ENME472 Capstone Project, Spring 2022
For the capstone project of my mechanical engineering degree at the University of Maryland, my team and I created a semi-automated hydroponics system for beginners. As a dual computer science and mechanical engineering student, I was the leader of the programming team. I set up a Raspberry Pi with a camera, sensors, and pumps to monitor and maintain the system. I used sqlite to store data about the system and displayed it on a monitor using a Tkinterface with live updates. Lastly, I added text updates for critical errors in the system using Twilio to alert the user to problems.
See here to read our thesis and here for the Python script that maintains the system.