COMM1020

COMM1020

Topics

Choose a topic from the list below. If you wish to modify a topic, confirm with your instructor. Consider how you will analyze the problem, present current solutions, and recommend a best option.

Engineering

1. Vehicle cooling mechanisms: In summer, the temperature inside parked vehicles can reach well over 60°C. Compare at least three vehicle cooling mechanisms for stationary/parked cars and use 3-4 criteria to identify which is the best option. The recommend the best cooling mechanism to be used for a family sedan.
2. Drones: You work for Qatar petroleum in Ras Laffan.  As part of the general maintenance of the BOG stacks, that flare off excess gas, the company needs to regularly check the condition of the stacks. Your boss wants you to recommend a small drone with camera to be used to regularly fly close to and around the stacks looking for any flaws or cracks in the stacks. Choose three different small drone products with built in cameras. You will select the best option based on three – four criteria that you think are most important for this kind of job. Then recommend the best option.
3. Outdoor Cooling Systems: In summer, outdoor dining is a serious business problem for restaurants. With heats of 50 degrees most customers do not want to eat outside. For some businesses the outside section can be most or many of their tables. Examine at least three outdoor cooling systems and recommend the best for a 40-seat outdoor café in Puerto Arabi at the Pearl.
4. Milling Machine: The best industrial equipment is not only effective but also user-friendly. In the engineering labs in building 9 CNAQ needs a new milling machine. Compare 3 different milling machines based on 3-4 criteria that the school needs. Then recommend the best milling machine to use in the CNAQ engineering teaching lab.
5. Cooling Options: Extreme heat is a real threat to outdoor workers in Qatar. How can working conditions be improved for labourers during the summer months? Compare at least three cooling options and compare them based on 3-4 criteria. Then recommend the best for Qatar labourers.
6. Campers in Qatar are confronted with several camping challenges such as extreme heat; other problems include lack of cool fresh water, refrigeration, laundry facilities, electricity, lighting, toilet facilities. Choose one of these challenges, examine at least three solutions and compare them using 3-4 criteria and then recommend the best solution for Qatar camping.
7. Lathes: The best industrial equipment is not only effective but also user-friendly. In the engineering labs in building 9 CNAQ needs a lathe machine. Compare 3 different lathe machines based on 3-4 criteria that the school needs. Then recommend the best lathe machine to use in the CNAQ engineering teaching lab.
8. Battery: The college is planning to change from the traditional outdoor lightening system to a battery powered LED system. You have been asked to look at three different kinds of batteries and compare them based on 3-4 criteria then make a recommendation for the best Battery to be used on a light conversion project at CNAQ.
9. Micro Controllers: Your company is building a smart Home. Your boss wants you to look at three different micro controllers for an automatic lightening system and compare them based on 3-4 criteria for what the house needs. Then make a recommendation for the best Micro controller.

Health Sciences

1. Water safety (for drinking) is one of the world’s most pressing issues. You are building a new house and want to have pure water for your family. Examine at least three water purification methods and then compare them using 3-4 criteria. Then recommend the best method to use in your new home.
2. Wearable technology can provide real health benefits to users. Examine at least three similar devices and compare them based on 3-4 criteria that will best suit a middle age person who is trying to improve their health with exercise. Then recommend the best wearable device to them.
3. Air quality is a serious concern in Doha and other major cities. Examine at least three options to help reduce air-quality related health risks on CNAQ campus. Compare these options based on 3-4 appropriate criteria. Then recommend the best for CNAQ to invest in.
4. Vital sign monitoring (body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure) is an essential part of health care. Choose one of these vital signs, examine at least three monitoring devices (or methods), and compare them using 3-4 appropriate criteria. Then recommend the best for use at CNAQ’s nursing station.
5. Workplace injuries are always a concern, even in an office environment. Identify the most common type of office workplace injury, explore at least three prevention options, and compare these options using 3-4appropriate criteria. Then recommend the most important option for CNAQ to target when planning prevention strategies.
6. Electric Toothbrush: You work for the Physiotherapy Department of Hamad. People recovering from a stroke sometimes are unable to use their hands as easily as regular people. As part of their recovery the department helps people relearn how to do daily chores like shaving or brushing their teeth. You will be recommending the best electric tooth cleaner for a person who has lost partial use of their arm after a stroke. Choose three different teeth cleaning products and then select the best one by comparing them based on four criteria that you think will be most important to people in this situation.
7. PPE: is very important. You work for Sidra hospital and you must choose the best PPE for paramedics and first responders in the ambulances. Choose three different kinds of PPE to compare based on 3-4 criteria and then recommend the best PPE to be used by paramedics and first responders.
8. Face Shields: You work for Al Garraffa Dental Clinic. Your boss has asked you to find the best way to protect the dentists, dental assistants and the patients from viral exposure. Research different three different forms of face shields compare them based on 3-4 criteria then make a recommendation for the best choice.
9. Paramedic Field trip: You work for the Hamad Hospital Corporation in the ambulance department. Your supervisor wants to send ten senior paramedics to a hospital in a major European city for training. In an agreement between the EU and Qatar this kind of exchange program is possible. Your boss wants you to choose three different cities and compare them based on criteria that best fits the needs of Qatar and then recommend the best city to send our paramedics for training.

Information Technology

1. Cybersecurity is a concern for both institutions and individuals. Examine at least three cybersecurity measures CNAQ can implement to keep staff, faculty, and/or students secure while using CNAQ digital facilities. Compare the three measures based on four different criteria then recommend the best one for the college to invest in.
2. Digital Addiction: In recent years, digital addiction has become a problem for many people. You are on a committee with other parents at your child’s high school. You have been asked to examine at least three methods people can use to control their screen time and compare them based on three – four different criteria. You will then recommend the best method to the committee.
3. Student Attendance: Tracking student attendance is a hassle for instructors, the registrar, and for students themselves. Examine at least three ways attendance can be tracked electronically and compare them based on three- four different criteria. Then recommend the best method for CNAQ to adopt.
4. WiFi Performance: Maintaining top-tier Wifi performance is a priority at any institution. Examine at least three ways CNAQ could improve Wifi delivery across campus and compare them based on four different criteria. Then choose the best one for the college to invest in. Current specifications of CNAQ WIFI are:

1. Parental Controls: You work for a private children’s school.  The school wants to make an informed recommendation to its student’s parents for online parental controls. Children learning to use the computer and beginning to search the web needs to be monitored for their protection.  Choose three different online parental controls programs and compare them based on four different criteria that you think would be important to parents. Then recommend the best choice of the three.
2. Security Camera: You work for a company in the industrial area that has a warehouse. The warehouse was broken into at night when no employees were there and some products were stolen. Your boss wants you to choose the best security camera to help protect the warehouse after normal work hours. Choose three different security cameras and compare them based on four criteria that you think will get you the best camera for a warehouse that is sometimes void of people.
3. Routers: You are working for Ooredoo and your boss has asked you to recommendation a router for an IP phone system between four cities. Look at three different routers and compare them based on 3-4 criteria. Then make a recommendation of the best option to your boss.
4. Gamification: Teachers are always looking for ways to make learning better for students. If done right, gamification can be a useful motivator to help improve student performance. Examine at least three educational gamification strategies compare them based on three – four different criteria. Then recommend the best one for CNAQ to adopt.
5. Government Training Abroad: The government of Qatar has made a commitment with the African Group (Which includes 54 different African countries) to help with IT infrastructure. You work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and your boss has asked you to research three African countries from the group and then compare them based on 3-4 criteria that would best help them create a good IT system. You will then recommend the best country to do the Qatar’s first IT training abroad.

Business

1. Marketing Strategies: Higher education institutions everywhere are trying to attract students in a highly competitive global market. Examine at least three marketing strategies to boost enrollment of foreign students at CNAQ. Compare the three strategies based on three-four criteria. Then choose and recommend the best strategy for CNAQ to invest in.
2. Accounting Software: In recent years, the use of accounting software packages has become standard practice. You work for QNB in the head office. Examine at least three accounting software packages for institutional use and compare them based on three to four appropriate criteria. Then recommend the best one to you boss.
3. Payment Methods: As the world moves towards a cashless society, options for making daily financial transactions have expanded greatly. You own a small flower shop in Lusail. Examine payment methods such as cash, debit, credit card, PayPal, Apple/Google Pay, prepaid cards, and/or mobile wallets. Compare the three methods based on three – four appropriate criteria. Then choose and recommend the best option for your business to use.
4. On-Boarding Strategies: Today the global workforce is significantly older than in previous generations. You work for Exxon Mobile’s HR Department and want to take advantage of the knowledge older workers possess. Examine at least three on-boarding strategies for older new-hires and compare them based on three-four appropriate criteria. Then recommend the best strategy to your boss.
5. Health and fitness campaign strategies: A fit, healthy workforce is more productive. CNAQ wants to encourage healthy lifestyles. The Recreation Manager has asked you to examine at least three health and fitness campaign strategies currently used by other businesses. Compare them using 3-4 criteria and then choose the best one to implement at CNAQ to target students, staff and faculty.
6. Car Seats: You work for Al Ahli hospital. The hospital wants to start giving new mothers car seats for their newborn babies when they leave the hospital.  Choose three different car seat products and then compare them based on three-four different criteria that you will use to determine which of the three seats is the best for new parents. Then make a recommendation to your boss.
7. Food Mixers: Your family is starting a new bakery business. They want to specialize in French pastries. This unique kind of baking will require a specific kind of industrial food mixer. Your sister, the baker, wants you to research and recommend the best mixer for her to purchase. Choose three different industrial food mixers and compare them based on three-four different criteria that will be most important to your family’s business. The recommend the best one.
8. Stand-up Paddle Boards: You and a friend are going into business together. You will offer a water-based exercise program at The Pearl. You will need to purchase stand up paddle boards. Your friend wants you to research and recommend the best paddle board for your new company. Choose three different paddle board products and compare them based on three-four criteria that will best cover the needs of your company.
9. New Fast food Restaurant: You work for the AlFardan group in the Planning and Development Department. The group wants to expand into the restaurant business. They want to start off with fast food restaurants. Ideally, they would like to become the franchisees for some international brands like KFC, Burger King or Yellow Cab. Of course, these companies are already here in Doha. You boss wants you to do research looking at three other well-known fast food companies that are not In Qatar. Then you will compare the three you choose based on 3-4 criteria that suit local dietary needs and recommend the best one for the company to try and get the franchise rights for in Qatar.