Reflection- Sathveer Roopah

The most interesting part of the subject was how the use of natural concepts found in nature could help us in developing necessary solutions which could solve for issues in developing new technology that can help the sustainability for human beings on this planet. The basics of using biomimicry to solve for human problems is a very suitable approach but still very controversial if the subject addressed cannot be executed with proper engineering tools and equipment’s. Hence making the best of the subject we have, the relation of mechanics to natural behaviors can be related and found a way to bring the technology together. In our case, the subject helped the team to learn more about the fascinating eagle and its wings. The eagle has a very large wing span that helps the big bird in fast flight for attacks and other maneuvers. Compared to the other birds eagles have separate feather tips at the end of the wings which allows the reduction of drag forces along the body. Hence by implementing the technology in modern aircrafts., the industry of aviation can help in reducing the overall usage of fuel consumption for planes as drag forces would be reduced Hence increasing the sustainability of the industry and remain a competitive part of the traveling industry. Also with bigger planes coming into play, this technology can be used to develop a sensible way of operating big aircrafts around several airports and reach out more passengers than before as the winglets can help in developing small wings for big planes.

The design of such product using the basics of eagle winglets can be very interesting in the way the product responds to the sustainability and reliability. Hence implementing such technology to the aircrafts, the cost saving is increased, less energy is used and less pollution occurs. The fact that natural resources of fuel is depleting rapidly, we should think outside the box to find new ways of reducing the dependency on fossil fuel by increasing efficiency on the aircraft itself. Hence it is advisable for the solution to be implemented and used based on its simplicity and low-cost production.

Based upon previous group studies carried out for other modules at the university, team work is always a better point of working out a project. Various ideas and different concepts/point of views can be found from the team as the brainstorming process goes on. Working as a team can help in having different point of views and help in generating new ideas that can be potentially lifesaving or revolutionary if the engineering tools and techniques are applied properly with a good team work. Moreover, working as a team, we can achieve completion of the project in time and thus with even distribution of tasks among the team members, learning is never ending process as knowledge is shared.