I want to do a project in mechanical engineering. I'm now doin 3rd yr. Pl suggest some innovative ideas.?

Question

Pl suggest topics which are considered to be the need of hour. Also provide some useful links..

Answer 1

Mouse trap!!

Answer 2

If you are at a university, more than likely you have access to a nuclear reactor, even if not at your university. Lots of research regarding nuclear physics can be done at reactor facilities anywhere from nutritional effects of irradiation on food, which can be done with a strong gamma source and gas chronographs. Other potential food related topics could include the actual composition of a vine ripened tomato versus a canned, or "regular" store bought (out of season) tomato via nuclear activation analysis (NAA). NAA provides some useful "trace" data, in some cases down to parts per trillion for atomic makeup, which can be useful in forensic data, but in this case could provide an interesting break down of actual nutritional value based on the stage of ripening. One thing with NAA, a lot of times, it can be inconclusive due to certian neutron cross sections. Along a similar topic, if you have several organic samples, and several "normal" samples, along with the chemicals used in agriculture, NAA could provide a trace that either promotes, or debunks the push for organics, which is a highly debated topic. I promote NAA and university reactors partly because I work at one, but also, working at one, and my position at the reactor, I know the "standard charges". If your university has a reactor, they should be able to run a "few" samples (less than 10) under general education, which means no fee. If your university has a partnership with a reactor university, you should be able to run up to 10 samples without a specific project for no or a low fee. The university I'm at, If you're in the department, we can't charge you regardless of how many samples you run because you're with our department, or if you're not yet a college student we get the data (to a certian degree) under the guise of recruitment. Please do the organic tomato one... or organic beef... I'm at Kansas State University.