[fjsolwmv]

sitcom?

It's strange to expect an undergrad to do new and interesting work when they haven't even finished their basic education in the field. Solve problems that are easy but not important enough for professional academics, sure. Do an application of a standard idea in a specific environment (like porting an pp to Android), sure. But not new approaches to the field.

[bipson]

There are various shades between scientific breakthrough and "yet another app/Server Tool", of which hundreds were implemented in the past, which can be solved by following random blog-posts, and (in the worst case) make no sense, even besides academic rigor.

Scientific work should fulfill at least some standards, and IMHO this includes undergrad theses.