About SmartCabinets

The progression of the Internet of Things (IoT) world is leading to huge increase in home automation and the development of smart homes. In fact, a leader in the homebuilding industry named Lennar is constructing around 26,000 smart homes in the Central Florida area. Since home automation is increasing greatly in demand our group figured it would be a good project to create our own smart product which can be integrated into complete home automation. The ultimate goal for our project is to create scalable smart cabinets complete with mobile access control, inventory keeping, and the ability to be remotely interfaced. Ideally our objective is to make our product easy to use, performance efficient, reliable, and arguably most important: convenient. The purpose of our project is to make everyday life in the house not only more convenient but also safe and secure. Our project could be integrated into medicine cabinets, personal office drawers, and even pantries; so, our customer needs could range anywhere from securing medicine, protecting personal belongings, or even simply keep children away from the junk food. Since our design focuses around daily use and the security of commonly accessed items our project must be efficient and extremely reliable, meaning the user can always access their cabinets within an appropriate amount of time.

MEET THE TEAM

Mohammad Hammad

Mohammad Hammad is currently a senior at the University of Central Florida and will receive his B.S in Computer Engineering in the May 2018. He also interns at UniKey Technologies as a test engineer and plans on working there full-time upon graduation. His primary goal is work as a form of systems engineer, enabling him to work hands-on with both hardware and software. He plans to work in the industry for a couple of years before returning to UCF to receive his Masters in a discipline related to security and automation.

Jacob Davis

Jacob Davis is graduating in the Spring 2018 semester as a Provost Scholar. He is receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering. During his time as UCF, he worked as a Team Leader for the Honors College and found a passion producing podcasts and other media. He has taken a full-time position as a Content Marketing Specialist with Empire Flippers.

Jacob Hernandez

Jacob Hernandez is receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He has a job lined up at Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control as a Systems Engineer. While at UCF he was a Provost Scholar and worked at Lockheed Martin through the College Work Education Program.

Brenden Apwisch

Brenden Apwisch is a senior enrolled in the University of Central Florida's Computer Engineering program. He plans to graduate with his Bachelors in May 2018 and move directly into industry. He has a passion for both front-end and back-end software engineering, which allows him to see the whole picture of his works. He plans to start a career in full-stack development including both mobile application and server development.