We are currently enrolled in Senior Design, accurate to the given Gantt Chart in the prior page.
Our Vel Official Team:
Vasili Karalewich: Electrical Engineering (Lead Software Engineer)
John Li: Computer Engineering (Lead Hardware Engineer)
Dana Perry: Electrical Engineering (Project Manager/Hardware Engineer)
Jake Zeyher: Electrical Engineering (Hardware Engineer)
Padraig Phelps: Computer Engineering (Software/Network Engineer)
This course has helped us through supplementing our project proposal and preliminary planning and prototyping through many case studies and real-world examples given to us in class. It is with this course that we are able to begin our project, as well as through the help of courses IDE 399, IDE 400, and IDE 401 that our group has collectively taken.
The current plan reflected through the Gantt Chart and currently followed up to December 15th:
Throughout this course from September - October, 2023 was our Project Initiation and Planning phase.
Outline features & functionalities of (VEL) Virtual Home Energy Logger
Identify Stakeholders and their needs
Analyze Competitors
Assemble our ECE focused team
Choose appropriate technologies to meet requirements
November - December, 2023 was our Design and Prototyping phase.
Develop detailed system architecture
Built Functional Prototype
Designed preliminary user-friendly app interface to house real-time energy monitoring data
Prototype testing for basic functionalities and compatibilities
Begin development of physical monitoring devices
January - February, 2024 begins the second semester of the senior design project after this course's end as the Development and Testing phase.
Implement software components into the Home Energy Monitoring system
Development of hardware and software integration
Thorough testing of functionality and reliability of system
March, 2024 begins the Optimization and Refinement phase
Optimizing for performance
Collect alpha-testing feedback for further refinement
April, 2024 begins the Finalization and Expo Preperation phase
Final testing rounds to ensure stable system
Finalization of presentation for senior design expo
Senior design expo showcase
Gather feedback from judges