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Independent
Project
For
this activity you are expected to identify a problem
related to HPV design or performance, and
design and execute an experiment
that will provide insight into this problem. This type of activity is an
important
component of engineering.
In selecting a problem to investigate
you should be careful not to be too ambitious. Select a topic that can be
studied with rather simple apparatus and which will yield interesting information
in a reasonable time. You may chose to work alone or with a partner. In
either case individual reports must be prepared and they will be graded separately.
Discuss your ideas with us in the formative state of the project
and once you have a good sense of what you want to do and how it might be
done, prepare a one or two page outline of the project (a Proposal) identifying
the problem, how it will be explored, and what results you expect to obtain.
This should be handed in for review no later than three weeks before the
start of the project. Discuss any equipment issues with us or Mike Vocaturo
during your project development so that we can advise you if the needed equipment
can be borrowed or made in time for your project.
This is the most
important part of the laboratory sequence!
Good luck, have fun, and do
a good job. |
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