Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- course_planning:183_projects:f16_project_1 [2016/08/30 05:23] – pwirving
+++ course_planning:183_projects:f16_project_1 [2018/01/08 20:09] (current) – pwirving
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ~~NOTOC~~
-====== Project 1: Part A: Operation river boat crossing ======
-{{course_planning:river_photo_1.jpg|}}
-You are a scientist.
+====== Project 1: Part A: Zevo toy boats======
-You have worked on the Voyager 1 project for a number of years. You receive a satellite phone call while on a team building exercise with your fellow scientists that there is an emergency with Voyager 1. You must escape hostile territory while being pursued by an enemy who wants you for your scientific prowess. You come to a river that is fast flowing, and the only safe landing point on the opposite bank is directly across from an abandoned but functional boat. The width of the river is 1.8 km. The boat has a constant speed of 21 knots. However, the boat’s rudder has been damaged and so the boat cannot be redirected once it has started moving. With you, you have a remote controlled boat which travels at a constant speed, but you do not know what that speed is. You also have a stop watch. You must predict the proper direction to point the boat in order to land on the opposite bank at the landing point.
+{{course_planning:boat_test.jpg}}
+You are a group of scientists working for Zevo™ Toy Company a subsidiary of the Carver Media Group. A mysteriously large shipment of discontinued toy boats (which can neither turn nor change speed) has been delivered to Zevo for a classified project. The manuals for the boats have been long lost which is problematic as you have been tasked with determining the speed of these boats as they are going to be shipped out soon as part of the project EverReady. At your disposal, you have a handful of toy boats, a uniformly flowing river of width $W=20\,{\rm m}$ with unknown speed, and your trusty stopwatch.
+While you are at the river, you are approached by an anonymous environmentalist group who have asked you if you can figure out the speed of the river for them. You are environmentally conscious and decide to help the group out.
 [[:183_notes:learning goals:week 1|Learning Goals Week 1]]
-====== Project 1: Part B: Voyager collision course ======
-{{course_planning:river_photo_2.jpg|}}
-Your team reached a clearing and has been airlifted out of hostile territory and transported to ground control for Voyager 1.  An asteroid has been identified whose movement may put it on a collision course with the satellite.  NASA has tasked your team with creating an accurate visual simulation of the motion of the asteroid and satellite **relative to ground control** and to produce a graph of the separation distance of voyager and asteroid as a function of time.  Voyagers probes can provide information about the asteroid.  We need your help to ensure Voyager’s 36 year mission does not come to an end.
-[[:183_notes:learning goals:week 1|Learning Goals Week 1]]
+====== Project 1: Part B: Zevo toy boats ======
+Impressed with your skills, the head of the Zevo Simulation Division tasks you with the completion of a "projected trajectory simulator" for the toy boat and river. You are not sure why this would be necessary, but you decide to proceed with the project. This simulator must display the motion of a toy boat crossing the river, with respect to the shore. The previous design team has already done the majority of the work, but they mysteriously disappeared without completing it... The head of the division suggests you complete the project as quickly as possible!
+<WRAP download 35%> Code for Project 1:  Part B\\ Keep them in the same directory.\\ {{:183_projects:boat.py|Project 1 Code (boat.py)}}\\ {{:183_projects:physutil.py|PhysUtil Module}}</WRAP>
-<WRAP download 35%>Code for Project 1: Part B\\ Keep them in the same directory.\\ {{183_projects:voyager.py
-|Project 1 Code (voyager.py)}}\\ {{:183_projects:physutil.py|PhysUtil Module}}</WRAP>