The Purrfect Cat Care System
The Purrfect Cat Care System is an autonomous system that offers monitoring and holistic care of a feline companion. Many feline diseases cause only subtle changes in behavior which can be difficult to detect. By tracking the cat's food and water consumption and litterbox usage, early warning signs of many diseases can be caught long before human owners would notice. The realization of such a system was represented in a modular, four station system comprising a base station, food station, water station, and waste station. Other options may provide single components, but none combine as many as ours, and none have the data collection options we provide. A Wi-Fi module is used to allow for communication between the base station and the corresponding systems to gather changes in the measurements of food and water consumption or litter box visits using sensors. Any updates related to the wellbeing of the feline are stored in a database hosted on the base station and reported to the user through a frontend web application.
Senior Design I
Senior Design II
 
Group 18
Mentored by Dr. Chung Yong Chan
Carla Diaz
 
Computer Engineer

Roles
Frontend
Backend
Water firmware

Bio
Carla is gradutating Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Computer Engineering and a minor in Intelligent Robotic Systems. She will work at Qualcomm full time as an engineer in the QGOV division post-graduation.
Hector Martinez
 
Electrical Engineer

Roles
Waste Hardware
Water Hardware

Bio
Hector is graduating Electrical Engineering focusing on Power and Renewable Energy. He is motivated to support the future generation of electricity by assisting communities in keeping their lights on while motivating other to do the same. Hector will join the FPL family as an Associate Engineering post-graduation.
Michael McGarty
 
Computer Engineer

Roles
Water Hardware
Waste Firmware
Food Hardware
Food Sofware
Water firmware
Waste Hardware

Bio
Michael is a graduating Computer Engineer who loves all things hardware. His interests include analog circuit design, computer architecture, and digital design. Michael will continue working with AMD as a Silicon Graphics Verification Engineer post-graduation.
David Montoya
 
Electrical Engineer

Roles
Food Hardware

Bio
David is a graduating Electrical Engineer and is looking to pursue a graduate degree. He is facinated by the analytical field of signal processing and filter design and aspires to make a difference in society with his education.
Will Lowther
 
Computer Engineer

Roles
Food Firmware
Server
Database
Backend

Bio
Will is a graduating Computer Engineer, with interests in embedded software and computer graphics. After graduation he will be working as a full-time engineer, and possibly returning to higher education later in his career.