Second Set of Projects

Spring 2008

Project 1

Design a Robotic Car Objectives

Modify a RC toy car Car has to navigate autonomously Car has to avoid obstacles

Deliverables Prototype Report (Project Outline Style) 2 minute PowerPoint and Oral Presentation

Need Analysis / Problem Statement

Prepare a Structured interview wit questions like: When and why do you use this type of product? Walk us through a typical session using the

product. What do you like about the existing products? What do you dislike about the existing products?

And you can always ask a second question: What does that mean? Why do you want that?

This questions are typical please customize

Second Project

Research a technology that could drive the world economy in the next Kondratiev cycle

Deliverables: Prepare a written a report and a 15 to 20

minute oral presentation including PowerPoint.

Use Research Outline Format

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kondratiev

Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Кондратьев (1892-1938) was a Russian economist, who was a proponent of the New Economic Policy (NEP) in the Soviet Union. He was executed at the height of Stalin's Great Purge and "rehabilitated" fifty years later.

He proposed a theory that Western capitalist economies have long term (50 to 60 years) cycles of boom followed by depression. These business cycles are now called "Kondratiev waves", or grand supercycles.

Research Body

Why this technology may drive the economy in the near future.

Overview of the technology to analyze (Not just the Particular Problem)

Evolution of the discipline Sub disciplines Important contributors to the discipline and

their contribution

Research Body

Explain the technology in detail (At least two reference papers required)

Future Trends of the discipline Ethical Analysis Intellectual Property. Find Patents (2)

related to the technology

Possible Problems to Consider

Global warming, Ozone layer depletion, Rampant species extinction, Overflowing landfills, Pollution, Energy Water Supply, and Acid Rain,

Second Project

Image taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kondratiev_wave

Nikolai Kondratiev (1892-1938)

Image taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Kondratiev

Image taken from: http://www.kwaves.com/kond_overview.htm