason) Li, Toluwanimi Odemuyiwa
Process in Action: This phase of the design project, like the Praxis I Design Brief, was heavily steeped in the first three steps of the Predesigning stage. It required us to use research and contact with stakeholders to establish a community and prove that the need for Deaf cyclist road safety was legimate. In addition, we outlined the design requirements and constraints for prospective designers. Our final Request for Proposal, titled “Improving Road Safety for Deaf Cyclists,” ended up being one of the 10 RFPs chosen to move forward into the solution phase. Our problem statement was: “Improve Deaf cyclists’ awareness of
sound-based warnings on the road.”
