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Adam.garcia 23-11-2012 18:34

Senior Design Project Ideas
 
As a former Alumni and current mentor of Team 4 Element, I am continually brainstorming new ideas to take the robotics program to new heights. While making my daily CD searches, I stumbled across great inspiration.

I was looking at Team MOE's "The MOE Pit" and "MOE University", and thought it to be very interesting that a former student of the team took it upon himself to complete a Senior Design Project. And that started me thinking...

What if every senior on the team (or student looking to become a lead of a department), were to tackle a Senior Design Project each year? This could either be an individual thing or a small group's effort. Then, they would be required to give a summary of their research in the form of a powerpoint/deliverables. The breadth of topics would range from design, to machining, to electronics, to programming. The benefits would be twofold:
  • The student would have experience with exploring a robotics-related field of interest. This will quickly prepare the students for the rigors of university-level research if they choose to do so. They will also become experts in the field of their "research", allowing them to "explore" the different forms of engineering before they are required to denote one while applying to college.
  • The well-being of the team will increase significantly. With each successive wave of students, we will become more knowledgeable as a team.

My question to the CD community is:
  1. Has anybody had experience with implementing this type of idea into their robotics program? If so, please explain how you first implemented this, and how it has sustained.
  2. What are some possible ideas for projects that may seem interesting to work on? I have come up with a few, including:
    * Physics backing up our current design of the 6 Wheel West Coast Drive.
    * Design of a fast and robust elevator system. Also, control loops and sensors might be interesting to model and simulate.

V. Gray 26-11-2012 15:48

Re: Senior Design Project Ideas
 
I am a Student at a High School, and I am currently working on a Senior Project. Mine in particular involves Vision Processing, as this is something that I am interested in, and something that the team has never used before. The criteria for the Senior Project that you have listed there seem to be very similar to ours, in that there is an end presentation for the project, to report findings and present ideas for a continuation of the project, or ideas to expand on what the project found.
As our team is a newer team, the Senior Project is less of an importance for the team as a whole, but it is open to those who are interested. The school I attend is different from a normal school in that it is project based, and so we can get our overall grade from the Senior Project.


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