{"663675":{"#nid":"663675","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Teams Earn Top Spots at Fall Capstone Design Expo Including Best Overall Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe days of four-legged scavengers freely rummaging in back-alley dumpsters for their next meal may be numbered, thanks to a team of sustainability-focused and entrepreneurial-driven students in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). The team, Racoon Eyes, which tackles the growing issue of food waste in college dining halls, won the Best Overall Project Award at the Fall 2022 Capstone Design Expo on Dec. 5 in McCamish Pavilion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe trash can system developed by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416541507\u0022\u003ETeam Raccoon Eyes\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;helps reduce food waste by pairing vision, graphics, and natural language processing technology with behavioral psychology research. When students go to throw away their leftover food in the dining hall, the system scans their plate and identifies the volume of food being discarded. The technology then announces the carbon impact of the wasted food.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our project is really about reducing waste at the source by improving food quality, helping with portion sizes, and making students more aware of what they\u0026rsquo;re actually throwing away,\u0026rdquo; said Ivan Zou, a computer engineering major and member of\u0026nbsp;Team Raccoon Eyes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team was one of 19 ECE teams that participated in the Fall 2022 Senior Design Expo. Each semester the Design Expo showcases Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s graduating seniors as they present innovative projects designed and built during the Capstone Design Course. Students work in teams to solve an industry problem and develop innovative tools to assist researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EECE projects spanned the breadth of the School\u0026rsquo;s research focus areas with innovative applications in fields like medicine, music, and hospitality, just to name a few. All ECE projects can be viewed by selecting the School\u0026rsquo;s name\u0026nbsp;in the \u0026ldquo;project major\u0026rdquo; tab on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665353\u0022\u003ECapstone Projects webpage\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This semester\u0026rsquo;s Capstone Expo truly showcased the boundless potential of what ECE students can do in a team setting,\u0026rdquo; said Arijit Raychowdhury, the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair. \u0026ldquo;Few things can mimic the real-world engineering design process and group dynamics inherent in all large-scale projects like Capstone. I\u0026rsquo;m incredibly proud of our ECE seniors for rising to their respective challenges through genuine creativity and problem solving.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERaccoon Eyes wasn\u0026rsquo;t the only team comprised of ECE students to receive an award at the Fall Design Expo.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416518489\u0022\u003ETeam Block Transfer\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/a\u003E, took home the ECE disciplinary award. The project keeps track of book-entry stock shares directly on the blockchain \u0026mdash; a distributed database or ledger that is shared among the nodes of a computer network. The technology allows investors to transfer\u0026nbsp;assets to each other\u0026nbsp;directly without\u0026nbsp;the significant paperwork dictated by a central transfer agent which floods the current process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416518517\u0022\u003ETeam Materials\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ykkfastening.com\u0022\u003EYKK Inc\u003C\/a\u003E, earned\u0026nbsp;this\u0026nbsp;semester\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;interdisciplinary award. The team, comprised of students in ECE and the\u0026nbsp;George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, developed a device which automates the separation of bundles of fabric to ready a swatch for feeding into a sewing machine \u0026mdash; a problem that zipper-maker YKK has been trying to solve for years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Fall 2022 Capstone Expo featured 110 teams across seven schools in the Colleges of Engineering, Computing, and Design. As one of largest student design competitions of its kind, Capstone attracts an array of industry and governmental sponsors. This year\u0026rsquo;s sponsors included American Airlines, Atlanta Braves, the Coca-Cola Company, Cox Communications, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EECE Fall Capstone Design Expo Award Winners\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBest Overall Project Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416541507\u0022\u003ERaccoon Eyes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAbhipsa Ujwal (CmpE) - Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIvan Zou (CmpE) - Grafton, MA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENathanael Koh (CmpE) - Crystal Lake, IL\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPhuc Truong (EE) Warner Robins, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EECE Disciplinary Award\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416518489\u0022\u003EBlock Transfer\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by CREATE-X\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJohn Wooten (CmpE) - Charlotte, NC\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELuke Rutherford (ME) - Haddock, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ENipun Chhajed (CS) - Bellevue, WA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERahul Sunkara\u0026nbsp;(CmpE) - Newnan, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EZeman Li (CmpE) - Shenzhen, China\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EInterdisciplinary Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665329\u0026amp;id=416518517\u0022\u003EMaterials\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by YKK (USA) Inc\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBonnie Brownlee, (ME) - Marietta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKendrick Dang (EE) - Dacula, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETudor Hadade (ME) - Loganville, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFloyd Horton (ME) - Sandersville, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECharu Malhotra (CmpE) \u0026ndash; India\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EZachary Nease (ME) - Savannah, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELydia Stanford (ME) - Brooklyn, NY\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more about the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/reducing-food-waste-solving-sponsor-problems-shine-fall-capstone-expo?utm_source=twitter\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\u0026amp;utm_campaign=news\u0022\u003EFall 2022 Capstone Design Expo\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and view all the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expo.gatech.edu\/prod1\/portal\/portal.jsp?c=17462\u0026amp;p=413142918\u0026amp;g=413665353\u0022\u003EFall 2022 Projects\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE projects spanned the breadth of the School\u2019s research focus areas with innovative applications in fields like medicine, music, and hospitality."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-12-06 21:23:15","changed_gmt":"2022-12-07 20:45:38","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"663671":{"id":"663671","type":"image","title":"Team Raccoon Eyes ","body":null,"created":"1670361131","gmt_created":"2022-12-06 21:12:11","changed":"1670361131","gmt_changed":"2022-12-06 21:12:11","alt":"Team Raccoon Eyes won the Best Overall Project at the Fall 2022 Capstone Design Expo.","file":{"fid":"251225","name":"Raccoon Eyes.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Raccoon%20Eyes.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Raccoon%20Eyes.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":538500,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Raccoon%20Eyes.jpg?itok=RTJ4eT2d"}},"663672":{"id":"663672","type":"image","title":"Team Block Transfer ","body":null,"created":"1670361180","gmt_created":"2022-12-06 21:13:00","changed":"1670361180","gmt_changed":"2022-12-06 21:13:00","alt":"Team Block Transfer with Arijit Raychowdhury, the Steve W. 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