Undergoing my Thesis on Ski Tech? Questions

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Hey NS, I'm currently in my third year of Mechanical Engineering and have my Honours Final Year Project (FYP) upcoming next year. Put shortly, it's a thesis backed by anywhere from 400-1200+ hours of research covered over the two academic semesters. Obviously I want to sink a hefty amount of time into something that I like.

Perhaps if anyone in the industry knows of any areas they think an undergrad could put his mind to, let me know. I'm pretty committed to making this work. Luckily, being mechanical the scope of my selection is pretty broad, along with permitting a shitload of diversity. ie, a project can be highly theoretical, show applied research, be a combination of design, building and experimenting or be an industrial targeted project – e.g. optimising/fixing a process thing.

Yes I'm aware this is grasping at straws - but I thought I'd try anyway. You never know. paving the way for new binding tech would be pretty wild

Cheers fellas (n lasses)
 
im sure you can put some time and effort into avalanche studies. there are entire courses devoted to snow science.

or develop a goggle that legit never fogs because fuck me ive wanted that for years.
 
This is probably stupid/nonsense but oh well. I'll throw it out there anyways.

Maybe look into snowmaking/grooming equipment or techniques.

Bindings that prevent ACL injuries.

Park stuff. Like maybe individual feature design or the actually building process.

Good luck! That sounds like a pretty gnarly project!
 
Heel spurs in boots.

I see see this probably more ten anything else an it's down to switch landings I think. But were and still are not designed with landing backwards in mind. The way the heel is held when switch does not work. I have some ideas but I think it's an area which could really do with some research.
 
13527843:Mingg said:
This is probably stupid/nonsense but oh well. I'll throw it out there anyways.

Maybe look into snowmaking/grooming equipment or techniques.

Bindings that prevent ACL injuries.

Park stuff. Like maybe individual feature design or the actually building process.

Good luck! That sounds like a pretty gnarly project!
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I totally agree with new feature building techniques. You should find ways where hills could create more things affordably, so they could keep switching things out.
 
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