Undergradute research during summer training.

[S.S.]

I am currently doing a summer training with Bosch Chassis Systems. My project will deal with sensors and error proofing in the assembly line. Since i am working with sensors and have access to equipment( infrared sensors , LVDTs , proximity sensors etc ) , can u suggest some research topic for me? Some thing related to error proofing processes is in my mind. Since my project is related to 'poka-yokes' , I was considering writing a research paper on this too.Please recommend if there is some other topic I can work on or if the poka-yoke topic will be a good topic.

And since my advisor/mentor is an engineer here and not a faculty member of some university, will it be an issue ?

 

[jsgruszynski]

If it interests you, certainly you can.

You may want to run it by your summer employer - there may be some proprietary knowledge you are taking with you that they may have some issues with (or not, but better to ask - also they may want to pay your to do some research for them this way, which can be nice).

Certainly a real life manufacturing line will generate plenty of interesting topics or ideas. Probably you'll know by the end of the summer in some obvious way.

For you or others who don't know what "Poka-yokes" are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke

 

[S.S.]

Thanks for your reply.