tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67926896010818178552024-03-04T20:08:47.432-08:00Advanced Internet Technology in the Interest of Society Laboratory (AITIS Lab)Advanced Internet Technology in the Interest of Society Laboratory (AITIS Lab) @ Sonoma State University - Department of Engineering Science - Research ProjectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-76129479124635397082020-04-22T15:06:00.002-07:002020-04-22T15:08:18.400-07:00Smart Greenhouse
The purpose of this project is to collaborate with Petaluma Bounty Farm in Petaluma, CA. The farm's mission is to grow healthy food for everyone through collaboration, education and promoting self-reliance. The purpose of this project is to explore the possibility of upgrading the existing greenhouse at Petaluma Bounty Farm to a Smart greenhouse, a self regulating, micro-climate controlled Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-19799448453312382902018-03-27T14:28:00.005-07:002018-03-27T14:33:21.498-07:00AirQulity Station
An estimated 4.5 billion people are currently exposed to particulate matter (PM) levels at least twice the concentration that the WHO considers safe. Existing evidence linking health to air pollution is largely based on populations exposed to only modest levels of PM and almost entirely composed of observational studies, which are likely to confound air pollution with other unobserved Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-689978186690649622018-03-27T14:15:00.002-07:002018-03-27T14:33:40.168-07:00Battery-less Fire Sensor
Forest fires are one of the most important and prevalent type of disasters and they can create great environmental problems for Nature. It is known that they are detectable and easily preventable. When a wildfire burns out of control, the size of the losses can be almost immeasurable. The cost of such disaster may be millions of trees, in addition to losses of structures, animals (wild and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-76457808755324469272016-03-13T16:36:00.000-07:002016-03-13T16:36:10.211-07:00Treatment 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 areUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-31611909904499376172014-03-26T21:16:00.000-07:002014-06-23T21:16:56.503-07:00Smart Cane
The purpose of this project is to monitor gait movement, balance, and activity in various patients, in particular, the elderly.
Status: Expected to be completed by May 2015
Funded by: Grant from CSUPERB
More Information: Later
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-71106595568369306552014-03-03T20:57:00.000-08:002014-06-23T20:58:22.341-07:00Water 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: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-88457270851007449082014-02-20T22:41:00.002-08:002014-02-20T22:45:43.696-08:00SenCell - 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-19735322658936275452014-02-20T22:35:00.003-08:002014-02-20T22:45:56.699-08:00Smarden: The Smart Garden
The Smarden is short for smart garden. The idea behind the project is to create an autonomous garden that can monitor and water itself wirelessly. While recording data such as temperature, humidity, sunlight, and soil moisture. This is desirable because as the world population increases resources are only going to get more scarce, and who doesn't like water conservation.
Status:Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-11841488269702309902013-09-12T22:55:00.000-07:002013-09-21T11:23:38.595-07:00Environmental Sensor Projects at SSU Fairfield Osborn Preserve
AITIS Laboratory is currently in process of implementing a number Environmental Sensor Network projects at the SSU Fairfield Osborn Preserve. These interdisciplinary projects have three main objectives: (1) to improve the robustness and flexibility of the existing network, (2) to create and deploy a WiFi-base backbone so variety of IP-based sensors can be deployed, (3) to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-38225121019269680342012-03-09T15:54:00.001-08:002013-09-15T23:16:46.869-07:00Generating Energy Using Your Bike!
The purpose of this project is to use Faraday's principle of magnetic induction and generate power. This power can be stored. The idea is to generate enough power so the bike can operate on its own or produce enough energy to operate a web cam or a computer. One way to implement this is by modifying bike rims. There are many innovative possible Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-39213718744302669442011-12-19T17:20:00.000-08:002011-12-21T17:21:58.340-08:00Moveable Mechanical Platform for Testing
A major challenge radiation therapy is to determine the amount of radiation that will be taken up by the liver, kidneys and tumor, etc. The name of such testing is called “dosimetry”. Dosimetry becomes particularly challenging when different body organs move in different directions, e.g., lungs moving up and down. The purpose of this project is to design a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-41602684314042361332011-12-12T21:51:00.001-08:002011-12-23T21:57:16.867-08:00Remote Water/Power MonitoringAverage person in the United States consumes about 600 liters of water per day! An average American household consumes 11,209 kWh per year. In fact, a US house hold uses three times more electricity for lighting, and twice as much
in refrigerators than in the EU. Consider these: 1 in 8 people, nearly 900 million worldwide, lack safe drinking water; we can save up to 8 Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-42486381753240780672011-12-12T21:49:00.000-08:002012-03-09T15:54:42.527-08:00Electroencephalography (EEG)"Electroencephalography (EEG) is the recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced by the firing of neurons within the brain.” In medical applications EEG is used to detect conditions such as epilepsy by recording and observing electrical activity from the brain that travels along the scalp. EEG recordings have traditionally been carried out using a mas- sive recording device, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-77507841284198046852011-10-01T16:19:00.000-07:002011-10-01T16:22:36.976-07:00WiFi BalloonIn many environmental wireless networks lack of having line-of-sight can be a major issue. We are investigating the usage of using adverting-balloons or weather balloons for providing WiFi connections.
Status: December 2012
Sponsor: CCE
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-63712002163149233832011-06-06T11:20:00.000-07:002011-10-01T16:20:10.598-07:00Monitoring Copeland Creek Water Quality
The goal of this project is to develop a sensor platform that monitors the water flow through the Copeland creek as it passes through the Sonoma State University. Using installed sensors in the creek the quality and flow of the water is measured, recorded, and transmitted to the Sonoma Preserve Server. The real-time data will be available through Internet. The first prototype was Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-92046536879882363642011-06-06T11:15:00.000-07:002011-12-21T13:55:07.915-08:00Intelligent Mobile Environmental Geo-Sensor (iMEG)
Sonoma County offers a rich variety of interwoven soils, elevations, and micro-climates. The aim of this project is to design a mobile distributed sensor network to measure various climate changes across the country. The iMEG (Intelligent Mobile Environmental Geo-Sensor), also known as climate pod, can record the climate conditions of different locations we visit! iMEG can be installed on Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-77567392853294920132011-06-02T18:00:00.000-07:002011-12-21T08:36:45.628-08:00Wireless Throwing Machine for Disabled Children
Engineering students at Sonoma State were given the challenge to design a throwing or kicking machine for Jaslene, a young girl with cerebral palsy, who cannot use her arms or legs to throw or kick a ball. Students worked in small groups and came up with some exciting and innovative solutions to the challenge! These machines make it possible for Jaslene to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-76891681864667025972011-06-02T17:42:00.000-07:002012-03-09T15:55:12.772-08:00Solar-Powered Wireless Weather Station
The purpose of our project is to build the first solar-powered wireless weather station at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve. Weather stations play a critical role in Preserve programs by providing climate data relevant to a wide variety of environmental studies. While many researchers have collected data over the years for their individual projects, the Preserve has had a critical need to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-69580992735143969412011-04-01T09:47:00.000-07:002011-06-02T17:49:25.256-07:00Saving Water in Sonoma CountyIn this project the engineering students at SSU are deigning a water monitoring system, which measures how much water we use in the bathroom or as we shower. The device can easily be installed on any sink and no plumbing or hardware modifications are required. We plan to test this device in the Salazar building in June. A prototype will be available at the 350 event near the Environmental Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-8646281127404267732011-04-01T09:15:00.000-07:002016-03-13T16:37:56.256-07:00Low-Cost Remote Weight Watching System
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In this project we demonstrate a low-cost Remote Weight Monitoring system, designed and developed by the Health Care Technologies Laboratory at Sonoma State University. The primary purpose of this system is to remotely monitor weight changes in diabetic patients. The system is intuitive and easy for patients to operate. In this system the scale readingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-30029762754059517862010-10-17T22:34:00.000-07:002011-06-06T11:19:53.284-07:00Micro Wind Turbine Generator ModuleA wind turbine converts wind energy into electricity. Two of the biggest hurdles for using wind power have been cost and the need for strong winds. New turbine designs are focusing on reducing the number of moving parts and improving efficiency. The Department of Engineering Science is collaborating with AGLOBAL TECH to test and verify a new Micro Wind Turbine which can be feasible and affordableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-5985605673846920682010-06-11T13:17:00.001-07:002010-10-27T15:28:42.274-07:00Energy Efficient Optical Network
As the demand for new Internet services, such as 3-D online gaming, video conferencing and learning, video telephony and downloading, and high-definition video-on-demand, becomes more widespread, the amount of electricity used by servers, communication devices, and Internet infrastructure continue to be a major concern. Various studies show that in 2005 the total energy used by data centers (Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-51161719992762639362010-06-11T13:08:00.000-07:002011-12-20T19:20:52.513-08:00Design and Development of a Solar Power Monitoring System
The purpose of this project is to retrofit an existing off grid Solar System Power system with a wireless interface that will track system performance and provide historical performance data to better manage the utilization and future growth of power resources at the Fairfield Osborn. This is a continuing project and requires knowledge of wireless and micro-controllers. Our focus in this phase Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-11176409662246531672010-06-11T13:01:00.001-07:002010-10-17T23:01:14.072-07:00SMS Based Sensor Monitoring
The field of research is continuing to grow with each new area and discovery. Every discovery brings researchers a new item or area to look at. With environmental studies there are still findings made daily and the more tools that are available to researchers, the more often these breakthroughs will occur. One of the challenges that are faced by researchers when doing studies in the wilderness Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792689601081817855.post-81690745359877361052010-06-11T12:41:00.000-07:002010-06-11T12:58:30.935-07:00General Purpose Data Logger with GPSThe purpose of this hand-held device is to record GPS position as well as readings from attached sensors. The device can later be connected to a PC and download all information. Google map can be utilized to map display the information. track moving objects where installing a GPS is not practical. This device will be ideal for applications such as tracking birds, fish, small animals, learn about Unknownnoreply@blogger.com