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1. Introduction Projects for engineering students give an edge over the race of recruitment to work hard to ensure a good career. In spite of employment practices in recent times, students

are progressively taking up projects to pad up their skill-set. Engineering projects help students to learn and acquire practical knowledge. Despite of theory concept they acquire, various industries also need to know their capacity to complete projects using their specific initiatives. Thus, we recommend students to realize engineering projects in their four years of engineering and try to present as many white papers as possible. Students who give importance to their course projects are expected to learn how to: • Work in teams including multidisciplinary teams • Review various case studies of engineering applications based on the knowledge and skills acquired in the course work • Evaluate different alternatives using multiple performance indicators and realistic constraints Recognition of the need and identifying opportunities: Every project begins with recognition that needs improvement. These needs may be obvious or hidden to be revealed by investigation, surveys or research. • Definition of the real problem: It is a major task requires gathering information about the problem. The objective of the project is to analyze a case study and make an oral presentation to address their analysis and solution. Each group (3 members) will be assign a topic to analyze will perform a presentation to discuss the topic in front of other students. Topic: "Drones" "The drone is considered as a flying robot that can be used for professional and military-related applications or leisure. It has two main functions which are flying and navigation. Drones are powered by an energy source such as a battery or fuel. It is composed of many components like a GPS, camera, sensors, antennas, and flight controllers. Some drones require remote control and the intervention of humans. Other autonomous drones can be programmed such that they can carry out sophisticated missions with a high degree of accuracy without the intervention of humans." Use the following points to address the ethical dilemmas in your project topic: 1) Explain the reasons for which you can be a technological optimist/pessimist about the technology mentioned in the statement above. 2) In case this technology represents a controversial ethical dilemma, specify the case or situation of "Positive/Negative Paradigm". 3) Using the "Line Drawing" technique in solving ethical issues, select the features related to your decision. Discuss the outcomes of "Line Drawing". Present your work in the form of an oral presentation with Q&A session. Groups and topics distribution will be announced on Moodle. Presentations are to take place during the lecture time as follow:

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