Project Description
The Electric Blind is a revolutionary take on conventional blinds. This project aims to automate the process of interacting with window blinds while also providing energy saving benefits.
Goal and Objectives
- Remove conventional blinds and replace with smart ones
- Multiple activation methods for the electric blind
Motivation
The primary motivation for this project is an effort to create a cost-efficient and energy saving product readily usable for personal and commercial use.
Documents
Initial Project Description
Senior Design 1 Final Document
Critical Design Review
Conference Paper
Final Presentation
Senior Design 2 Final Document
Videos
CDR
Middle Term Demo
Final Presentation
Final Demo
Team Members
Adedoyin Adepegba
Adedoyin Adepegba is an electrical and computer engineer student who also participated in undergraduate research. She plans to continue her education by earning a master’s degree in computer engineering from UCF
Joshua Forrest
Joshua Forrest is a Senior electrical engineering student with a focus in the power and renewable track at the University of Central Florida. Joshua has interest in supply chain management and power system sales specifically in the developing hydrogen and renewable energy market. After successful internships at Pepsico, Gatorade, and Mitsubishi Power Systems America and a contractor position at Siemens Energy. Joshua is weighing his options between Amazon, Honywell, and Siemens Energy
Ryan Meinke
Ryan Meinke is both a software and a security engineer. After college he hopes to apply his skills in both software engineering and security to work on cool projects which deliver meaningful and real capabilities and effects to the world