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Hello!
I need some guidance regarding the topic of my essay.
The EE is a 4000 word essay that has to have a specific, very narrow topic, relating to a specific subject. I've made up my mind on physics as my subject of choice, but not on the topic.
After the IB course I'm looking to do mechanical engineering, as I'm quite interested in the field and have always had a technical way of thinking. I'd like my Extended Essay to give me a brief impression of the things I'd do in the ME course.
As a high school we don't have too many materials available, just what one might expect from an average school, so there's one limit. Regarding my interests, I like cycling (which I'm almost constantly involved with beyond my school and homework hours).Anything regarding transport (cars, trains, ships) would make for an interesting topic. Excuse me for being so general, but mostly anything within these fields would be of interest to me.
I've been advised to stay away from aerodynamics and hydrodynamics as building a testing environment would take up much of my time.
I've read an article about weight distribution in braking (http://www.tarorigin.com/art/Bschmidt/), and the topic seems quite interesting, however I'm also looking for alternative topics. Surprisingly my creativity hasn't gotten me very far concerning this.\
To sum up, I need a topic that will give me a brief view of what I can expect in an ME course, and which will allow to write approximately 4000 words about the topic and my research/results.
I'm looking forward to your ideas!
Kind regards,
Phil
I need some guidance regarding the topic of my essay.
The EE is a 4000 word essay that has to have a specific, very narrow topic, relating to a specific subject. I've made up my mind on physics as my subject of choice, but not on the topic.
After the IB course I'm looking to do mechanical engineering, as I'm quite interested in the field and have always had a technical way of thinking. I'd like my Extended Essay to give me a brief impression of the things I'd do in the ME course.
As a high school we don't have too many materials available, just what one might expect from an average school, so there's one limit. Regarding my interests, I like cycling (which I'm almost constantly involved with beyond my school and homework hours).Anything regarding transport (cars, trains, ships) would make for an interesting topic. Excuse me for being so general, but mostly anything within these fields would be of interest to me.
I've been advised to stay away from aerodynamics and hydrodynamics as building a testing environment would take up much of my time.
I've read an article about weight distribution in braking (http://www.tarorigin.com/art/Bschmidt/), and the topic seems quite interesting, however I'm also looking for alternative topics. Surprisingly my creativity hasn't gotten me very far concerning this.\
To sum up, I need a topic that will give me a brief view of what I can expect in an ME course, and which will allow to write approximately 4000 words about the topic and my research/results.
I'm looking forward to your ideas!
Kind regards,
Phil
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