Research Project Contributions

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I contributed to brainstorming on our chosen topic (Portable water purification filter)

I assisted in coming up with the problem statements and purpose statements

I contributed in doing research on LifeStraw's portable water purification filter with the help of generative AI and Official websites, which combined in our total team minutes.

I came up with several different prompts on 'Copilot' and 'ChatGPT' to get information on the chosen topic:

What are some factors LifeStraw is currently lacking on?

How can we improve on LifeStraw, a currently successful water purification filter.

I fully covered the implementations of graphene oxide filters and stainless steel body constructions during our group presentation on the proposal to LifeStraw

I made major contributions to the group report
  • Challenges of Graphene Oxide Filtration and Stainless Steel Body Constructiom
  • Problem and Purpose Statement
  • Concluding Statement
  • Executive Summary




Comments

  1. Brad BlackstoneMarch 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM

    Dear Treven,

    Thank you for yor effort. This is fairly detailed, which I appreciate.

    I like seeing the prompts. You write as follows:
    I came up with several different prompts on 'Copilot' and 'ChatGPT' to get information on the chosen topic:
    What are some factors LifeStraw is currently lacking on?
    How can we improve on LifeStraw, a currently successful water purification filter..

    Nice--- I assume you got good enough in response.

    I look forward to learning even more about your continuing research process.

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