Smart Campus Energy Lab
A brief introduction
Introductions
- Christie Obatake - Project Manager
- Kenny Luong - System Engineer
- Everyone else!
What is a Research Lab?
- Function as engineering teams
- Work on a research or experiment
- Bridge between classroom learning and practical application
- Concepts just as imporant as application
History
- Lab created in 2010
- Low-cost self-sustaining meteorological sensor platform
- Joined VIP in Fall 2015
Mission/Goals
The Smart Campus Energy Lab at UH Manoa is a student-led lab
that strives to be a welcoming and open place of learning for undergraduate and graduate
students alike, fostering and developing technical skills such as software engineering, circuit
design and machine learning.
Soft Skills
In addition to technical skills, SCEL also focuses on developing “soft” skills such as communication,
teamwork, project management and leadership.
Core Pillars
All procedures and projects will be open for the public
Hardware and software projects will be open-sourced
Students will be given encouragement and the opportunity to mentor others
Projects
- Weatherbox
- Wind Sensor
- Forecasting
Weatherbox
Develop low-cost, accurate, and reliable environmental sensor modules that can easily be reproduced for mass deployment
Wind Sensor
Build a wind sensor that is low cost, small, reliable, durable, and has no moving parts
Forecasting
Using machine learning techniques such as linearization and classification, we analysis data from the weatherbox to make algorithms to help optimize the weatherbox
Why SCEL?
- Technical EE/CompE skills
- Networking
- Professional Development
- Leadership
- Papers and Conferences
How to get involved
- Look at our website for open positions
- Interested in x96 projects - let us know
- Meet with us one-on-one
Positions
More details on our website, but here is a general breakdown
Software
In general students working on software will be prgoramming various applications, webpages
and systems.
- Linux, Raspberry Pi, Postgresql
- C, Java, Python, Ruby, Javascript, HTML, CSS
- Git, Github, Dokuwiki
Hardware
Hardware students will be working on designing, testing and building various circuits.
- PCB Design, Circuit Design, Fabrication, Soldering, Microcontrollers
- CADSoft Eagle, Arduino, Atmel, XBee
Systems
Systems students will be working on analyzing data and building algorithms to process such data
- Signal processing, Machine Learning, Filter Design
- MATLAB, iPython, Python, R, Matplotlib
For more information
Visit our wiki:
https://wiki.scel-hawaii.org/doku.php?id=introduction
Contact
- Principle Investigator: Dr. Anthony Kuh (kuh@hawaii.edu)
- Project Manager: Christie Obatake (cobatake@hawaii.edu)
- System Engineer: Kenny Luong (luong97@hawaii.edu)
Smart Campus Energy Lab
A brief introduction