Searching for a proper undergraduate project to undertake

[Zaya Bell]

Summary:: Searching for proper undergraduate project to undertake

I'm a physics student, and I was randomly assigned a lecturer that was specialised in optics and electronics. He gave me two topic options to choose from, one was optics, the other electronics. However, I didn't like the particular electronics topic, so I told him. It was on some diy project using Arduino.
But the thing is, I don't want that, I don't just want some electronics project that with time I could do at home as my undergraduate project. I wanted something research oriented, something experimental. Something if done well could be worthy of being published. I told him this, and he said it's okay, and I should get back to him on what I want to do.

So I want to ask for ideas here. I want ideas about experimental work that is feasible and within the capability of an undergraduate.

Please help.

 

[berkeman]

So it sounds like you didn't like the idea of a DIY project with an Arduino, right? Do you have any electronic equipment at home that you can use for this (voltmeter, usb-based instruments, etc.)? What magazines/journals/websites have you been reading while looking for ideas. Have you looked into any Maker resources?

 

[Zaya Bell]

So it sounds like you didn't like the idea of a DIY project with an Arduino, right? Do you have any electronic equipment at home that you can use for this (voltmeter, usb-based instruments, etc.)? What magazines/journals/websites have you been reading while looking for ideas. Have you looked into any Maker resources?

I have a multimeter, and yes I checked some school website, and some other website. I got an idea of possibly reducing bandwidth of tuning circuits to increase the spectrum space but I'm not sure bout the possibility of an undergraduate student cracking that.

 

[Zaya Bell]

I'm not sure about journals though. Cuz I was thinking articles there will be too deep for me. Doctoral level, advanced research. And for
equipments I don't have, I could use the university's.

 

[berkeman]

I'm not sure about journals though. Cuz I was thinking articles there will be too deep for me. Doctoral level, advanced research. And for
equipments I don't have, I could use the university's.

Yeah, for an undergraduate project, I wouldn't expect you to be reading technical journals at the graduate school level. I meant more like industry-level technical journals, like Analog Dialog from Analog Devices, for example:

https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue.html#

And EDN magazine:

https://www.edn.com/

And for more fun, practical projects, maybe Makezine from the Maker community:

https://makezine.com/

 

[Zaya Bell]

Rich information, I'm going start digging through.