Creative Engineering Projects: Inspiring Ideas for Final Year Projects

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Engineering students are encouraged to identify community needs as inspiration for final year projects. Examples include a blinking light system to deter lions from attacking cattle, a gravity-powered light for areas without electricity, and an innovative urban tricycle design. Utilizing skills in machining, welding, and hydraulics can lead to practical solutions that address local challenges. Engaging with real-world problems can enhance creativity and project relevance. Exploring these ideas can help generate a successful project proposal.
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Hello!
I'm new here and I really need help from you guys.
I'm an engineering student and need to do project proposal for my final year project. We have 6 month to do the proposal and I cannot think of any idea.
I have experience in using
-Lathe
-CNC Turning and Milling
-Milling machine
-Drilling
-Welding
-Pneumatic and hydraulics.

Any idea will do. I really do need your idea. :bow:
 
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Look around you for some need in your community and then see if you can build something satisfy it.

One African student saw a need to protect the village cattle from lions attacking at night. He developed a blinking light
system from old car parts and mounted it on the corral fencing. The lions watched and stayed away thinking there was
someone there.

http://ewasolions.org/lion-lights-a-young-kenyans-invention-may-save-lions/

Another college student came up with a gravity light for places where there's no electricity. The home owner raises the weight and let's it drop. It in turn turns a small generator which powers the light. It's not real bright but bright enough to read.

http://gravitylight.org

Lastly, a European inventor cam up with a novel urban bike design called the kiffy. It's a trike with wheels in front and a storage rack for carrying things.

http://www.blessthisstuff.com/stuff/vehicles/cycles/kiffy-folding-tricycle/
 
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jedishrfu said:
Look around you for some need in your community and then see if you can build something satisfy it.

One African student saw a need to protect the village cattle from lions attacking at night. He developed a blinking light
system from old car parts and mounted it on the corral fencing. The lions watched and stayed away thinking there was
someone there.

http://ewasolions.org/lion-lights-a-young-kenyans-invention-may-save-lions/

Another college student came up with a gravity light for places where there's no electricity. The home owner raises the weight and let's it drop. It in turn turns a small generator which powers the light. It's not real bright but bright enough to read.

http://gravitylight.org

Lastly, a European inventor cam up with a novel urban bike design called the kiffy. It's a trike with wheels in front and a storage rack for carrying things.

http://www.blessthisstuff.com/stuff/vehicles/cycles/kiffy-folding-tricycle/

Thanks!
I'll try cram my brain. ;)
 
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