What is Project: Definition and 1000 Discussions

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.

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  1. ollie_craw

    Questions on an end of the year project

    Homework Statement Hey guys. I am attempting to do an end of the year physics project on gears on bikes and bike ratios. For the presentation I want to explain how gear ratios and the like work and demonstrate a homemade gear. I also need to have and experiment to go along with it. My basic...
  2. A

    Research Project Ideas for First Year Astronomy Student?

    Hi, I am wondering what are some good ideas for a first year undergraduate science research project? I am majoring in Astronomy so am after some ideas. My special interests are Pluto, Black Holes and of course Planet X.
  3. R

    Help- electric/gas hybrid go kart project

    hey all- I've built a elec go kart using a 24v source, PMC high amp speed controller, and massive 24v excavator starter motor. Fun stuff. I want to make it gas/hybrid. I'm not going to lay out all the challenges- but I do need help on building a buy list for micro controllers/sensors etc. I...
  4. Ramtin123

    A PhD Project Ideas on Beyond Standard Model Physics

    Hi, I have just started a PhD on Beyond SM physics. I had a chat with my supervisor, and he told me to look around to find out what sort of topics interest me. Is there any good idea about a good PhD topic on BSM? I appreciate any ideas...
  5. S

    Classical Self study project, feedback on my selection of books?

    I'm going to reinforce my physics knowledge via self study in my spare time, the amount of time available is varying since I'm a parent and have a full-time work... My math background: Real and complex analysis, linear algebra (abstract, but finite-dimensional), basic abstract algebra, number...
  6. Weightofananvil

    Small Amp Project (Tube/power stage info needed)

    Hey, Im in the process of building my final project for an engineering electronics course. The requirements: - 3 Inputs - mixer stage - driver stage 0.5 - 3watts ( my speaker is 3 watts) - output to 8 ohm speaker. Questions - Anyone have any good links regarding helping pick BJT, Jfet or...
  7. R

    Schools High school senior project - Need advice

    Hello! I'm a junior in high school, and my school requires that every senior complete a "senior project" along with a research paper related to your project. Pretty much, you're supposed to do something that provides you with a learning experience or something that can help you grow as a person...
  8. vinicius0197

    Project and Construction of Arduino controlled model rocket

    Hey folks. I've done a little bit of research into model rocketry and I'm stuck with the idea of designing and projecting a rocket to put into practice all the engineering I'm learning in college - I'm into MechE. I want to start simple, doing a few tests and learning the basics - types of...
  9. R

    Designing a driven spring mass system for school project

    Homework Statement I have a math project due in a month. The topic i chose to present was second order differential equations, so i felt like making a driven spring mass system to demonstrate resonance and nice things like that. I have a few questions about materials and design and such and...
  10. M

    Designing a Safe and Simple Enrichment Object for Elephants at the National Zoo

    Hello! I am a civil engineering student and have been tasked with creating an enrichment object for elephants at the national zoo in DC. I don't know much about pulleys, and am wondering if there are some mechanical engineers out there who could give me some hints on how to achieve this! My...
  11. T

    Need Help in assembling an electrical resistance heater

    Hello Im looking to build a very small electrical resistance heater. It should produce no more than 1 to 3 degrees of heat. This is for a personal project of mine. I need to know what types of materials I need to use. Id like the device to be both battery powered and plug in. Can anyone...
  12. Claire Augustus

    Project Help - Mousetrap catapault to launch cut tennis ball

    Homework Statement "Take a tennis ball and cut it into 2 equal halves. Take one of them and cut it again equally. You now have 1 half tennis ball and 2 quarter tennis balls. Glue the 2 quarters to the half, one to its outside (convex) and one to its inside (concave). Design, build and test a...
  13. D

    Easy way to figure out what material to use in a project?

    I'm only a uni student at the moment and this feels more like something you learn from experience than something taught in a lecture but I'll thought I should ask anyway. Is there an easy way to select materials for engineering projects? I was hoping to find there is a nice dictionary sized...
  14. Praline

    Help with rolling cars -- science project

    I'm sure this is elementary for this forum, but can someone help me figure out if my son's science fair project results are correct? He rolled his toy car, with and without weight added, down hill and measured the time to get to the bottom of the hill and the distance traveled once the car hit...
  15. N

    MHB Fix Mistakes in Project: Sorted Names

    May you guys look over my program I can't figure out my mistake. It looks i am printing the names two times but can't find the issue in the program. What I bold is what is what I got wrong. #include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <string> using namespace std; int main () {...
  16. B

    Why won't it work? (sump pump project)

    So I'm a college student in electromechanical engineering technology and my lab partner and I are making a sump pump circuit for our class project. I got the circuit soldered and the alarm and light work but the relay won't turn on. We discovered that the resistor that goes into our transistor...
  17. Nile Anderson

    Math Research Project Ideas Please

    Help. I am having a problem choosing a topic for my math research project. Anybody have any ideas they'd like to share ?
  18. Ontophobe

    I Project Greenglow: Is Anti-Gravity Possible?

    I can't find any good sources on the science behind Project Greenglow. All the articles I see are full of fluff. Are they trying to divorce gravitational mass from inertial mass? i.e., trying to get more gravitational mass out of less inertial mass, or I should say more space-time curvature from...
  19. W

    MHB Doing another big project (Arrays and Structures)

    So, like the title says, I'm doing another project. The kicker this time is that I don't even know how to start. Last time I was able to post some code I had already messed around with (and messed up) but this one I'm not even sure how to begin. I've already done some of the work with...
  20. ckyborg4

    Is there any relationship between light intensity and angle

    Homework Statement I'm working on a project right now, which uses laser beams and part of the project requires me to find a mathematical model which relates angle of projection to the intensity of the light. Does anyone know of an equation(s) which relates the intensity and angle together...
  21. pompom15

    Make a Eddy Current to Hover - A DIY Project

    Homework Statement There is 4 neodynium magnets. It is 0.7 inch magnet. A 15,000 RPM motor. It does not hover. I am trying to make a eddy current to make it hover1. The attempt at a solution Getting a copper plate, having a better magnet.
  22. C

    Home project -- spring-arm Monitor stand (solidworks)

    hello, first i would like to say, even through i enjoy working with SolidWorks, I am not an engineer. so any more technical stuff may go over my head, and everyone who would help me even through that disadvantage have my eternal gratitude. my home project was made because of whole monitor stand...
  23. M

    Looking for a numeric classical mechanics problem for project

    Homework Statement I was recently assigned an assignment where my instructor told us to come up with an idea for a numeric classical mechanics problem that is solved by computer methods. Some ideas the instructor gave was to simulate motion of a sun-earth-moon system or simulate the tides of a...
  24. E

    My graduation project hovercraft ?

    what's suitable electric ducted fans to lift 10 kg diameter shaft and kv , hovercraft size 40cm x 60 cm i need help ergent please
  25. mizieahmad

    Need an idea -- project about surveillance system camera

    hello. i need a idea what can i upgrade in my project fyp. i want to make a project about survillance system camera. so i need to know what type sensor that need to upgrade or what can i improve right now.
  26. N

    Exploring Creative CAD Ideas: From Brake Calipers to 3D Printers

    I have a cad project where i have to make an assembly of a mechanical device with 5-8 parts and I also have to make a modification to the device. I was thinking maybe a brake caliper but I am just curious what some of you think would be a good device to model?
  27. A

    A Project img on X-Y surface to a cylinder placed in center....

    Hi , I came across a problem ,I've search a lot but couldn't exactly find the solution. here is my problem: suppose there is an image ( I call it IMG_A),place IMG_A in the X-Y plane , put a mirror cylinder at the center of IMG_A. what we see in the cylinder mirror is a deform image (I call it...
  28. M

    MATLAB Need help on constants for Matlab nuke sim for uni project

    Hey guys, I am currently working on a uni MATLAB group project for blast radius, thermal radius etc. Apparently these formula are the best possible to use: r_thermal = Y^0.41 * constant_th r_blast = Y^0.33 * constant_bl r_radiation = Y^0.19 * constant_rad But can anybody tell me what...
  29. P

    Finding a cheap way to disinfect water for social project

    Hello there, A couple of us have been tasked to come up with a way to produce drinkable water from a source which is turbid and I'm trying to figure out a way to do this. It has to be cheap and work well without needing too much knowledge to operate. My initial idea is to use a coagulant...
  30. T

    A Automotive project to determine road gradient during braking

    Hello Forum, Does anybody have suggestions as to how we can use IMU's (accelerometers and gyros) to determine the gradient of a road during a braking event. We have wheel speed inputs so can calculate decelerations independently from the IMU. Thank You Tim
  31. A

    Instructions for Video Analysis Projects

    Hi all, I'm going to have my students (algebra-based mechanics at a community college) do a video analysis project and I'm wondering if anyone knows of any resources for good sets of instructions for this type of project. I'd like something pretty open-ended so students can choose their...
  32. R

    Suggestion for Research Project on Optical Nanoantenna

    Hello, I'm currently a Senior year EE student in a South Asian country. We are planning to do a research project on Optical Nanoantennas. We are still learning and are not very familiar with the theoretical stuff, we only have the knowledge of junior year undergrads (took EM Fields and Wave...
  33. J

    Optimizing Precision in Stepper Motor Driven Gear Systems

    I am driving 2 different gears with a belt off of a stepper motor that has a step angle of 0.018 degrees. For the purpose of my project, I need to have high precision between the stepper motor and the gears that it's driving. Is it necessary to have 20,000 teeth (360/0.018) on the gear that's...
  34. T

    Project Orion again - why not interstellar probe?

    I was watching recently that PBS Space Video on youtube about space propulsion and it got me thinking about Project Orion again. They talk about sending humans to another star system, but would it not be spectacular enough to send probe? The probe could scan and photograph planets there and...
  35. ujjwal3097

    Video editing software for presentations

    Can anyone tell me which video editing software is used in this video. I am doing some project and i need to show the presentation but i really liked what this video has in the background. Can anyone tell me about this software or another similar software for editing. video:
  36. E

    Engineering project ideas for an engineering club in my school

    Hi I'm starting an engineering club in my school and I'd like some ideas of engineer-like projects to make. I'm really concerned with it being interesting and it being something that people want to be a part of considering my school is pretty uninvolved. The projects I have in mind emphasize...
  37. E

    Project idea in Numeric Analysis

    hey, need an idea for a paper on differential equations, which can be implemented in two or three days work. also it will be nice if that paper has graphs on it. any help would be most welcome thx
  38. I

    Air Cannon School Project Firing Paper Projectile

    Hey guys building an air cannon for class that shoots a wad of paper from a normal sheet of 8.5/11 paper will be dry. Question is... Is Psi more important or CFM with this light weight projectile? Plan on building from PVC, can do 100psi easy. Plan on using a diaphragm valve with a solenoid for...
  39. C

    I'm wishing for a miracle -- Advice on my senior design project please....

    https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringStudents/comments/4213b7/my_worst_fear_has_finally_come/ Hey guys, as shown in above link, I've explained my almost no engineering knowledge and no experience in design project, which put into an intense anxiety attack. I really do not want to trouble my 2...
  40. A

    How Do You Prove the Law of Conservation of Momentum in Collisions?

    Homework Statement This lab I have the mass and change in distance measurements for inelastic collisions; and then we did an elastic collision one where we determined the mass and measured the times three of them simultaneously where we measured it as it bumped the car. So I am supposed to...
  41. aryantravis

    Troubleshooting MS Project 2007 File Opening Error

    I tried to open the file in MS Project 2007 and received an error says: “The file cannot be opened.”Has anyone encountered this error?
  42. R

    Help on physics project ideas?

    I am stumped and I cannot think of any possible experiments that fits the criteria. The requirements are: -A 10-hour experiment -Rigorous and challenging enough for IB-level Physics (A basic college level) I tried asking my teacher to do Newton's cradle, but she said that it would not fulfill...
  43. faradayscat

    Brainstorm Ideas for Project - Get Suggestions on Differential Equations

    I will be writing a paper by modelling a system and its differential equations. I have just started brainstorming ideas but I would also like to hear other peoples' ideas as well! I have these ideas so far, can anybody suggest relevant articles or papers on these topics (avoid wikipedia if...
  44. D

    Beam Sizing for Engineering Student Project

    Hi, I'm new here and I'm here to seek for help... I have this school project, I'm supposed to create an app (Funny that they asked an engineering student to do programming huh?). Basically this app involves beam calculations. It's supposed to suggest an appropriate beam sizing ( the cross...
  45. Ryan Ferguson

    I need an engineering project for my Science Fair

    Hi! Thank you for reading and (hopefully) responding. I am really desperate right now. For my science fair project, I need to build something that works or does a task. Last year my friends built a linear accelerator and someone else built a potato gun. These are things that work. I desperately...
  46. O

    High School Egg Drop project tips

    Homework Statement I have an egg drop project in my high school physics class, dropping 2 eggs in one device from 6 meters up. There are some certain guidelines. I was just looking for some tips or ideas of what I should do. So here are the guidelines: - Device has to hold 2 eggs. - It must...
  47. AEGIS

    High school project -- Finding mass flow rate, air velocity

    Hi, First-timer here! I'm designing a physics project that involves pumping a certain pressure of air into an empty bottle. SETUP: The bottom of the bottle has a small hole through which a thumb tack fits tightly; the top (cap-side) has a valve through which the air is inserted. The bottle is...
  48. K

    Catapult: Rotating Throwing Arm to Reduce Air Resistance?

    Would rotating the throwing arm (2cm by 4cm) to its side reduce air resistance due to the smaller surface area? (Imagine a palm vs karate chop scenario).
  49. W

    Coursework Chemistry Project -- Idendification of different types of polymer

    Homework Statement Topic : Idendification of different types of polymer Suggested materials : Plastic bottles or materials Sugeested methods of analysis : Volumetric analysis, Chromatography ,pH, Solvent extration, Distillation General purpose of project : To inculcate awareness on health and...
  50. C

    How can I develop a project around hard disk access times?

    Homework Statement I won't be following this format exactly, but I'm trying to come up with an idea for a physics exploration I need to do and I think I'm finally getting close to something. I'm trying to figure out what actual experiments I can do with this topic, and if they're of a high...
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