Appendix

Figure 1:We used an affinity diagram to help sort through our first round of standard interviews to determine our need and target audience.

Figure 2: This was the first conceptualization of our ideas. In the beginning stages of the project, we were leaning more towards a product or open-sourced design, believing that one of the two would motivate individuals to pay more attention to new innovations in the field of alternative energy. However, that changed upon expert interviews with the professor and the TAs/IAs.

Figure 3: We first created a product-oriented prototype of the photobioreactor in order to test the validity of the statement that it is feasible to build at home.

Figure 4: This iteration of the prototype was successful. The photobioreactor was able to sustain growth of algae. The differences in yield here are due to differences in the amount of initially placed into the photobioreactor.

Figure 5: After we conducted expert interviews with our conceptualization, we began to wonder if a product/design would be sufficient enough to motivate individuals to switch to alternative energy sources. This was the conceptual prototype we prepared for the rapid prototyping session.

Figure 6: We used this affinity diagram to help sort through our qualitative data in order to extrapolate some commonality. This affinity diagram is an accumulation of all the data we had going into week 5 after our rapid prototype session.

Figure 7: After the careful considerations of the qualitative data we gathered from interviews with teaching/instructional assistants, classmates, and students from environmental awareness organizations, we decided that a workshop would be more effective in getting individuals interested in the information we have to offer and motivated to apply what they learned. This led us to start our inquiry into successful workshop practices. The second round of prototyping revealed that we needed more interactive and impactful elements to the workshop.

Figure 8: This is the final storyboard that we came up with after iterating over and over again. This storyboard highlights what we hope to achieve and the need for our users. It shows the process and what users would potentially be attending. It is also meant to the highlight the process of what users would be learning from the workshop (building a bioreactor ).

Figure 9: We made another affinity diagram after our first physical prototype during the second prototyping session. This affinity diagram aggregates all the qualitative data and allowed us to see trends like the applicability value that people were concerned about, which we addressed in our next iteration.

Figure 10: This is the final storyboard that we came up with after iterating over and over again. This storyboard highlights what we hope to achieve and the need for our users. It shows the process and what users would potentially be attending. It is also meant to the highlight the process of what users would be learning from the workshop (building a bioreactor).

Figure 11: This car from Sapphire energy, powered by algal diesel would be an impactful demonstration, showing individuals. We showed off this concept during our workshop to expound upon the applicability of algae-based fuels.

Figure 12: Demonstrating the ability of algal diesel to power everyday devices would be effective in showing workshop participants algae’s potential as a fuel source. However, we were unable to get access to a generator for demonstration purposes so a rough sketch and explanation were what we used during our workshop.