Example Reflection – Design Thinking

Challenge

I am working as a research scholar dealing with various real life situations related to environmental  conditions that need to be approach for more reliable and accessible solutions. As a researcher my  job is to address the problem happening in the daily life related to environment like pollution in  water, wastewater, air and soil. I undertake various projects related to variety of the unanswered  questions which need to deal in far more practical ways that requires extensive experimentation and  data collection. Also, I have certain obligations to finish the undertaken projects within required  timeframe usually varies between 3 to 4 months. Here, at this point of inference I would like to focus  what type of problems usually we deal while performing various task at hand and how do we  manage those using various design thinking strategies that I learn so far in this course.

Selection

Right now, I am working in a project which is required to evaluate the performance of the reactor  that we developed in our lab dealing with treatment of the landfill leachate, using learning launch  tools , like conducting experimentation twice in  week for about 6 months continuously on the  selected parameters is a huge task at hand.

Application

Here, I focused on the developing the methodology, structuring various design stages , assigning task  that need to be completed within the time limit. More specifically, I wanted to see the results of the  reactor that we installed in the lab on the regular basis. We have specified certain hypothesis,  generally developed by reading various research articles, finds the gaps that need to be address  dealing with performance evaluation of the reactor. Here, as the task in hand requires more  volunteers that is required to run the project smoothly, I had undertaken various interested  graduates who want to explore the possibility of research in their coming future. I conducted series  of the session in order to give them the required set of knowledge for conducting various  experimental lab analysis. Prioritization of task that need to be take care must be checked in each  stage as the project proceeds further. More surveys are completed to gather the samples that need  to be treated acquired for various nearby places.

Insight

By applying various design learning tools such as learning launch, I have made certain hypothesis,  make sure to launch the tests these hypothesis. Moreover, the results which we acquired , gives us  more insights that employs far better methodology formation with greater impact towards the  development of the prototype that would be quite more economical and reliable. As the project  proceeds, using various design thinking skills implementations, certain new insights will be  generated which can be incorporated in the future launch designs. As a result, we would be getting  more fast work that is completed with the time period using design thinking timeline.

Approach

Stating that I have successfully implemented various design thinking analogies  and applying those  tools I am certain that techniques like learning launch is very useful mechanism dealing with these  kind of situations. Also, in coming future, more reflect insights will be formed, development will be  made.

