Advancing Sustainability Using ICT
The environmental issues we now face are believed to be the result of our social systems. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has the potential to help us better understand, monitor in read-time, and reduce our impact on the environment. AITIS Lab, in the Department of Engineering Science, is committed to utilize the engineering expertise and research activity of its faculty to initiate innovative and sustainable graduate and undergraduate projects to educate future environmentally responsible and skilled engineers. We work with local industries and organizations to provide sustainable engineering solutions. Click here to learn more about our research activities and ongoing projects .....more; / Main Page. Checkout our Calendar of Events.
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Smart Greenhouse
AirQulity Station
Battery-less Fire Sensor
Treatment Evaluation of Parkinson Disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, which significantly deteriorates the quality of life especially in the elderly. Today, in the United States alone almost a million individuals have been diagnosed with the disease, making PD an increasingly medical concern. Sadly, as of today, there is no cure for PD. Furthermore, commonly practiced methods are mainly qualitative (not quantitative) and thus fail to evaluate the progress of the disease and it attributes.
Our goal in this project is to begin a proof-of-concept implementation of highly specialized platform that performs data management, analytics and visualization. The overall aim of this project is better understanding PD.
Status: Expected to be completed by May 2017 (ongoing)
Funded by: Seeking Funding!
More Information: Later
Water Tank Sensor
This is a collaborative project with students at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. The purpose of the project is to design a water/oil tank depth sensor that can identify if the tank is empty of not. This simple device, probably put together by many hobbyists in one way or another, can be extremely useful and convenient for many people in Ghana.
Status: Expected to be completed by May 2015
Funded by: Grant from CSU Campus as a Living Laboratory
More Information: Later
SenCell - Cellular-enabled Environmental Sensor Network
The objective of this project is to design a solar powered, cellular enabled, and modular system that can monitor conditions of its surrounding environment and relay that data to an end user. This system will consist of two basic nodes: (1) a sensory node that is placed into the field to gather data and (2) an internet enabled central server which collects sensor data from the sensory nodes for the user. The sensory nodes will communicate with the server using the GSM/GPRS cellular network. Using a PIC microcontroller and a GSM/GPRS modem, the sensory node will have the ability to send collected information to the remote server for analysis by the end user. Data will be made available to the user in the form of a comma separated value (CSV) file, containing both time-stamps and data parameters for each sensory node.
Status: Expected to be completed by May 2014
Funded by: Grant from SSU Provost Office & Grant from CSU Campus as a Living Laboratory
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Smarden: The Smart Garden
Status: Expected to be completed by May 2014
Funded by: Student Research Project at SSU & Grant from CSU Campus as a Living Laboratory
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