A project (or program) is any undertaking, carried out individually or collaboratively and possibly involving research or design, that is carefully planned (usually by a project team, but sometimes by a project manager or by a project planner) to achieve a particular aim.An alternative view sees a project managerially as a sequence of events: a "set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed period and within certain cost and other limitations".A project may be a temporary (rather than permanent) social system (work system), possibly staffed by teams (within or across organizations) to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.A project may form a part of wider programme management
or function as an ad hoc system.Note that open-source software "projects" or artists' musical "projects" (for example) may lack defined team-membership, precise planning and/or time-limited durations.
Please help me with my school project!
I'm in AP Physics in High School right now, and the teacher just assigned our class to design a locker alarm. It must turn on when the locker is opened and turn off when the locker is closed. However, there's a restriction: the alarm must turn on when 2...
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I am a second semester junior mechanical engineering student. I am taking a class titled "Mechanical Engineering Design." The class has a design project where we pick a problem and design a solution. He does not want something a freshman engineering student can design, but rather, a...
I am doing a science project on the photo electric effect (the experiment is the correlation between frequency, intensity, and electrons released.) My one problem is that I need some way to measure the free electrons. I was thinking a simple circuit with an anode plate and a cathode plate with...
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I am in my first year electronics/ICT but have already successfully completed several courses about electronics, microcontrollers, programming, fysics...
I have to make a project in my second semester and I am really interested in domotica, so that's why i want to do...
Please point me a way to a mathematical project!
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As a part of my Maths program I need to write an essay of about 25-30 pages. Game theory is the main topics and I now need a direction to analyse in game theory using mathematical method such as linear algebra. As I don't have...
This will be my capstone project for my BS in Computer Engineering...
I would like to design an Electric Motorcycle which has the ability to interface with an Android based tablet. The ECU would be most likely an Arduino or ARM based processor which would output information to an Android...
On my senior project, I've figured out everything I need to measure all the parameters I needed EXCEPT force. I know that I need to use strain gauges, and I've used them in my instruments class with Labview and a DAQ. While I'm still using Labview, I'm now using an Arduino so things are a little...
Can help me with any idea what topic that suitable for 3 person in Mechanical Final Year Project? I am more with "design" and "built" mechanical parts.
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I am in my second year of electronic systems engineering degree and I have to choose a final year project. I am really enjoying the modules on RF engineering and electromagnetics, especially electromagnetics is just too interesting...
Hello everyone this is my first post on PhysicsForums
I am in my second year of electronic systems engineering degree and I have to choose a final year project. I am really enjoying the modules on RF engineering and electromagnetics, especially electromagnetics is just too interesting...
I'm currently working on a project for projectile motion and my teacher wants to see us launch a round ball about marble(maybe smaller) sized into a ring clamp on a retort stand somewhere around the room. She suggest we all use "gravity" (a simple ramp that let's a ball slide down and shoot up)...
I need to do a 2D center of mass project for my calculus class. I'm not looking for anyone to do my project but my professor this semester is a REAL bastard. Class average on the first exam was 47%, and we can get up to 12 extra EXAM test points. So I need a really good idea for this project...
Hello all Friends,
I am taking my undergraduate, majoring in Electrical Engineering, concentration in Control
It takes 10 semester to pass, 1 semester=4months. Well it might be rare for you.
And I am in 8th semester doing my internship as one of the criteria in the curriculum.
In this...
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Its easier to see if I link the problem:
http://faculty.olympic.edu/jjbrown/documents/ENGR%20111/ENGR%20111%20Project%201%202011.pdf
The Attempt at a Solution
I don't have a problem finding the answers, but the other steps we need to show are giving me a hard time...
1.If you have a wind tunnel, a tubing that goes from a large opening, to a smaller opening, with the larger opening facing the wind, will the wind speed be more out the smaller end since its being compressed?
2.Is there a way to calculate/guesstimate the difference in wind speed by the...
Hi, I am currently doing a project to design a lamp and am really interested in using physics to gain a perfectly balanced design. I have come across this diagram...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Lamp_2_counter_weight.PNG
I just want to clarify a couple of things before I...
So, i have decided to make this wireless power transmission project and it is not through mutual induction but microwave transmission.
I know , Microwave transmission ain't feasible and stuff and it has been discussed and all here, but i just want to make a small prototype , like a meter or...
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For my final year university project, I have an array of 9 hall effect current sensors producing a maximum current output of 25mA each. They're producing an analog output which I need to convert into digital signals so I can process them using an evaluation board and C++ code.
At the...
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Ok, so I'm doing this science fair project on tennis ball bounce hieght, and I have to find the force that it hits the ground with. I'm trying to do this mathematically, because I can't record the time accurately in the actual experiment.
The mass of the ball is 0.0567kg...
I came across an article in American Journal of Physics recently that describes how to build an acoustic radar by transmitting a carrier modulated with pseudo-noise code through a speaker and simultaneously receiving the reflection with a directional microphone. One then does some signal...
I have been interested in the story of halo lately. I have trying to come up with a way to theoretically create a mechanism that kills all life via radiation in a 25,000 ly radius. (The function of a halo ring).
This is what I have so far, using millions of lasers focusing on one point...
Hello All, I am working on a project to get a old phone (from the 50's) to ring. The problem that I have is ringer voltage is 80V @ 20-25 Hrtz. I am trying to come up with a really cheap way to achieve this. I was thinking of getting a variac to set the voltage at 80V but I would still need a...
Hi there - this is my first post and I hope one of many to come!
My query is a relatively simple one; I'm working with an engineering cleaning application where fluid will be fed into a cylindrical block and spun out into a surrounding container.
The block is 3.5m long and ∅0.140m...
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We must build a self contained device which can pass through a standard doorway. It will start .5 metres from the egg cup with an egg in it this egg cup is then .5 metres from a cart that the egg has to pass through and continue going to a target on the other side of the...
Hope I got the right section. First time poster! Hello all!
I'm pretty much a Noob so forgive any ignorance.
I'm running 31 Orange (2.2v) (24 ma) LED's on a parallel circuit. My power supply is 12v from the DVD power supply of a Xbox 360. I bought a 10 watt 15Ω clay type resistor per a...
hey I'm a high school student which majors in science (physics) and to pass my grade i need to make an essay paper including the problem, experiments, and of course conclusion. But I can't make up my mind of what topic should I make. And one thing that gave me an idea is about car safety, does a...
Hi guys. We have recently got a design 'competition' where we build a vehicle that will propel itself 1.0 m forward and then fire a projectile in attempt to hit a target that is 2.0 m away, perpendicular to the direction of travel. The vehicle will be traveling on sand, and can only move by...
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I'm interested in building a particle accelerator... maybe a linear accelerator or a cyclotron.
What do you suggest as a starting project? The linear accelerator or the cyclotron?
About the linear accelerator, is it suitable only for electrons? Is it possible to build a small (and...
Hopefully this question hasn't been asked here before, I did a search and it seems everyone else is asking much more practical questions. Anyway...The Situation:
I'm modifying a Nerf gun (this one for anyone who's curious)...
Hi, I'm not sure how you guys are going to respond to this request and i guess it may sound a little mental but here goes...
I'm attempting to write some fiction which may sound like a pipe dream to most but i intend to try non the less, while i am confident in my ability to write I'm not...
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i need to make sample calculations of momentum using the mass of a standard egg (.05kg) dropped from 1 2 and 3 meter heights. but i have no clue how to do this
Hi guys... be kind as I am a software engineer by trade and this is my first little side-project in EE.
So I'm building a custom motorcycle from the ground-up and it is nearly complete. I decided for the brake light and various indicator lights, that I would control them using a pic...
So I'm in the first year of my Physics major, having just finished my first class. I'm looking for projects to do at home. I'm not too picky about whether it's an genuine experiment or just a fun project. I just want to do something with my hands that relates to what we're doing in class. I got...
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I'm an outsider with a management science background looking for a solution into a technical matter I can't resolve by scouring the net. I am working on an academic project that will allow me to track multiple pressure or force points and have that information transmitted...
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I'm working on a project and one of the main parts is this pressure vessel that is sealed air tight that has 2 tubes coming out. One is straight and the other is a U tube. I have a 2.5 KW heater coil in the water to boil the water in order to create steam to raise pressure and move...
Well I don't know if this is the right place to do this question.
I want to do a project of my class of electronics, and my circuit must contain at lest one intagreated circuit, can somebody give an easy one? It must contain just a integrated circuit and also something with LEDs. I am just a...
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Hi guys. Recently, my physics' teacher told my class to make an experiment from any of the themes which are covered in the period. I need some ideas in which I can make something, somewhat good and not easy looking, but at the same time not very budget consuming...
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I got an idea in my head to have a bit of fun with a project idea. I want to make one of those claw games that they use to pick up toys, or chocolate bars etc.
However there are so many ways to do it. Ideally i would like to make a small c program and put it on a PIC and use that...
In school we have to make a theoretical circuit using a simulator, in our case its CircuitWizard2.
For this project we need to think up a problem and then create a virtual circuit that solves this problem. Throughout we have to show our calculations, testing and development of ideas.
We...
So I have a project that I'm contemplating undertaking. What I basically want is:
A lot of the times I'm lying down on my bed and watching a show or something. Except I would rather my face be facing the ceiling than one of the walls, if that makes sense. So I'm trying to make a small device...
i don't know if i am in right part of forum.
i want to build some sort of wind turbine for a school project. all the diy project are 6 or 9 coils with 8 or 12 magnets. the coils are on non magnetic board and the magnets on steel plate.
why on steel, the steel plate increase the total...
So I only recently discovered Nikola Tesla and the unfinished project of Wardenclyffe -
It's apparent purpose was not only to transfer electrical signals wirelessly, but also Tesla claimed it had the potential to supply limitless energy everywhere around the world?
Is there any truth to...
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I have to create an object that will travel a straight, horizontal zipline of 7.4 meters, and then travel back .4 meters to the starting point.. The object has to be all mechanical (no electric power source) and can't weigh more than 2 kg. It also has to be pretty cheap ($50) to...
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Basically I need help working out how much energy we can potentially produce.
We have a waterfall 50m high that has a constant year round flow. We would take off water into a 6" vertical steel pipe at the top and run it to the bottom into a turbine. I don't know the friction of the...
Hey. I will be in approx. 1 year from now do a big mathematics project, that is going to be coupled with physics. I have already covered all the obvious choices for this project, such as harmonic motion and dampened harmonic motion with the derivation of the general solutions to the differential...
Hi, I am trying to think of a really interesting physics topic to do a research & report project (basically an essay) on for my a level physics course work. I have got to come up with a title in the form of a question to write approx 2000 words on. I am finding it really difficult to think of...
My class has been assigned the egg drop project, and I need some help/info on how to go about it.
Objective: to design a container which will protect a raw egg, when dropped.
Apparatus: 1. Each container must meet the following specifications:
a. Maximum mass- 20g...
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Sorry, was unsure whether this was the right place to post, new here. In any case, I need a bit of help with a project a friend and I are working on.
First of all, it's a pretty large project, supposed to take us approx 100 hours. We're in the last year of Swedish high school, only...
Physics project, Grade 11, Help :)
Hello everyone, I am new to this site so forgive me if anything I say is wrong or faulty.
In my grade 11 physics class, we have been assingned a project, one that we choose what our focus will be. I have chosen to dive into the field of robotics and the first...