Project Definition and 1000 Threads

I added the 'extreme' part to generate a cool acronym: P.E.P. I want to review/learn as much as I can from physics & mathematics, in my spare time(!). I started out with quantum mechanics & solid state physics, yet I discovered that my notions of classical physics are poor. So I turned to...

Hi! I'm new here. I would like to know if I could get ideas regarding in depth physics project. I have a couple of ideas for topics, but I am not sure what to do regards them. My topics are: Tesla Coils, Superconductors, and CO2 scrubbing. For the CO2 scrubbing project, I am trying to find a...

I need help for chosing a topic for project So i need many ideas of project By the way it should be related to power Thanks

I'm trying to design a program that can accurately detect the frequency of a real, periodic audio signal, such as several guitar notes in sequence. I have the skeleton of the program working. It does, at times, accurately detect the frequency. However, it is very noisy, and I'm not too sure how...

Homework Statement Hi Say I have a vector v=(vx, vy, vz) that makes an angle α with the x-axis. The amount of v projected onto the x-axis I find from the dot product v.x = √(vx2 + vy2 + vz2)cos(α) I am also interested in finding the amount of v in the plane normal to the x-axis, i.e...

Any ideas on how I could put together a smaller prototype of a smart grid system? Just brainstorming here but here are a few things I was thinking Grid in a BOX Marketability is key right? So why not design some kind of "smart box" system that residential home owners can use in their homes...

I am doing a little research project into numerical methods of solving ODEs where I do 1 half of learning about the basics of numerical methods and then look at a particular method (Linear multistep) and then the second half is looking at a particular example, applying what I've learned and...

Hello. I have an idea for a geo-thermal cooling system which I want to use to cool the CPU and GPU of my computer. My goal is quiet (fan-less, and dust-less) computing with a very high cool factor (as in Fonzy, not temperature) <grin>. I suppose you'd call this a proof of design concept. So...

Hello All, I know that this post is very old, but I have a similar question. I believe that it is very relevant and there should be copious material on the net, but I have been unable to find it. I am trying to port a C++ project into Android. My project uses NTL, GMP, and OpenSSL. I am...

Hey everyone! I've gotten some really good help over in the math section of physicsforums, and I was hoping to get some more of the same here in engineering. I've just finished my sophomore year in school, and I'm about to apply for the EE program at the university in spring. Anyway, I...

hey guys! i want to work on archemedian screw/its applications as my final year engineering project. can u help me to make it more engineering affiliated ? i got this idea from a site related to school level science project...i really want to do this. please suggest ideas! thanks in advance.:smile:

Hello, I'm a complete noob on the robotics. I got an idea, to build a really cheap robotic arm (~$60). I thought about using 4 servos (rotate the arm, move up/down the first part, move up/down the second part and open/close the grippers). As the bone material I found that 1m aluminium tube (2mm...

Homework Statement I am doing my internship at Saint Gobain Glass India, Chennai . I have been allotted a project to work in my time at the company . The problem is related to failure of an Mild Steel beam supporting graphite structure in the process line . As such this beam is exposed to...

I'm trying to get started on this project but am totally confused about how to find the volume of the solid. All the information I was given was the following: y= √x boundaries: 0,9 cross sections: isosceles right triangle how the hell do I get started?!

Homework Statement Workinfg on a project for a teacher currently and need help designing the circuit for how to detect whether a sensor is PNP or NPN. I need to have 2 9V batteries power the NPN or PNP sensor and then have a spot for the third wire, where if it is positive output (PNP)...

Hi, I have a small gardening project and am trying to decide what kind of pump I need in order to maintain 50 psi (344.7 kPa) inside the line. The line is a 0.170 inch inner diameter vinyl tube with mister nozzles every few inches, for a total of 2 feet. This is a volume of about 9 cm^3. I...

Little bit of help for science fair project please! Hi guys, I am 13 years old and I am a new member on this forum and I need help with a science fair project. For my project I am showing how companies make tablets so I need to learn how to make a tablet. I did some research but some of the...

Hey all, I am hoping to make a system that can play multiple, varying sized speakers. I want to frankenstein this with speakers I can find around my house. I have a bunch of old computer speakers and even a few subwoofers which I would like to utilize (if possible). I am assuming that I need...

I do not know much about motors so I was wondering if you all could help me out a bit here. I am looking for a small electric motor that does not need to accelerate fast, but can propel about 150lbs as fast as possible when connected to a 110mm wheel. It will need to be battery operated. I am a...

Hi all, I would like to ask why only Protons were selected for collision in LHC project? Why not other fundamental particles? When I was watching the programme on big bang by Michio Kaku and Lawrence Krauss, they were saying at the earliest instant of big bang, there were four forces...

Quick question. I'm currently(started today) working on research centered Faraday's Law with an application in automobiles, and I'm just looking for some good articles/academic journals/research papers on Faraday's law to get a better understanding of it. I gained a brief understanding of the...

I'm on my final year of my Electrical Engineering Degree, and I'm just needing some guidance on what I should base or do for my final project. Any help, links or possible designs would be fanastic! Cheers Hayden

Hello Guys, I am trying to do a simple digital electronics project where I put two seven segment displays and once I connect the voltage source, the displays start counting automatically from 00 to 99. Here is a video of exactly what I want to do: My group and I found the attached...

I am in process of doing a project for school. The basic aim of the project is to address the following issue. I live in a country where we have a lot of street vendors and beggars that stand in the street at night and as a result are not visible to oncoming traffic. i would like to create a...

Hello! So my current project is to make a digital clock using primarily the 7490 IC. Which, (to those not familiar) is just a decade counter that outputs a 4 bit binary number. I am having a very strange problem. I made a video that explains everything. (Since it just seemed easier to...

Homework Statement Let the joint density of the material and labor cost of a project be modeled by fx,y(u,v) = 2v*e-v*(2+u) u,v ≥ 0 = 0 otherwise a) find marginal density of X and Y b) find E(Y)...

im going to need help filling holes and someone to explain to me what I am trying to say/do ill start with what i want to do, and hopfully someone will be able to tell me what i need part-wise (i have some idea but not much) 1) I am looking at needing some sort of spring assembly in order...

trying to make a device but don't know what i need, only what i need it to do... my aim is to use a lever (ratcheting) to store energy in a coil, then route that energy to a pair of vertical cylinders making them spin counter and clockwise or left spins left and right right any help...

Okay so I have to do an economics project where I design a product and market it ect. I want to create a cleaning solution that is non-toxic and will not be harmful to humans. I also want to make the solution at home if possible. So basically my question is what chemicals should I use to...

Hi anyone can help me to get these... i want bifilar wounded flat spiral and cylindrical coils for my project can anyone tell where i can get them i required in quantity of two each

Hello Frnds, I am presenting my engineering final year project. It is a 12 volt DC hydraulic jack. This jack is made to lift light motor vehicles and light commercial vehicles. Its capacity can be increased by changing some parameters. The project consists of a 12 volt DC...

I enjoy learning things and then working on my own personal studies. I'm loving calculus right now and am working with it as much as possible in between my other classes. The problem I have set out for myself right now is to find a limit that represents ∏. Before I go on can someone please...

I'm doing a high school physics project on particle accelerators. I know it's not realistic to build an actual particle accelerator, but I'd love to be able to build some model of something that works to go along with the powerpoint. I saw a video of someone using a ping pong ball with...

Hi I have a project in mind and I'd like some help starting it up. Project: I want to create Twisted Fate's Pick a card, for those of you know the popular game, League of Legends. ____________ |L.....L| |....| |....| |...L...| |....| |....| |L.....L|...

Hi, I'm curious about doing a middle school science fair project showing how magnetism can be used to cool Gadolinium and thus demonstrate the basis of magnetic refrigeration (ADR). From what I've read it looks like the requirements for generating the required magnetic field would make such...

I'm an undergrad student majoring in Sociology & Anthropology. I took Introduction to Anthropology this semester. We have been assigned a project in which we have to take a picture of ourselves doing anthropological fieldwork based on a certain theme. My theme is Environment and Society. The...

Homework Statement So, we have a project to make a tic-tac-toe game and for bonus points we can make sure the player(s) can not enter the same position more than once. I can't think of a way to do this. I'm sure I need to use a 'for loop' or a 'while loop'. I am using eclipse to write the...

Hello, I'm a high school student who is doing a career project. My interest is in electrical engineering, and I need to interview a professional in this field. For someone who is answering these following questions- it would be great if you would answer thoughtfully. If you would like to answer...

First, I am not an electrical engineer and am not to familiar with circuit boards. PROJECT: I have a static load, represented by a block. The block has three very short legs (or feet 3/8" diameter each). The feet are located concentricly under the block. Under the feet I place three thin-film...

I did some quick searches and couldn't find what I was looking for. I found plenty of project boxes, but I didn't find any project boxes with a breadboard combination for sale. I just need to make a circuit inside of a box using capacitors or inductors. Very simple but it has to look...

Rocket Project -- need to find mass of rocket to reach 15 m altitude I have a project for grade 11 physics, i have to create a rocket that reaches precisely 15 m altitude, and all I am given is the thrust profile of the engine (force(N) vs time(s) graph) It is an Estes A8-5 engine i have...

This year in my school, we get to do huge project on whatever we want (literally, whatever we want- someone is brewing their own beer, someone is writing some songs, etc.). Of course, I want to do mine on something physics related, but I'm not quite sure what I should do... Some ideas that I...

I am a high school teacher attempting to give my students a project for designing a rocket powered by the chemical reaction between acetic acid and baking soda to produce CO2 gas. I have done some simple calculations based on stoichiometric amounts of vinegar and acetic to produce a...

I actually have no idea on how would we conduct our statistical analysis for our design project. We will be creating a digital alarm clock with an improvised sensor and we will also be conducting series of tests for it. Now our teacher is looking for the statistical analysis. Our testings are...

I'm a sophomore civil engineering student in strength of materials class and have to come up with a project. The project was take something and due a compression, tensile, deflection, etc. test. My first thought was to do something with self-consolidating concrete, which I heard about last...

Hello, I am a student and this semester I am doing a project in Experimental Physics class. We plan to make a levitating globe! We have already researched on methods of overcoming Earnshaw's theorem and chose two: 1) Using eddy currents to stabilize an object (conductor) More or less...

I am a mechanical engineering 3rd year bachelors student. However, after completion of bachelors, i am going to pursue theoretical physics for masters. Next sem i am to work on my major project ( like a research paper). Is there some topic i can work on, which has elements of Theoretical...

am in 6th semester mechanical engineering please suggest me projects which would help me to get into b-schools.

Hi all, I live in Perth, Australia and have just moved houses to a place with a relatively small pool, unfortunately it is shaded for the majority of the day by a big tree and it is quite cold and unwelcoming (unless you have built of a sweat). I want to make a solar pool heating system to...

Hi guys, I'm a mechanical engineering student and my dad want's a simplified motorized rotating table. I want to take it as a chance to implement my study in it, and I'm doing it all the way modeled on solidworks and animated. The calculation part is holding me back, there's a couple of things...