Robin Yadav Abstract Fire disasters are dangerous and damaging events that require accurate surveillance and monitoring for detection and mitigation. In this paper, I propose a video based fire detection system using the YOLOv3 object detection model. The model was trained on a dataset of approximately 3000 images of fire in various contexts and additional […]

Xavier Lam Abstract Due to the buildup of debris, it is necessary to regularly clean out gutters multiple times a year, which can be costly or dangerous for some people. This project aims to solve these problems with a gutter that uses the concept of surface tension to effectively block out debris while containing water. […]

Rand Wang Abstract           Coffee is a staple drink across the world. With the large amounts of coffee production, comes large amounts of used coffee grounds disposed of. Through this project, used coffee grounds were put to use as fertilizer in an attempt to create a renewable fertilizer. To test the effect of the fertilizer on […]

Flora Guo Abstract: Inspired by the need for sustainable, compact power sources for wearable devices and novel LED light-up shoes, this project aims to design, build, and test a “proof-of-concept” piezoelectric insole. Four piezoelectric pads were attached to a foam insole and wired to bridge rectifiers in parallel. The output of the insole was tested […]