Erik Cheever

Project ideas and information for engineering students

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I use this blog to post information that might be of use for students seeking project ideas. Many of the posts have links to interesting new technologies or products that might be useful for a project. Some of the posts are simply project ideas to prompt student interest. You can easily pare down the selections using the categories and/or tags below.
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Category Archives: Offbeat

New LED carpeting by Philips will make sure you never get lost in a building again – Electronic Products

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

New LED carpeting by Philips will make sure you never get lost in a building again – Electronic Products.

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Man-made lightning

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Digi-Key Corporation.

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Is Slime Mold Smarter Than a Roomba? – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Is Slime Mold Smarter Than a Roomba? – IEEE Spectrum.

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Moon-Based 3-D Printers Could Create Tools From Lunar Dust | Wired Design | Wired.com

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Moon-Based 3-D Printers Could Create Tools From Lunar Dust | Wired Design | Wired.com.

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Micro Energy Harvesters Will Make Cyborg Insects Unstoppable

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Using energy harvesting techniques to get energy from insects to power onboard sensors/controls. http://t.co/9Mn2ZrGL

Posted in Energy Harvesting, Offbeat.

Air bag helmet

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Erik Cheever | Leave a reply

Invisible bike helmet protects with air-bag shell.

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Recent

Determine location of guitar pluck from the sound created
Research Bond graphs and write a paper
Model a nerve action potential using the Hodgkin-Huxley model
Make an animation of inner ear demo from class
Modes on a drumhead
Cloth modeling
Model a non-linear pendulum that has magnets.
Implement an adjustable step-size RK algorithm for animations
Use an animation system (see below) to develop animations for homework problems.
Use simulink and MATLAB together to simulate a system (and animate it).