Evaluation and Reflection on a Solar-Powered Electric Car Project

Running Head: Evaluation and reflection 1
Evaluation and reflection
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

Evaluation and reflection 2
Evaluation and reflection
This is a reflective and evaluation essay with the aid of the Gibbs reflection cycle in reflecting on
my experience as a researcher in my first project of a solar-powered electric car.
Description
I started my course on 7th may 2018. It was such a new course to me as it required an ample
concentration with many involvements. Just like other courses, I had to complete a project. My
first project was to develop a solar-powered electric car. This was not an individual assignment
but a group assignment. We were to complete this project as a team of four members. As a team,
we focused on research background and research design; we then designed a questionnaire,
google survey, collecting data, data analysis and business. However, each member was allocated
specific duties/tasks in the project. While the other three members focused on human resources,
operations, and finance, I was tasked with the tasks on research design, marketing and future
areas of the research. The project was stipulated to be completed in 8 weeks.
Feelings
This been my first project, I was confused about where to start and what was expected of me.
Even before I started working on the project, I was struggling to comprehend on the topic. This
was because I have never done such a project before. I was fearing that I might present the
wrong thing and end up failing in this course. But with the assistance of the group members
some of whom have good experience in such projects, they helped me the topic and what was
required of me. They helped me in brainstorming and developing ideas that were useful in
completing my part. Additionally, I had the feeling that the duration to which we were to