Hey guys, i'm an undergrad and currently in a bind and i need to come up with a problem statement that will solve problems or improve the existing method. I have been going at this for 2 months trying to find project but my supervisor's wants everything to be perfect and my ideas all has been rejected. I'm majoring computer networking and i want to do IoT using arduino (new to this) because that's what i'm familiar with but i'm open to suggestion. I'm not looking for an A or A+ just enough for me to pass because serious doing all of this in under 4 months has been stressing me a lot and i'm close to my breaking point. Thank you and have a good day.
What projects were rejected, and why?
Proximity sensor that notifies family if they fall from a stampede accident ("already too many people doing it")
IoT car safety sensor that detects gas leak, alcohol, and user's heartbeat ("too complicated and already a lot of people doing it")
IoT stampede prevention lets people pass through gate using unique rfid cards based on their intended time and not crowd in one place ("too simplistic and doesn't solve any problems")
Maybe something with decentralized computing using a small pile of ESP32s.
Monitoring the level of CO2 in the classroom to make students more active and receptive.
Personally, I think it's dumb at undergrad level to expect students to come up with the problem. When I was in final year, the faculty went to great pains to get industry (consulting engineers, construction companies) to propose problems- perhaps something that a company was working on or had already completed. We were simply allocated to one or other of those problems, and then one of the engineers from the company became a non-faculty supervisor.
(One of my classmates did such a great job of traffic engineering an as yet un-built multi-level parking structure, that the design was changed and they used his....)
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can you explain more?
thats actually a really good idea im adding this to the list and i'll bring this up to my supervisor. thank you! do you have any more insight to make this possible? because they will ask me questions on how i can manage this
it's probably too late for me to question it now but our undergrad assignments has always been like this. we have to come up with a solution to a problem that nobody has started or an upgraded solution to the problem. whats special about your solution or project etc etc. Plus my supervisor wants everything to be perfect which puts me in a lot of stress because we only have 4 months to research and not a lot of time to finish them.
im intrigue can you explain more?
Conduct a market analysis on the availability of such systems and ask the users what can be done better.
In the real world, most engineering is about solving a problem as stated by a client. Sure, sometimes, especially if you have an entrepreneurial frame of mind, you come up with the problem too. And for sure, there's a lot of effort spent in making sure the client's problem is understood. But by and large the problem is already stated by others, at least to some degree. (And of course unless you're working in a research lab where you get paid to make stuff for no Earthly reason 
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That's very un-real-world at the project concept phase, ie where the problem is stated. In the real world the scope of the problem is elaborated as discussions around the issues take place and an understanding evolves. That's especially true in the Agile world, where progressive elaboration of the requirement occurs as the solution evolves.
But that's irrelevant I guess: you have to work within the institution's paramaters.
Laser tape measure for surveyors that that simultaneously takes a photo of the thing the laser is pointed at, then allows you to record a voice annotation such as "distance from kitchen door to fire exit" then makes the measurement, photo and voice annotation available via a web interface. Extra points if you can turn the voice recording into plain text.
I guess it depends on the size of the classroom. In general, several Arduino Nano (or ATtiny85 if possible) connected to a CO2 sensor and via NRF24L01 wirelessly send information for the measured CO2 levels to a central Arduino with a display (or ESP8266 with a web page) to visualize the information and possibly some audible alarm at measured critically high CO2 levels. Is that what you mean?
from your idea i also got the idea to use the gas sensor to detect carbon monoxide in enclosed space such as cars. to prevent death while sleeping but im confuse as to what devices should be used. I'll bring this idea both to my supervisor. One more question what sensor are used to detect a moving or stopping car and in stationary position?
Not appropriate. 
Rules of the game here are open discussion. Unless perhaps you propose to pay someone.
Are you concerned your supervisor may be monitoring here? Has (s)he specified or mentioned Arduino?
oh i see my bad sorry about that, i dont think he is monitoring here and im using an alias but thats okay here is fine too. i thought it would be appropriate and easier to ask for help if i can tell the idea i had in mind in detail
im gonna add this to the list also thank you so much! if it doesnt trouble you could you elaborate more about the sensors used?
GPS, accelerometer!? However, I think you need to know if the car's engine is running because even if it doesn't moving if the engine is running, there is a danger - for example in a closed garage.