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Solar Decathlon Instrumentation And Controls, Timothy Ambrose, Mateo Begue, Andrew Elliott
Solar Decathlon Instrumentation And Controls, Timothy Ambrose, Mateo Begue, Andrew Elliott
Mechanical Engineering
The Instrumentation and Controls team has designed a control and instrumentation system for the 2015 Cal Poly Solar Decathlon house that will monitor temperature, humidity, and energy usage throughout the house and control the phase change material duct. It will relay information to the user through a tablet application developed by the Computer Science team. The team has also designed a lighting control scheme for use with Lutron’s HomeWorks QS lighting control system.
Forest Sign Maker, Victor Espinosa Iii, Kevin Ly, Lisa Yip
Forest Sign Maker, Victor Espinosa Iii, Kevin Ly, Lisa Yip
Mechanical Engineering
Executive Summary:
The Inyo National Forest is arguably one of the most beautiful locations in California, containing natural masterpieces such as Mount Whitney and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Despite its magnificence, the Inyo National Forest can be a treacherous region. The Friends of the Inyo take pride in being able to facilitate the viewing experience for all outdoorsmen by maintaining the mountain trails, which includes providing adequate trail signage.
Unfortunately, there is a fundamental issue with the recent state of trail signage in the Inyo National Forest: the rate at which signs are being vandalized or naturally destroyed is …