The document outlines best practices for conducting engineering projects, emphasizing the importance of documentation, collaboration, and effective project management. It highlights the need for mentorship, international teamwork, and the utilization of online tools to improve project outcomes. Additionally, it discusses opportunities for entrepreneurship, publication, and humanitarian contributions within engineering projects.

1. 8 better ways of doing your
Engineering project
Kartik Kulkarni
Member, Executive Committee 2010,
IEEE Bangalore Section
www.ieeebangalore.org

2. 8 better ways of doing your
Engineering project
Kartik Kulkarni

3. Why do you do an Engineering Project?

4. Your project’s components
Knowledge
Hobby Project Marks
Exposure

5. Your project’s components added
• Awards
Visibility • Publications Knowledge
• Tie ups
Networking • Mentoring
Hobby Project Marks
• Project
Management management
• Grants
Funding Exposure

6. The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web
Search Engine
Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page
{sergey, page}@cs.stanford.edu
Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
• 7 Acknowledgments
Scott Hassan and Alan Steremberg have been critical to the
development of Google. Their talented contributions are
irreplaceable, and the authors owe them much gratitude. We would
also like to thank Hector Garcia-Molina, Rajeev Motwani, Jeff
Ullman, and Terry Winograd and the whole WebBase group for their
support and insightful discussions. Finally we would like to
recognize the generous support of our equipment donors IBM, Intel,
and Sun and our funders. The research described here was
conducted as part of the Stanford Integrated Digital Library Project,
supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative
Agreement IRI-9411306. Funding for this cooperative agreement is
also provided by DARPA and NASA, and by Interval Research, and
the industrial partners of the Stanford Digital Libraries Project.

7. The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web
Search Engine
Sergey Brin and Lawrence Page
{sergey, page}@cs.stanford.edu
Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
• 7 Acknowledgments
Scott Hassan and Alan Steremberg have been critical to the
development of Google. Their talented contributions are
irreplaceable, and the authors owe them much gratitude. We would
also like to thank Hector Garcia-Molina, Rajeev Motwani, Jeff
Ullman, and Terry Winograd and the whole WebBase group for their
support and insightful discussions. Finally we would like to
recognize the generous support of our equipment donors IBM, Intel,
and Sun and our funders. The research described here was
conducted as part of the Stanford Integrated Digital Library Project,
supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative
Agreement IRI-9411306. Funding for this cooperative agreement is
also provided by DARPA and NASA, and by Interval Research, and
the industrial partners of the Stanford Digital Libraries Project.

8. Best Practices
Of an Engineering project

9. Best practices: Create a web page/blog
US Universities contribute to
Post pics and videos the internet extensively.
Build your Internet
presence
You never know whats in
the store!

10. Best practices: Have International Teams
Find like minded
International partner Collaborate online
Social Networks and Use Team Viewer for free
communities. conferencing.
IEEE provides such an
opportunity
Get Mentored – IEEE
mentoring connection –
www.ieee.org/mentoring

11. Best practices: Documentation
Tools Musts
LaTeX – A document Always submit in PDF
preparation system - format
www.latex-project.org/ Use IEEE format – Use
the template.

12. Best practices: Project management
Its all about Online tools
Tasks http://www.zoho.com/projects
Schedule
Resources

13. Best practices: Anti Plagiarism
Double check for
plagiarism Be clean
http://www.paperrater.co Always cite the
m contributions
Paraphrase and not paste
Recreate images
Conferences use tools
like CrossCheck and
EDAS for anti plagiarism.

14. Best practices: Version management
Initial
Version 1
Version 2 Version 3 Version 4

15. Best practices: Version management
http://subversion.tigr http://www.assembl
is.org/ a.com/
Tool to manage the Free hosted online
source code version SVN repository
service

16. Best practices: Test plans and cases
Bug reporting and
ticketing Test case management
http://www.bugzilla.org/ No Test case Pass/Fail
1 Start P
2 Run F
3 Stop P
http://www.tesly.com/

17. 1. Real World Projects
Projects based on a necessity
Implementable projects
Scalability
Monetary sustenance
Mobile number database
Marathon sticker printing system
Online exam organizer

18. 1. Real World examples
Mobile number database
Marathon sticker printing system
Online exam organizer

19. 1. Real World Projects
Projects based on a necessity
Implementable projects
Scalability
Monetary sustenance
Mobile number database
Marathon sticker printing system
Online exam organizer

20. 1. Real World Projects examples
from Imperial College London
IEEE Change the world competition
2010 Winners
www.e.quinox.org

21. 2. Plugins and Apps
Go open source
Build on what others have built
Allow others to build on yours
Enjoy seeing others using your
contribution!

22. 2. Plugins and Apps examples
Netbeans regular expression plugin was
downloaded highest number times!!
Angad Singh from Jaypee Institute of
Information Technology University,
Noida
Won the Sun code for freedom contest!

23. 2. Plugins and Apps – developer
fests

24. 3. Affiliate with big names
Big contests big advantages
IEEE Change the World
IBM Great Mind’s Challenge
SUN Code for Freedom
Cadence Design contest
DELL Social Innovation
GOOGLE Summer of code
Microsoft Imagine Cup

25. 3. Affiliate with big names -
examples
NanoLab: A Hand-Held Diagnostic
Laboratory
Richard Gastor and Andrew Hall from
Stanford University
2 Asteroids named after them!!
Winners of the IEEE Change the
World Competition 2009!

26. 4. Entrepreneurship
Projects turned into corporations are
many!
India Needs Entrepreneurs
Huge support for entrepreneurs by
Indian Government

27. 4. Entrepreneurship opportunties
MIT’s Big 100K USD contest
Queen’s 100K Pounds contest
TIE Big 50K Business Plan contest
IITK Incubation Cell
VIT Entrepreneurship Cell

28. 5. International Publications and
patent filing
Top universities judge students by number
of citations per paper
Publications considered to have great
influence on admissions to top universities
IEEE organizes 3 conferences a day on an
average!
Original contributions applauded!
VTU assists Patent filing of worthy projects!

29. 6. Humanitarian Projects
Contribute your bit towards advancing
the humanity.
IEEE Humanitarian Network –
ieeehtn.org
IEEE All India Young Engineers’
Humanitarian Challenge 2010 funded
27 projects

30. 6. Humanitarian Projects -
Challenges
Reliable Electricity
Data Connectivity
of Rural District
Health Offices
Individual ID and
Tie to Health
Records

31. 7. Fellowships and Grants
Fellowships and Grants are the most
reputed credentials of a student
Grant writing is an art! Master it
IEEE Foundation
Rotary Fellowships
Nixi Fellowships
Sarai Fellowships

32. 7. Fellowships and Grants -
examples
Indian Language fonts
Indian language translators
Project Brihaspati by MHRD

33. 8. NGO connect
Case study

34. USHAS
Centre for Exceptional Children, Hubli
www.ushas.org
To develop knowledge based
products and process in the
field of mental retardation so
as to mainstream such
children in the society.

35. About the Handicapped children
Mental & Physical handicap can be
mitigated by regular exercise.
Children have the potential to overcome
their handicap during early stages.
They need stimulation to perform
prescribed exercise.

36. How can Technology help?
Trainers and Therapists of
mental/physical handicap need
certain aids
Eye fixation devices
Clapping devices
Breathing devices
Olfactory devices

37. Brainstorming
Alphabet board
Planetarium
Physical “Snake game”
Blow – Suck water game
Verbatim repeater
Clap and light

38. Short list
Walking tutor – The then knowledge
Game of glowing level
tiles Micro processor
Light rotator 8085
Logic design
Electronic circuits
Breadboards,
stepper motor etc...

39. Walking Tutor – Game of glowing
tiles
Rules Goals
Stamp the glowing Limb exercise
tile Motivation to perform
Glowing tile moves the exercise
quickly and randomly Increased response
Reach the glowing to external stimuli
tile in time To improve the
Auditory and visual
Reflexes.

40. Walking Tutor attempt 1
Features The then knowledge
Handheld control level
panel Micro processor
Glow movement 8085
speed control Logic design
Modes: random, Electronic circuits
zigzag, circular, Breadboards,
straight stepper motor etc...

41. Walking Tutor attempt 2
Features The then knowledge
Handheld control level
panel Micro controllers -
Glow movement 8051
speed control Micro processor
Modes: random, 8085
zigzag, circular, Logic design
straight Electronic circuits
Breadboards,
stepper motor etc...

42. Walking Tutor attempt 3
VLSI design and fabrication!
Sankalp Semicoductors @ BVB
Campus

43. Walking Tutor attempt 4
GOGO Board!
www.gogoboard.org

44. IEEE Distinguished Student
Humanitarian award 2009
19 Students crew Thanks to
Walking Tutor Deshpande Foundation
Chitra vallari BVBCET
Eye fixation device Sankalp Semiconductors
IEEE Bangalore Section

45. Engineering Projects are important.
Make most out of your efforts!
Thank you!
www.kulkarnikarthik.com
kulkarni@ieee.org