Hey! Welcome to my blog for Fusion IX.

Fusion is a STEM based cohort offered exclusively to Grade 10 students at St. George’s School.

Author: tdai27

  • Personal Project Ep. 2 – Progress Update

    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…

  • Personal Project Ep.1 – The Pitch

    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…

  • Project Ceres Ep. 4 – Making Good Life Choices

    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…

  • Project Ceres Ep. 3: Finale

    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…

  • Project Ceres Ep. 2: Prototype

    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…

  • Project Ceres Ep. 1: Planning and Research

    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…

  • Assignment #3 – Coding

    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…

  • Assignment #2 – Robotics

    This is my second mini-assignment out of the 3 Fusion self-paced assignments. My previous post documents my project on CAD, where I made a 3D model of a birdhouse with mechanical drawings and a BOM. For this particular robotics assignment, I must demonstrate my understanding of these skills through this blog post: I was provided…

  • Assignment #1 – CAD

    This is my first Fusion assignment. This assignment consists of three mini-assignments: CAD (Computer-Aided Design), Coding, and Robotics. We have a total of six weeks to complete all three mini-assignments, and I decided to begin with CAD. For the CAD mini-assignment, we must demonstrate our understanding of these skills through this blog post: I decided…