Navigating a bustling airport can be a daunting challenge for visually impaired individuals, but Seekr, an interdisciplinary team of students, including three computer engineering majors, believes it has created a viable solution to the challenge.
Attendees at the Spring 2024 Senior Capstone Expo agreed, voting Seekr to a tie for Best Overall Project during the event, which took place on April 23 at McCamish Pavillion
The project aims to restore independence to blind and visually impaired airline passengers. Team members discovered that travelers with limited vision frequently rely on video calls with friends or family for assistance, while others depend on airport staff to push them to their gates in wheelchairs.
Seekr offers independence with a crossbody bag that provides guided voice directions and beeps to help travelers make their way through the terminal. Users would borrow the bag from the airport and turn in as they board their flight.
Team Seekr pictured Aislinn Abbot- ME ,Alaz Cig-ME, Andrew Gunawan - CmpE, Hanrui Wang -CS, Jackie Chen – CmpE, James Mead – ME , Rithvi Ravichandran - CmpE, and their advisor David Anderson.
Team Seekr created a wearable device to help visually impaired travelers walk through airports.
ECE winning team Electric Pump for Rocket Propellants designed an electric pump which can be used to deliver liquid propellants into a rocket engine.
Another mobility project, Team EMG, comprised of six electrical and one mechanical engineering students, won for Best Interdisciplinary Team. They developed a cost-effective, electromyography (EMG)-controlled locomotion system for tetraplegics that allows users to control an electrified wheelchair through detectable arm movements, enhancing their independence with technology that can be adapted to any manual wheelchair.
Electric Pump for Rocket Propellants won Best School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Project chosen from 20 ECE teams represented at the Expo. The team designed an electric pump that can be used to deliver liquid propellants into a rocket engine.
This semester’s Senior Design Expo showcased 204 team projects from 12 schools and three different Georgia Tech colleges. Students across disciplines collaborated to innovate, underscoring the importance of bringing diverse minds together, paving the way for innovative solutions that hold promise for shaping a better future.
Team Zoomee seeks to provide an affordable and easy-to-use alternative to the currently available bicycle electrification packages.
Team Roller Coaster Tycoon built a real-world roller coaster simulator control system.
Team Vitamin ECE created an automated produce peeler that uses computer vision to peel fruit.
Team Analog Vector-Matrix Multiplier in FPAA implemented a neural network classifier using analog circuit components.
Team FaceID Door Unlock created a hands-free door unlocking system that uses facial recognition to automatically lock or unlock the door based on the user's identity.
Team BeatBox developed an interactive multi-sensory musical experience in a phone booth-like enclosure.
ECE teams developed transformative solutions that look to revolutionize how humans interact with the world around them from improving urban mobility with AI-enabled traffic monitoring systems to pioneering low-power neural networks.
The Expo judges were industry professionals, as well as faculty and staff from across campus. This year’s Expo also welcomed more than 200 high school students as part of an outreach initiative where they explored science, technology, engineering, and math while serving as reviewers. The high schoolers picked two projects for special honorable mentions including one ECE team, AIRplanes, that is working to develop an autonomous drone design that can follow the terrain and fly low to the ground.
See all the winners from Capstone Expo and visit expo.gatech.edu for more projects.
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ECE CAPSTONE DESIGN TEAMS
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Smart Traffic Data Collection
Smart Traffic Data Collection through a AI-enabled traffic camera system.
Neural Network Classifier Implementation in Field-Programmable Analog Array (FPAA)
A neural network classifier using analog circuit components that reduces the strain on the hardware and the supporting power grids.
Not So Cleanroom
This project is focused on giving those inexperienced with semiconductor fabrication an opportunity to bridge the gap between theoretical and practical knowledge by building a simple solar cell.
AIRplanes
A drone that can safely fly low to the ground by following the contours of the terrain unlocks many new autonomous flight possibilities.
MIDAS
The Landmine Detector, code-named Project MIDAS, is an avant-garde approach designed to revolutionize the daunting challenge of landmine detection.
Rembrandt
A standard method to label passives using a minimal invasive process where an automatic process can be used to identify components on a board with prior knowledge; a process to remove components from a moderate complexity board and then sort those components by value.
Team NESO
The NESO (Nano Environmental Swimming Oceanographer) project is a pioneering initiative aimed at developing a state-of-the-art autonomous robotic vehicle, specifically designed for in-depth marine research.
Electric Pump for Rocket Propellants
We are designing a 3-kW inverter to drive an electric pump which can be used to deliver liquid propellants into a rocket engine.
FaceID Door Unlock
The project is a consumer-oriented door unlocking mechanism which is designed to be hands-free by the use of an embedded system using a facial identification algorithm to determine if a door should be locked or unlocked based on the identity of the user trying to enter.
Smart Countertop
The Smart Countertop is a countertop that uses inductive power transfer to wirelessly power small kitchen appliances.
Roller Coaster Tycoon
A control system compatible with the CoasterDynamix system capable of simulating a real-world roller coaster’s control system.
Breezy
The purpose of this project is to transform a standard fan into an intelligent and automated appliance that enhances user comfort and energy efficiency by monitoring and regulating room conditions.
Vitamin ECE
Automated Produce Peeler: peel fruits using computer vision.
Treble Makers
A guitar pedal that uses digital signal processing to alter the sound of an electric guitar with multiple audio effects.
BeatBox
BeatBox is an interactive multi-sensory musical experience in a phone booth-like enclosure.
Zoomee
Zoomee seeks to provide an affordable and easy-to-use alternative to the currently available bicycle electrification packages.
Botany Bros
The Plant Health Tracker is a device that monitors a plant’s humidity, soil moisture, temperature, and ambient light.
BREATHBAND
BreathBand is a wearable device that monitors the depth and rhythm of a user’s breathing cycle for athletic performance.
Sand Filtering Robot
SandE is a robot that can autonomously clean beaches by picking up and storing trash while filtering out sand.
FPGA Hardware Accelerator
Implementation of the LZW Compression Algorithm in SystemVerilog for Hardware implementation on an FPGA to demonstrate performance and efficiency gains over software
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