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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    Senior Project ideas and thesis help

    Hello I'm a senior at RHS in Hawaii and I need help in finding a senior project topic and thesis. I am extremely interested in physics and astronomy. Anything that has to do with the sky and beyond deeply interests me. However I do not know what to make a thesis out of those. I am in AP...
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    Thanks for your help!EPQ Ideas for Physics-Related Project

    Hello, Next year I will possibly be starting something called an EPQ (Extended Project) where you pick a topic of interest and research it and write up a report of a minimum of 5000 words, including documented evidence and logs of each experiment done. It can be on any topic, from clay...
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    Idea for industrial project to reseach project

    we develop wind water pumping system according to the requirement that was given to us. But we develop system and there is no time for industrial application. So I was thinking about tuning our project into research project. We have only turbine blade design. we can gather data to for Cp curve...
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    Help with ideas about a project

    Hello. I am new here so I don't really know where my question belongs. I've already put it in the "homework" section but I don't think it was the right one. Anyway, here's my little problem. I am not an engineer or anything. I am not even in college yet. I am starting my senior year in...
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    Suggest Final Year Project for EE

    I am nearing my final year in my EE, and I have started thinking what final year project I would do. What did you do? Please suggest me something, that is interesting to do, a bit challenging, and preferably that sells and can be implemented somewhere in real-world. I have HVDC in mind...
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    Can You Bypass ECU Sensors with Resistors in Automotive Projects?

    Hi, I'm a new member looking for a little help. I'm working on an automotive suspension project where we replace "electronic damping control" struts with a coilover that has no sensor. I'm looking to bypass the sensor and trick the ECU to thinking they are still hooked up. The resistance...
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    Ideas for final year project of mechanical engineering

    Title basically explains what I'm asking for. It is supposed to be a major design project with complete design, analysis and implementation. Our faculty consistently produces a whole bunch of the dullest projects every year. Suggest something with quite a bit of a wow-factor.
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    Looking for a material for a project

    I'm looking for a sheet shaped material, maybe 12" by 12" and 1/4 inch thick, that can be used as a seal to keep air out, so it needs to not allow air to pass through it and it has to be a soft material that can compress, but not compress or bend too much. I was thinking something like foam...
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    LED project power supplies in parallel?

    So I am going to be building an LED light for an aquarium. What I am doing is... 10- 10k 3w LED 3.4-3.6 fv 700ma 10- 455nm 3w 3.4-3.6 fv 700ma I have ordered 6 10w 9-12v 900ma power supplies. I was planning on doing 9 of each blue, and white on 3 circuits each, with a 2.7ohm...
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    Effective Project Logging: Tips and Strategies for Keeping Track of Your Work

    Like the title says, I'm trying to figure out how I can keep an effective log of the stuff I've done in a project. I'm particularly curious about ways to keep a good project log for a long project (i.e. longer than a month). I've tried to do it, but I have a lot of trouble figuring out exactly...
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    Peacful Nuclear Explosions: Orion Project?

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    Project Help - Distribution of AGN in a particular cluster

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    On Choosing an Intel Project

    Hello all. I am a sophomore (rising) and I want to get started on an intel project for senior year. I have chosen to do a math subject, and have a few ideas, but I am doubting their originality. I want this to be very original. But, I am not sure which fields of math to look into. Does...
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    Electrical Engineering Senior RF Project

    Hi Folks, I didn't know exactly where to put this post, so if it's in the wrong section, I apologize. On to it then. I'm in my final year in EE, and I want to work on a project that let's me become comfortable with RF/Communications concepts commonly run into in industry. I was...
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    What Innovative Astrophysics Project Ideas Can Reflect a Student's Creativity?

    I love Astrophysics. I m preparing for competative exams. It includes making a project on any topic. But it should be innovative and student's creativity should reflect from it.I want to do my best.Can anyone suggest some ideas? I thought about 'blackholes',but its all theoretical knowledge I...
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    Solar-Based Project: Making a Steam Engine to Generate Power

    hello folks, as a last year student i have told to submit a project and so I decided to work on a solar based project. Finally i came up with an idea of making solar steam engine. I will be using two different solar collector to gain high temperature of working fluid. It will be a...
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    Senior Project Brain Storm Question

    Good day Physic Forum: I am a third year Electrical Engineering student at the University of Technology, Jamaica, where I specialize in Instrumentation and Control System. I have being in the process of brain storming ideas for my senior project from early as March of this year and up to this...
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    Electrical Ambitious DIY TurboFan Project

    I realize this may sound a little ambitious , but since I’m not going into space I thought I would at least do an initial feasibility study on the following project that a small dedicated group would like to embark on : A compact geared high bypass Turbofan engine with a Static thrust @ Sea...
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    Knowledge required for a research project using Kelvin Probe

    Alright so a professor took me up for a research project which makes use of a Kelvin Probe. However I only have a year of introductory Physics under my belt (Mechanics and Waves & Oscillations). I started studying some of E&M which I assumed I needed to know, this summer but didn't get too far...
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    Wind-Turbine Gearbox Design project

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    Machine Shop Project Ideas - Get Creative!

    Hi Guys, I'm taking a machine shop class this summer, and need a project for the next month. Unfortunately, I've been horribly uncreative this summer and am out of ideas. (All of my ideas are too easy or too small. Ex. Spring loaded guitar capo, some parts for the lab...) Anyone have...
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    Cfd/aerodynamics 4th yr project help

    hey all I am a student of final year of ungrad in aerospaec enginering. i would lyk to know some ideas about choosing a final year project ; my interests are in aerodynamics and CFD. kindlyy would friend over here would help me in dis regard. i would feel happy in receiving...
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    Mechanical Engineering Extended Project: Fourier Series Ideas?

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    What Are Some Impressive A-Level Physics Project Ideas Within a £200 Budget?

    I need to start a physics project over summer, something of an A-Level standard or higher. I want to do something practical like an experiment and then write about 5000 words on it. My budget is between £100 and £200 (≈$200 to $400) and I must have the entire project finished by March 2012...
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    Could you recommend a project to me please?

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    Final Year Computer Science Project

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    Engineering Club Prosthetic Hand Project Plan

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    [Help] Grade 12 University Prep Physics Design Project

    1. The Project I must build a boat that is able to propel itself via elastic or gravitational energy 1.0 metres. After it has moved 1.0m, it must automatically shoot a projectile 2.0m perpendicular to the movement. 2. Rules The boat cannot touch the bottom of the 10 cm deep pool. Any...
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    Project: Launching from liquid

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    What Are Some Innovative UAV Project Ideas for a Third-Year Dissertation?

    Need a third year project ASAP! hi guys i need to think up a project to do as my dissertation next year. i had to choose but unfortunately i didnt get any of my options. i spoke to the guy who i wanted to do a project with originally and he said he would be happy to take me onto a similar...
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    Where can I find a small sheet of flexible plastic for my project?

    I have a project where I need a flat sheet of plastic that's about 1 foot by 1.5 feet and about a quarter inch thick, but probably less than that. It doesn't have to be exactly that size. It can't be brittle either, it needs to be able to bend some. I don't know where to get something like...
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    Could not complete my project on ships

    hi every one I'm new here so i am confused as to where to post this topic but i guess this is the right place. I am having a science project in my school and I am building a ship that could go a particular distance and return to the same spot again.There are restrictions that I cannot use...
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    Create an Ion Thruster: 10th Grade Engineering Project

    Hello Physics Forums, I am a tenth grade student looking into a possible engineering/science project. I wanted to know if an ion thruster could be built, how hard would it be if at all possible. I could work with the university of Arizona and they might lend me a lab and equipment. (such as...
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    Declassified Black Project Aircraft

    I recently came across an article detailing some old top secret aircraft which got declassified. Here are a few of them and a short description of each from the article. Lockheed Have Blue Northrop Tacit Blue Boeing Bird of Prey The boeing bird of prey appears to be one of the most...
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    Electromagnetic buzzer project help

    hi, i have to build an dc electromagnetic buzzer for school project, but I'm having tons of trouble! can anyone offer advice to help me out? (like good websites with instructions or pointers?) i have most trouble with the connect/disconnect part of the buzzer! i have this nail that is fixed in...
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    Luna ring (futuristic energy project?)

    Some Japanese tech company called shimizu is parading this new idea of solar energy generation. The Luna Ring it is called. Links http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10003698.html" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUL_rDeKIeU" I think there are some serious issues with said idea WRT...
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    How does electrical engineering utilize grade 12 physics concepts?

    Homework Statement I am researching a career which involves Grade 12 physics and have decided upon doing Electrical Engineering. We have to relate the career to two out of the five units, Forces/Motion, Energy/Momentum, Gravitational/Electrical/Magnetic Fields, Wave/Light, and...
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    Project ideas with microcontroller

    Hello everyone. can anyone help me with project to build that has microcontroller. i need something not very hard and not very very easy.
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    So i have this [project] Induction

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    Choose a topic for my my project.

    Choose a topic for my my project. please help Hello There, I am doing a Project next semster and my supervisor has asked me to choice a topic. I do maths and I would like to a project in Applied maths say Differential equations or so. Please help me with choosing a topic. Thank you
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    Am currently working on a project for simulating fractal antenna

    am currently working on a project for simulating fractal antenna behaviour using anfis..i got 5 parameters of antenna as the inputs and its return loss as its single output. i got such 150 sets of known inputs and outputs of which i divide it into partly checking sets and training sets.. ... i...
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    Help a Girl Out: Graphing Calculator Picture Project

    Homework Statement we have to create a picture in the graphing calculater, rules to the project 1window must be set at X[-20.7,24.7] and Y[-13,17] 2picture must be centered in this window 3no fewer then 20 program lines. horizontal and vertical lines don't count in the 20 4no programs within...
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    LaTeX Latex Should I accept the project?

    Latex ...! Should I accept the project?? Hi there, I need to do a project with my supervisor and he asks me to use Latex in my project...! Now the question is that is Latex normal program I mean like Microsoft Words ? I mean just requiers typing skills?? Or does it require knowing some...
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    Volumetric dispensing project

    Hello, I've been tasked with finding a solution to a volumetric dosing system.. it's fairly straight forward in principal, however I believe the best way to address it is to ask some engineering gurus who are savvy with hydodynamics, etc.. So, without further rhetoric, here is the requirements...
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    Science Research Project- Quantum Physics

    I am a student, and I want to do a science research project, simply for my own interest. I am very interested in quantum physics, however, I really don't know how to sculpt a project around it. I want to be original: I am interested specifically in quantum computing, quantum encryption, quantum...
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    Projectile Motion: Water Balloon Launch Project

    For a water balloon launch project, our students need to calculate the distance that the balloon will travel given the following information: K- the spring constant of the launcher the mass of the water balloon the angle of launch the distance that the launcher is pulled back. Can...
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    Need Summer Project Ideas for Engineering Student Interested in Energy?

    I just finished my second year of Engineering Physics at McMaster (specifically, nuclear) and I'm on a summer coop term now, but I'm looking for something fun to do after work and on weekends. Does anyone have some fun, interesting project ideas? I've got some experience with analog and digital...
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    How can I build the most efficient mouse trap car to travel over 175 feet?

    Hey everyone, My name is Brandon and I have been assigned a mouse trap car project for my high school engineering class. Homework Statement The following are the specs: -I need it to go the maximum distance -Must travel in a straight line The materials supplied: -4 ea. CD's (wheels)...
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    Uni Project Help: Weight & Force Calculations

    [b]1. HI, please help! this is for a project I'm doing at uni and not sure where to start! Ok so I've got a circular plate with 16 equally spaced holes around the outside. In 15 of these holes are small bottles which are screwed in. (see attached pic). The plate dimensions are: 340mm diameter...
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