Methodology: What is your overall project design – what will you do, for what purpose, and in what order? What specific methods or approaches do you plan to use? What are the key features, benefits and limitations of your chosen methods, and how will they help you answer your question(s)? What are the possible risks […]

  What output I want of my final project is preliminary research on my future entrepreneurial idea (a circular economy platform website that helps businesses manage inventory). At first, I would like to write a business plan. After talking with Toni last semester, she suggested I conduct preliminary research on my business idea to validate […]

What problem do you want to solve? —The luxury company’s stock products’ upcycle problem. (which need to be dismantled and use disassembled raw materials to redesign and produce new products) What issue do you want to know more about? —How to find programmers who are also interested in this topic to cooperate with? First-make an […]

I learned a 3-stage model from the KIPP lecture 2 pre-recorded by Simon Smith. The first step is to define the problem by reviewing the literature and researching the industry context. After that, the aims/ questions/ objectives/hypothesis can be confirmed. Aims is what you want to achieve and objective is how you achieve. It helps […]

A Just Circular Economy: Vision and Academic Framing 1. What does a just circular economy look like to me? A just circular economy (CE) ensures that the benefits of transitioning to circularity—such as resource conservation, economic efficiency, and waste reduction—are equitably distributed across society. It prioritizes marginalized and vulnerable communities, often disproportionately affected by waste […]

Reflect on policies/technologies/ideologies that have us “locked-in” to a linear system. How might we identify and avoid locking future generations into your innovations for more circular economies?   Identifying Linear Lock-In: Outdated Infrastructure: Many power plants and waste management systems are built on designs that prioritize linear processes. Upgrading or replacing these with more circular-friendly […]

The types of knowledge I’ve been working with on CE learning so far. To answer this question, I need to figure out there are how many types of knowledge? Google gives the answer: Explicit Knowledge: Easily articulated and shared, such as manuals, documents, and procedures. Implicit Knowledge: This is knowledge we use without being consciously […]