ME 449 Projects 2012
ME 449 final project due by email to Prof. Lynch by 9 PM Thursday of finals week (June 7).
You will work in teams of two on your ME 449 final projects. Each final project output will be a paper in two-column conference paper format. Each paper should include a review of the assigned paper as well as a description of your new results. For some projects, you will also include a piece of code (e.g., a simulation or analysis). If your main project is to write code, then your report should give the results of some illustrative examples.
A typical conference paper is 6 pages, though your paper can be anywhere from 4 to 10 pages. Papers will be graded on the clarity of the review of the assigned paper, the quality and depth of the new results, and the quality of the presentation (good paper outline, logical flow of the paper, clear writing, good figures, etc.). In other words, the kinds of things that are considered in reviews of conference papers.
These projects are open-ended and have not been done before, including by the professor! Yet we expect that you can make progress on them. The project is a chance for you to get deeply involved in a particular manipulation problem and see what you can do. There will be no answer to the questions "Is this sufficient for the project requirements?" and "What do we need to do to get an A?"
Milestone
In class on Tuesday May 22, your group will have 5 minutes to present an overview of your assigned paper. Your job is to summarize the results clearly and succinctly, so that others in the class can learn the key points in the paper. (If the paper has many points, strategically pick a couple to emphasize that you think are most important.) At the same time, you will be demonstrating your mastery of the paper. You can either use the projector or the blackboard, though given your limited time, the projector is likely to be the best option. The milestone will be part of your final project grade.
Project List
Below is a list of final projects you can choose from.
Project title
Paper: paper
Description of the project
