Motivation
In a power demanding world, efficiency is crucial. The waste of electricity, usually caused by many home owners is due to the hustle and bustle of getting jobs done and in a timely manner. Where as the consideration for conserving power is not always in the mind of some. With this in mind, the S.H.A.P.E.R. project is designed to aid the user to be more aware of how much power is used in their household. Many smart home applications can be costly and this system is designed to support the average home owner.
Objectives
The goal of the S.H.A.P.E.R. system is to create an affordable home system that can interact with the user if needed. Provide automatic lighting and AC controls. Measure the power consumed by power hungry appliances that is displayed for the user to view at their conveience and utilize an application to manually change their preferences.
The Team
Juan A. Aleman is a 25-year old graduating Electrical Engineer student who accepted a full-time position at Siemens in Orlando, FL for the Wind Engineer in Training Development Program specializing in Geared and Direct Drive Wind Turbine Generators and the field service operation of windfarms across in The United States and Latin America.
Maria D. Alfonso is a 31 year-old graduating Computer Engineering student who has plans on pursuing a career in the embedded systems field or as Software/Computer Engineer with the Disney Company.
Gregory Pierre is a 27 year-old graduating Computer Engineering student. Gregory has an interest and plans to pursue a career in software systems. Plans on pursuing a career working at the illustrious Duke Energy.
Francine Vassell is a 23 year-old graduating Computer Engineering student who has plans to work for CenturyLink as either a Network Engineer or Operations Technician. She sees that networking technologies such as LANs, MPLS systems, and routing technologies are crucial to the lives of many in a very technological atmosphere.
Acknowledgment
Our team would like to acknowledge the assistance and support of Dr. Samuel Richie, Carmen Henriquez, Juan Carlos Aleman, and Roberto Amaral. Moreover, we would also like to thank our committee members Dr. Ronald DeMara, Prof. Richard Leinecker, and Dr. Qun Zhou for taking time out of their busy schedules to evaluate the project. Last but not least, out team wants to give a special thanks to our sponsor Boeing and Leidos for their generous contribution to the development of this project.