Bull Outdoor Products - Electric Grill

Our senior design project team designed, assembled, and tested an outdoor electric grill. The sponsor for our project is Bull Outdoor Products, a high-end outdoor kitchen set, pizza oven, and grill company. We met with our sponsor to discuss project expectations and important product characteristics. We also researched the barbecue market and its customers to determine what grill characteristics are the most important. We learned which engineering specifications needed to be tested and outlined what our goals and overall objectives for this project are. With our background research and overall objectives in mind, we came up with different solutions through ideation and then narrowed down the ideas to a single solution. We created a concept prototype of our design to showcase its potential features and observe any possible design flaws. We created a CAD model and respective detailed drawings to specify our desired design and manufacturing plans. Additionally, we designed an electrical circuit that would fit the needs of the griller. Next, we built a structural prototype to test the heating element. Lastly, we combined all the components in the grill and tested it to see how it stacked up against our initial engineering specifications. This document was written chronologically, from September 2020 to June 2021, and thus the writing in each section is reflective of the stage of the project we were in during that section

Health, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Quality of Life: What is the Difference?

The terms health, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and quality of life (QoL) are used interchangeably. Given that these are three key terms in the literature, their appropriate and clear use is important. This paper reviews the history and definitions of the terms and considers how they have been used. It is argued that the definitions of HRQoL in the literature are problematic because some definitions fail to distinguish between HRQoL and health or between HRQoL and QoL. Many so-called HRQoL questionnaires actually measure self-perceived health status and the use of the phrase QoL is unjustified. It is concluded that the concept of HRQoL as used now is confusing. A potential solution is to define HRQoL as the way health is empirically estimated to affect QoL or use the term to only signify the utility associated with a health state