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#	Title	Team Members	TA	Documents	Sponsor
23	GPS Dog Shock Collar	Jacob Hardy Joshua Passwater		appendix0.pdf design_document0.pdf final_paper0.pdf other0.pdf presentation0.ppt proposal0.pdf
	A training device embedded in a pet's collar with a main function of restricting the pet's movements to a confined area such as a household or park. User defined GPS coordinate grids define the allowed areas for the pet. The pet owner's can plug the device in through USB to their computer where a user interface will guide them through the perimeter selection process. The coordinates will be loaded into the collar along with a unique ID tag for each dog. This allows for predefined barriers, instant barriers of variable radius, and for the detection of other pets wearing the same collar to prevent unwanted contact.

Title

Team Members

Documents

Sponsor

GPS Dog Shock Collar

Jacob Hardy
Joshua Passwater

appendix0.pdf
design_document0.pdf
final_paper0.pdf
other0.pdf
presentation0.ppt
proposal0.pdf

A training device embedded in a pet's collar with a main function of restricting the pet's movements to a confined area such as a household or park. User defined GPS coordinate grids define the allowed areas for the pet. The pet owner's can plug the device in through USB to their computer where a user interface will guide them through the perimeter selection process. The coordinates will be loaded into the collar along with a unique ID tag for each dog. This allows for predefined barriers, instant barriers of variable radius, and for the detection of other pets wearing the same collar to prevent unwanted contact.

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Hyun Yi, Lauren White, and Andri Teneqexhi earned the Instructor's Award in the Fall of 2013 for their work on the Environmental Sensing for Firefighters.

"Engineering is all about solving real life problems and using the solutions to improve the lives of others. ECE 445 allows you to actually delve deeper into what this really means by providing students the chance to undergo the engineering design process. This requires taking all of the theoretical knowledge, lab experiences, and ultimately, everything that you have ever learned in life, and applying it to your project. Though, there is structure to the course and deadlines in place to measure your team's progress, the actual design, implementation, and success of your project is all determined by you. Unlike any other course that I have taken, I've gained an appreciation for the utilization and benefits of external resources, unforeseen scheduling delays, delegating tasks, and most importantly, teamwork. I consider ECE 445 to be a crash course into real life engineering and a guide to become a successful engineer." -- Lauren White