Hi Students,
We are back with yet another blog
post. This time we would like to enlighten engineering students on the basics
of the final year project. There are so many sources for technical information
but we feel our students need to know certain non-technical basics that help
them do their final year projects with ease and in the process, enjoy it too.
So here are our 5 tips for good final year engineering projects:
1
Choose your area of interest.
This is the basic and very
important aspect of any college project. One should always make sure they are
working in something they love. Discuss with your teammates and narrow down on
the idea that suits the interests of all your teammates.
Sometimes, the project titles are
forced on the teams. In that case discuss with your professor and arrive at an
alternative project title or choose the interested area within the given title
and get the professor’s permission to keep the scope of the project within your
team’s interested areas related to your engineering stream.
2 Aim to solve a problem.
Your final year project should
essentially serve as a solution or at least a basis for a possible solution for
a real world problem, be it in the practical or theoretical sense. When you
work towards solving a real world problem, you will get to apply what you have
learned during your engineering course in your project. This will give you and
your teammates a sense of work satisfaction and also add credibility to your
project.
3
Plan to finish your project on time.
Do not go overboard with the
attempt to solve a problem in a comprehensive sense. If the solution requires
multiple parts that may take time to do, pick one or more parts of the solution
and narrow down the project’s scope to suit accordingly. This will help you
work deep into the chosen parts, adding credibility to your team’s work and
also save a lot of time. Remember, creating the solution alone is not the
objective, documenting and reporting it also needs time and efforts.
The best way is to lay down a
carefully planned schedule for your project and attempting to follow it
diligently. Time delays may happen but it can only be rectified when there is a
system of planning and assessment is followed. Never do anything without any
prior plan of action agreed and approved by the entire team. It is also better
to share responsibilities and have back-up plans, in case your decided plan
gets delayed in execution.
4
Learn before you apply.
Engineering is a combination of
knowledge, understanding, application and skill. Once you know what has to be
done, try to learn it well before trying to apply it in your project. This can
save a lot of your time and money.
If your project involves software
such as CATIA, Pro-E, ANSYS etc., learn the software, practice well and then
try applying the knowledge to your project. Ask your software trainer about
possible ways to do your project. This will help your trainer to customize your
training to suit your project needs. Once you gain a thorough knowledge of the
tool, you will be able to figure out the possible ways of applying it to your
project.
5
Enjoy your project by doing it yourself.
There is nothing more satisfying
than using your own efforts to build a solution and then watch it unfold into
reality. Although, with the academic project, this may be limited in scope,
always aim at doing your project yourself. You won’t find it difficult if you
had chosen your area of interest and a suitable project title with well-defined
scope of the project.
Some colleges tend to finalize
project titles one semester prior to the final semester. In that case, you will
have at least a month’s time to analyze your project title. Analyze carefully
and identify areas that need work such as software training for analysis
projects. Plan you project work with ample time for software training because
only after you learn will you be able to start working on your project. It is
advisable to get trained on the necessary software beforehand so that you can
jump into your project objectives.
Make sure you enjoy every bit of
your final year project. It will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you can
enjoy and learn from. So prepare yourself for your final year project.
We at Mach Engineers have had the
privilege of training over 300 students so far, including working with the
academic projects of BE/BTech, ME/MTech and even PhD students during numerous
instances. We have always enjoyed working with those who approach us to teach
them to do their final year projects. This is why we have developed training
systems that allows engineering students to customize their software training
to suit their final year project needs.
We have seen our students design and analyze complex engineering models
as part of their final year projects and we are glad we were able to teach them
to do so.
We specialize in training
mechanical/aeronautical/automobile and related engineering students in software
tools such as CATIA, Pro-E, ANSYS, Hypermesh, SolidWorks, Fluent, Gambitm,
Unigraphics etc.
Feel free to contact us anytime
at www.machengineers.com. We are
here to clarify your doubts regarding your final year projects. (Mech/Aero/Auto
and related streams)
If you find this interesting,
please share this with your friends. Feel free to comment below your questions.
Regards,
The Mach Engineers Team
