Project

# Title Team Members TA Documents Sponsor
15 Illinois river otter gps tracking system
 Bilal Gabula
Gerard McCann
Osayanmo Osarenkhoe
 design_document0.pdf
final_paper0.pdf
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proposal0.pdf
The goal of the project is to create a device to track the Illinois river otter movement patterns. The device will periodically acquire and store its GPS (global positioning system) coordinate. When the otter is within the download range of the base station, it will automatically relay the GPS data to the stations memory using an RF transceiver. The base station will have a USB interface for ease of data retrieval by the researchers. The device will need to be sub-cutaneous so as to minimize risk of injury to the otter, while ensuring the device is secured to the otter.

Environmental Sensing for Firefighters

Andri Teneqexhi, Lauren White, Hyun Yi

Environmental Sensing for Firefighters

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Hyun Yi, Lauren White, and Andri Teneqexhi earned the Instructor's Award in the Fall of 2013 for their work on the Environmental Sensing for Firefighters.

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