Feasibility of doing insightful final year projects in chemical sciences at home

Abstract

Complete and partial restriction in the access to the laboratories in many countries has imposed a long-term lockdown to safeguard the citizens from the corona virus/omicron pandemic. Hence, e-teaching is in force effectively to teach theoretical as well as experimental courses. Unfortunately, undergraduate and postgraduate students of doing chemical sciences are missing their one-time opportunity for doing project during their course work. In this report, we discuss the feasibility of doing final year projects in chemical sciences at home. We suggest some themes, and concepts on which the students can take-up and carryout with the supervision of their professors. The resources and tools that is available online for executing the final year project is identified and explained. The practical approaches, directions for fruitful outcomes are discussed with the understanding on the limitations of such projects. This report would serve the chemical science students and teachers as one point reference material to identify a suitable theme for completing the final year project.