Back on the air . . .

I've not touched my blog in ages now.. the last time was in May, now, its' already stepping into the last week of July 2009. How time flies.. fast. In the blink of an eye, the holidays are over, soon. School starts again on 11 August, and that also signifies the beginning of my last year in NUS. I don't know whether to be happy or not.. Happy, cos I'd be rid of studying soon. Sad? well, I dunno.. cos work will then commence? Not that I would hate working. I dont mind working to earn my keep. haha.. In fact, I'm kinda looking forward to commencing work and settle down with my life. :) But first, i'll have to overcome my FYP first. haha. I was quite disappointed in not being able to get the FYP which I really really really wanted. Performance and evaluation of an electric vehicle. I had all my plans and goals all ready already. BUT, the department had to "follow their policy", ie. the better CAP gets the project. Sigh. And ironically, I am specialising in Automotive Engineering, but my FYP has absolutely nothing to do with AE! None at all. Though what was told to me was that all ME topics have something to do with AE. Well, teachnically yes and no. Yes, cos sensors still hav a part to play in automotive, definitely. But no, well, as the term "automotive" suggests, something to do with automobiles, vehicles etc etc. But i'll still graduate with a certificate to show that i'm graduating with a certificate in Automotive Engineering. haha.

Well, no point harping on that now. Anyways, i had finally confirmed the allocation of my FYP on wed, after an extra week of worrying and thinking and sifting thru the list of "rejects". Well, not to make it sound so bad. They're projects that were not taken by anyone during the first round of allocations 1wk ago. So, here's what my project will be about:

Coverage of urban areas using cooperative Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)

The student will design and build mini mobile sensors for mission effectiveness studies on
the use of cooperative UGVs for covering a given urban area in field security
operations. Simulation studies will be performed and validated by actual hardware
experiments. UGV related projects may be viewed at http://dynlab.mpe.nus.edu.sg/mpelsb/COSY/index.html.

Sensors, not exactly a field in which i'm super expert in. But still, I'll do my best, and hopefully get a good grade and a good takeaway in this final year!! =)

Cheerios :)