Do not copy or make others do your Project: Placement Officer, AU College of Engg

Project work in engineering course is a crucial aspect of the curriculum and gives a good comprehension on all the subjects studied in the previous years. However, unfortunately, students take it very easy, copy something from the Internet, and submit the same. By doing so they are loosing some valuable time and inputs in their career.

The main aim of project work is to give a very good understanding (comprehension) of the subjects studied, to understand how the theoretical parts and different subjects can be combined and applied to get useful work. The project work is also useful to know about the latest technological trends.

Selection of a project...
The Selection of the project is normally done by the suggestion of the project guide or supervisor. However, students can always see the latest journals and see what the developments are. For example, implementing a part of the idea suggested will become a good project. It is also a good idea to implement some thing, which might be useful to the society, like for example

 

1. A mechanical engineer designing a low cost/ fuel efficient vehicular design or any gadget using solar energy etc.
2. A computer student developing a small application to improve the facilities on a mobile

Approach towards the Project:

1. First decide on what area of the subject the student wants work on (like networks or security or data mining etc (for a computer student)
2. Study the latest work going on in that direction. It can be seen from the Internet or the latest journal papers
3. Choose one or two ideas from the work studied above.
4. Try to implement them.
5. A small improvement or a modification will also be advisable.

Factors determining the project:
The factors will play key role in selecting a project are

1. Good understanding of the basics pertaining to the subject. For example a student who is not so good in one subject may have to put in lot of effort to get his fundamentals very clear if he wants to do a project in that area.
2. Choosing a good workable idea (here guide may help you). Do not choose a very good problem or excellent idea, which might take lot of time. If the project is not completed then he may not get the degree.
3. It has to be time bound. Planning the time is necessary

Do’s and Don’ts at the time of project work
Do’s

1. Choose a good workable project
2. Divide the project equally among the members
3. Have review meetings every week and see the progress
4. Modularize the total work and accordingly and prepare a time schedule. Follow that scrupulously.

Don’ts

1. Do not try to copy/download the project
2. Do not leave the task assigned to some one else.
3. Do not think that the other modules of the project are unnecessary to you. Try to have a comprehensive idea about them as well.
4. Do not choose a project, which is beyond your scope and capacity of doing. It may good but your efforts may not be sufficient to finish in time
5. Do not think of doing a project where the infrastructure of your lab does not support it.

Project and its future uses:
Project is a document that will be on the student’s name life long. A good project when claimed will directly fetch the student a position/ seat in higher studies. However, most of the students do not know this because they never talk about their project out of fear or lack of confidence. The project gives more insight into the fundamentals of the subject, provides how to approach to solve a particular problem and inculcates the habit of working together as a team.
Finally try to do a project of your own however small it may be. Do not try to copy or download the work. Do a workable project if possible in an industry. It certainly helps you get an internship in the industry. It doesn’t help you if some body else does your project for you.

Important areas:
Some important areas where students of various branches can do their projects

CSE/IT

1. Cyber forensics;
2. Network security;
3. Image processing;
4. Internet Applications
5. Game theory;
6. Data mining

ECE:
Mobile Internet, Touch Screen, GPS, GSM Technologies, Wireless Technologies, Bluetooth Technologies, Robotics, Speech Recognition, Image Processing, Digit Signal Processing, RS405, Controller Area Network Protocol, Biometrics, VLSI

EEE:
Power systems, Power electronics, Microcontrollers, High voltage engineering, Fuzzy control systems, Power generation, Energy conservation, AC & DC Motors etc

MECHANICAL:
Automation, Automobiles, Power & Energy, Robots, Material Handling, Alternate energy generation, Transportation, PC Based, CAD/CAM, CNC machines etc.

Published date : 08 Nov 2012 05:38PM