Author: tdai27

Project Goals With the rise in global temperatures and consistent irresponsible use of fire in the wild, wildfires have become more and more common over the past few years. Last year, during the California wildfires, I was shocked to see all the people who lost their homes due to wildfires, which were not able to…

In this post, I reflect on my growth and work related to this year’s course criteria that weren’t considered throughout the year. I’ll share specific examples of what I’ve learned and how I know I’ve improved, and why this demonstrates my work in one or many criteria. – 1. Robotics Systems and Control Through my…

Last week, the Fusion cohort, including me, went on a 6 day trip to the University of Victoria. This was our chance to check out the campus, see the labs, meet engineering students and professors, and most excitingly, present our own projects at two separate events: a pizza night with engineering students at the university…

Introduction As a recap, the final goal of this project is to create a low cost autonomous drone system that detects wildfires early using infrared cameras and environmental sensors. By deploying many of these drones in high risk areas, the system will provide faster and more reliable fire detection than current methods, and will in…

Every year, wildfires destroy millions of acres of land, costing billions in damages and threatening countless lives. The scary part? Many fires could be detected earlier—but current systems aren’t fast or efficient enough. This issue is what inspired my project. – Overview My project is, in simple words, a wildfire detection system. The final product…

As this project draws to an end, I will be reflecting on various aspects of our project and assessing how smoothly it went. – Problem Definition Our problem definition/statement was: A team of astronauts need a form of transportation that is able to efficiently cover a minimum round trip distance of 5km from point A…

Introduction As a recap, this project tasked me, along with my two partners, to design a vehicle capable of traveling a total distance of 5 kilometers, driving between two distinct points on the surface of any planet or celestial body of our choice. We decided on Ceres, a dwarf planet in the middle of the…

This new project tasked me, as well as my two partners Matthew and Josh, to create a vehicle that will travel 5 kilometers in total to and back two points on the surface of any celestial body of our choice, and we chose Ceres. Our definition statement is: A team of astronauts need a form of transportation that…

This new project tasked me, as well as my two partners Matthew and Josh, to create a vehicle that will travel 5 kilometers in total to and back two points on the surface of any planet or celestial body of our choice. After careful consideration and thorough debate, we decide to pick Ceres, a dwarf…

This is my third and final mini-assignment out of the 3 Fusion self-paced assignments. Previously, I made a 3D model of a birdhouse and an Arduino-controlled piano keyboard. For this particular coding assignment, I must demonstrate my understanding of these skills through this blog post: This project must be completed through Python, which I already…