Many students have provided projects in pdf format but this is an awkward format to use. Most of these projects contain small errors or omissions and it is usually not possible to edit them. It is much easier to use material that is in html like the web page. The equations are rendered by mathjax which uses the same syntax as latex math mode. You can embed links, images, javascript simulations and videos into html. It is a much better format than pdf.
Over the years there have been many contributions to the course from students and now we need to correct errors and remove unclear contributions before too much more is added. If you find something that is wrong or unclear and can improve it, that would be a suitable project.
Make a 2 page summary of one of the sections like this one for electron bands. The format should be html. Some material can probably be borrowed from the exercise questions. The summary should include the topics given in the "For the exam" sections.
There are some example discussions of the atomic orbitals and how to calculate matrix elements with them: 1s orbital, 2p orbital. This discussion could be expanded to more atomic orbitals. Code in various languages such as Fortran, c, Java, JavaScript, Matlab, and Mathematica would be useful to have.
Four important quantum mechanical problems that can be solved analytically are the infinite quare well, the finite square well, the harmonic oscillator, and the hydrogen atom. For this course it is assumed that you have seen each these problems before. Nevertheless, it would be useful to have pages summarizing the quantum descriptions of each of these systems. These pages should include dynamic plots and the code needed to address these problems similar to the page for the atomic orbitals. So far we have pages for the harmonic oscillator and the finite potential well.
Calculate the molecular orbitals of ethylene, and butadiene similar to the calculation for benzene. Since these molecules are chains of carbon atoms, refer to the discussion of molecular chains. Separate projects would be the numerical calculation of $H_{11}$, $H_{12}$, and $S_{12}$ for ethylene, butadiene, or benzene. The matrix elements can be calculated with the code on the 2pz orbital page.
Some students have calculated the molecular orbitals of CO and NO. It would be useful to plot the molecular orbitals. This could probably be done with plotly.
In the list of chemical bonds in the outline, some are described in more detail. Make a brief description of one of those bonds like the descriptions for a covalent bond, an ionic bond, or a Van der Waals bond. The bonds should be explained for people who understand quantum mechanics.
The page that draws the Wigner-Seitz cell often has numerical errors. The routine that calculates where the courners of the WS cell are could be replaced by the routine used in the Brillouin zone calculation.
Make a page like the ones for diamond, hcp, or NaCl for one of the nine crystal structures listed here. The JSmol part that rotates the images is already written (see: 'Examples of crystal structures' in the outline).
Make a web page that specifies the symmetry points and lines of a Brillouin zone like the one for fcc. The shapes of some of the Brillouin zones depends on the lattice paramters. It would be good to add more plots for different lattice parameters.
Add a column to the table of phonon properties. One case that would be interesting is the 2D square lattice. There already exists a discussion of this case here.
Use pymatgen to download a phonon dispersion curve from the Materials Project and use it to calculate a thermodynamic property.
Calculate the dispersion relation and density of states for a one dimensional chain of atoms. To do this take the limit $N\rightarrow\infty$ in the formula for the energy levels of a ring of atoms from the molecules section of the course.
Calculate the effective density of states in the conduction band $N_c$ of silicon from the dispersion relation near the band edges. A similar discussion for $N_v$ can be found here.
