Mechanical Engineering: technical paper

Summary:

The purpose is to become familiar with the behavior of materials in specific applications. The technical paper will build upon course material; its technical difficulty and content should be comparable to Callister/Rethwisch textbook.

 

Topics for the Technical Paper

1. Gallium nitride semiconductors

 

2. Silicon Nanowires

 

3. Manufacturing high quality Graphene

 

4. Improvements (or replacement materials for) to Li rechargeable batteries

 

5. Juno or Orion Spacecraft

 

6. Investment Casting

 

7. Sapphire materials

 

8. Carbon nitride in optics or electronics

 

9. MEMS, NEMS

 

10. Desalination Processes

 

11. Hydrogen Fuel Cells

 

SUBMIT PAPER (UPLOAD) using filename that includes TOPIC.

example: Bezos-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

 

Basic format and section headings

Abstract 1- short paragraph

Introduction (information about the subject matter)

Material properties

(Comparison with other materials; why are these properties significant?)

Processing Techniques

Applications

Discussion

References

 

Single spaced with 1-inch margins. 10-12 inch font.

8 page maximum; content is more important than length.

Include figures and tables. All figures and tables MUST have appropriate captions.

All references must be appropriately cited throughout the text and listed using reference numbers cited at end of paper in references.