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Welcome to your final project!!!

Congratulations!! You have all come so far through our Advanced Scientific Computing course and have learned so much. Take time to think about all that you know now about the following topics: 

• Probability, Statistics, and Distributions 

  • • Normal Distribution 

    • Lognormal Distribution

    • Weibull Distribution

    • Confidence Intervals

• Machine Learning

  • • Neural Networks 

    • Decision Trees 

    • Ethics 

• Optimization 

  • • Algorithms 

    • Time Complexity / Big O 

    • Traveling Salesperson Problem (and other similar problems) 

• Dynamic Systems & 3D Plotting 

  • • Planes and Vectors 

    • Projectile Motion

    • Cross Product and Dot Product

• Monte Carlo Methods 

  • • Integral Estimation

    • Physics Applications (Prediction of missing person's location) 

On top of that, you all know a lot about problem solving and learning new things, which are two of the most crucial skills for engineers to develop! Using all of this knowledge, you now have the opportunity to work on a final project of your own!! 

Now think... 

1. When you consider all of the topics above, which ones piqued your interest the most or were the most enjoyable for you to work on? 

2. Outside of this course, what other topics do you care about or find interesting? 

We want you to combine both of these things to create a final project idea that you have fun with and can use to your benefit!! 

Project Requirements 

The specific requirements for this project are very minimal because we want you all to make the project your own and take it in any direction that you want to! All we ask is the following: 

1. Incorporate at least one topic that we have learned in this course (listed above) 

2. Apply your new skills to an interesting topic of your choosing! 

Grading Rubric

To help you further understand what we will be looking for, we have provided you with the below grading rubric so you know how your work will be evaluated!

How to present

Students will present their findings to Engineering Tomorrow staff in a casual, Q&A-style format! We would like to see the following things in your presentation: 

1. A brief background of what your project is and how you chose it

2. An overview explanation / demonstration of your program

3. A summary of your findings and what you learned!

These are meant to be around 5 minutes long (we can be flexible with timing if you feel you need more) and can be done at any time. If you are working ahead, submit an email to scicomp@engineeringtomorrow.org and we will find a time to meet with you!

Students who have not yet presented will be provided a Zoom link for a particular breakout room to present.