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SCAN Projects

During your first semester at INSA Lyon, you will be brought to conduct special projects in replacement of the maths and physics final exams. So what are the SCAN Projects ?

2024 Scan Project full description

 

Summary

What? A group project (5 students per group) allowing you to explore a subject (given by the teachers, see the list below)

When? The week prior to and the week of the first semester's final exams.

→ in 2024: From January 22nd to February 1st

→ in 2025: From January 27th to February 7th (previsional) 

Deliverables? 

  • ~20’ oral presentation (+10’ Q&A) on the last Friday in front of your classmates (the scan group is divided in two amphis so you will see half of the projects)

  • Written report

Overall mark? 1/3 given by the tutor, 1/3 presentation, 1/3 report

 

Some advice for the project's organization:

  • Contact, as quickly as possible, your assigned tutor to set up your first appointment and get the project started.

  • If possible, plan the next appointment(s) during the 1st contact meeting.

  • Identify the main tasks of the project (including slideshow and report writing) and assign a responsible + participants for each one.

  • Make sure that everyone understand and agree on the objectives of each task.

  • Establish a timeline for each task up to the project presentation.

  • Communicate regularly on the task & project advancement with your partners and tutor. Two weeks fly by and you need to stay focused and coordinated.

 

List of projects (from 2023/2024)

Project 1: Mechanics ‘Al Dente’
Project 2: Understanding the principals of GPS (Global Positioning System)
Project 3: Quantifying (and correcting) the blur in pictures
Project 4: Buttress locking mechanism
Project 5 : Artificial Neural Networks
Project 6: Measuring the Internet
Project 7: Using Photovoltaic panels to power a system 
Project 8: Prime Numbers and Cryptography
Project 9: Reading Light using bioluminescence
Project 10: Shuttlecock dynamics
Project 11: Polar Pod expedition
Project 12: “Smartphone Physics”
Project 13: Microscopic image analysis with Python 
Project 14: Tensegrity
Project 15: Felix Baumgarten's free fall