Reflection – Learning Launch

Introduction

To begin, I wanted to say that I studied this course because I want to know more about the tips and  tricks on how I can approach clients for my thesis. I was hard for me because I don’t really have an  experience on negotiating or even presenting topics other than the requirements at school. It was also  one of the requirements in our curriculum to give us an insight on how we should come up of ways to  gather data and present it by ourselves. It went well because I did a weekly requisite plan that I need to  execute what I learned through paper researches and surveys on my classmates. And after weeks of  using what I learned from this course, I now have a concrete knowledge to share to anyone who is  interested especially because my topic is medical related but also applied engineering which is detecting  pneumonia from x-ray results using machine learning.

Week 1

I learned from this week that before even starting to research about a specific topic we need to first  consider our target market and that’s where ethnography comes to play. My first idea of a topic was to  think of a way that will make use of my engineering knowledge and is related to medical. I went to do a  research by interviewing people in clinic on what their current problem is, what do they think the fastest  way to solve it or what solution they think can help them to solve their current problem. And I gathered  tons of different answers. Then after thinking of solution I came up with the answer. But during my  presentation, my professor didn’t like the way I presented because its not appealing that much. So, after  watching and learning from this course I thought that it will be good if I do more visualization than just  sentence. And that works well, my professor said that the presentation was engaging and so he  understands it better. I also learned a lot about collaborations. It gives me more realizations that doing  the project myself was impossible without the help of other people. To be honest my group was  composed of my closest friends and we never really argue anything about everything so we thought that  every project is doing fine and when we fail, we just don’t blame each other since we did it as a group  and every wrong that occurred reflects to all of us. But I noticed that without disagreements, we will  never have a good course of action to mistakes and the project just won’t improve to its best. That is  why I thought that we should have at least a couple of disagreements or arguing to improve not just the  project but also ourselves.

Week 2

As the week progresses, my keen of perception to physics of innovation also improves. I have explored  many related studies regarding the topic I’m currently focusing at. I read different thesis books from  different years of publication and I have learned a lot. It is said that in order to really know if you are  able to understand what you’ve learned is to experiment afterwards. For me, it is not easy to  experiment on my topic since it will cost me a lot and the only way to apply my current knowledge is to  confirm my hypothesis to my professors. Since it is still in phase one which means that I need more  research to do and not just about the technical fields of my studies but also the people concerning my  research. My topic is also based on the passed one so it is just an innovation of past topic so it is kind of  hard to think of a way to improve it but since it’s what I want to make a research of that is why I went  with it. Innovation is hard but it’s not impossible if I put my mind into it, I can make it possible. There is

always a way to improve something I just need to find what it is. I always think that the path to  possibilities is almost endless so improving something can be limitless.

Week 3

This week thought me how to do a research plan. It says something about the actions related to market  research which is really important considering it is the gateway to fix my target which correlates to the  current state of my technical researches. It brings back the technique in research which is creating  ethnography which researchers are able to determine the behavior of people that can potentially be the  market for the product. It also not just targets the usage of the product for the people to use, but also  for people to be able to enjoy it and comeback to it like the MeYouHealth story. That may be good for  some products but my research on health related specifically for clinic and hospital applications seems  to have a different approach to the target market. It should be enjoyed by the customers especially the  doctors because it will help them to reduce the time needed for them to successfully execute the task.  Projective techniques also helped me attempt to get deeper thoughts on the research since I thought of  using the pinwheel which will help me decide which is the most important factor of the research. Also,  as my research continues, I mapped everything so that I can track my progress.

Week 4

This is going to be the last week of my study for this course (at least as the calendar says). I learned a lot  and applied it in many different situations and from what I learned the most important factor that  affects my research is the collaboration with other people of different fields. I went from thinking of  topic that I thought would be impossible, to researching with ease part of my life. I didn’t really think I  could make it at first because I don’t know how to start, everything didn’t make sense to me till I started  doing it. Especially the secondary research, even though I have done it a lot I didn’t really put it to  experiment which will cost me but because it will be expensive. So, I took the risked and from what I  see, it progresses faster than my previous way of researching. One tool that help me realize this is the  learning launch tool which is to experiment fast and cheap. I started doing the prototype from scrap  materials and continue doing by looking at the results. I didn’t really use new materials because it will  cost me more and because it is just experiment and my purpose is to get results. I now got the approval  of my client to benefit my product and the research continue as it is. I really think everything that I  learned here will really help me to achieve something bigger and it is starting from getting bad results.


Reflection – Learning Launch Introduction To begin , I wanted to say that I studied this course because I want to know more about the tips and tricks on how I can approach clients for my thesis . I was hard for me because I do n’t really have an experience on negotiating or even presenting topics other than the requirements at school . It was also one of the requirements in our curriculum to give us an insight on how we should come up of ways to gather data and present it by ourselves . It went well because I did a weekly requisite plan that I need to execute what I learned through paper researches and surveys on my classmates . And after weeks of using what I learned from this course , I now have a concrete knowledge to share to anyone who is interested especially because my topic is medical related but also applied engineering which is detecting pneumonia from x - ray results using machine learning . Week 1 I learned from this week that before even starting to research about a specific topic we need to first consider our target market and that ’s where ethnography comes to play . My first idea of a topic was to think of a way that will make use of my engineering knowledge and is related to medical . I went to do a research by interviewing people in clinic on what their current problem is , what do they think the fastest way to solve it or what solution they think can help them to solve their current problem . And I gathered tons of different answers . Then after thinking of solution I came up with the answer . But during my presentation , my professor did n’t like the way I presented because its not appealing that much . So , after watching and learning from this course I thought that it will be good if I do more visualization than just sentence . And that works well , my professor said that the presentation was engaging and so he understands it better . I also learned a lot about collaborations . It gives me more realizations that doing the project myself was impossible without the help of other people . To be honest my group was composed of my closest friends and we never really argue anything about everything so we thought that every project is doing fine and when we fail , we just do n’t blame each other since we did it as a group and every wrong that occurred reflects to all of us . But I noticed that without disagreements , we will never have a good course of action to mistakes and the project just wo n’t improve to its best . That is why I thought that we should have at least a couple of disagreements or arguing to improve not just the project but also ourselves . Week 2 As the week progresses , my keen of perception to physics of innovation also improves . I have explored many related studies regarding the topic I ’m currently focusing at . I read different thesis books from different years of publication and I have learned a lot . It is said that in order to really know if you are able to understand what you ’ve learned is to experiment afterwards . For me , it is not easy to experiment on my topic since it will cost me a lot and the only way to apply my current knowledge is to confirm my hypothesis to my professors . Since it is still in phase one which means that I need more research to do and not just about the technical fields of my studies but also the people concerning my research . My topic is also based on the passed one so it is just an innovation of past topic so it is kind of hard to think of a way to improve it but since it ’s what I want to make a research of that is why I went with it . Innovation is hard but it ’s not impossible if I put my mind into it , I can make it possible . There is always a way to improve something I just need to find what it is . I always think that the path to possibilities is almost endless so improving something can be limitless . Week 3 This week thought me how to do a research plan . It says something about the actions related to market research which is really important considering it is the gateway to fix my target which correlates to the current state of my technical researches . It brings back the technique in research which is creating ethnography which researchers are able to determine the behavior of people that can potentially be the market for the product . It also not just targets the usage of the product for the people to use , but also for people to be able to enjoy it and comeback to it like the MeYouHealth story . That may be good for some products but my research on health related specifically for clinic and hospital applications seems to have a different approach to the target market . It should be enjoyed by the customers especially the doctors because it will help them to reduce the time needed for them to successfully execute the task . Projective techniques also helped me attempt to get deeper thoughts on the research since I thought of using the pinwheel which will help me decide which is the most important factor of the research . Also , as my research continues , I mapped everything so that I can track my progress . Week 4 This is going to be the last week of my study for this course ( at least as the calendar says ) . I learned a lot and applied it in many different situations and from what I learned the most important factor that affects my research is the collaboration with other people of different fields . I went from thinking of topic that I thought would be impossible , to researching with ease part of my life . I did n’t really think I could make it at first because I do n’t know how to start , everything did n’t make sense to me till I started doing it . Especially the secondary research , even though I have done it a lot I did n’t really put it to experiment which will cost me but because it will be expensive . So , I took the risked and from what I see , it progresses faster than my previous way of researching . One tool that help me realize this is the learning launch tool which is to experiment fast and cheap . I started doing the prototype from scrap materials and continue doing by looking at the results . I did n’t really use new materials because it will cost me more and because it is just experiment and my purpose is to get results . I now got the approval of my client to benefit my product and the research continue as it is . I really think everything that I learned here will really help me to achieve something bigger and it is starting from getting bad results .