Research Committee
From Drexel Smart House
explanation of committee goes here
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To Do
- Upload project descriptions/proposals ASAP
- biodecomposition for energy generation (link to Cody)
- window solar gain reduction projects (link to Cody)
- list of freshmen projects (link to Jay and Dana, CC Cody)
- Writing DSH into the Drexel Green Research Committee report
- Research area white papers - deadline 4/28 to send to Communications
- Rewrite the 5 research area white papers according to call to action and objective style
- Provide to Communications for formatting with Brandon's templates
- Setup Work-spaces for Freshmen Design Teams (on Wiki) - deadline for page creation (22 pages) tomorrow at noon
- 1 Freshmen Design Page Overall
- 1 Freshmen Design Page for 2008-2009 Academic year
- 1 page for each recitation Research_Committee/Freshmen_Design/2008/Instructor_SecNum
- 1 page for each project Research_Committee/Freshmen_Design/2008/Instructor_SecNum/Project_Name
- 1 contact/user detail page for each member of a team Contacts/Contact_Name
- Page locks for those teams who need it for proprietary information
- Wiki log-ins for all teams who need locked pages
- All paperwork submitted to class for each team attached project page
- Deliverables with deadlines listed on project page for each team
- Mentors for each team on project page
- Coordinate the Midterm Freshmen Design presentations for week 6
- Provide information (time/date/Hill Conference) for organizing and advertising to Communications
- Presentations to Drexel Smart House and Drexel community
- List presentations for each team on project page
- Senior Design 2009-2010
- Recruit students, advisors, and establish teams
- Setup workspaces for each project
- Provide Communications Committee with complete list of all research contacts (students, alumni, faculty, staff, admin, industry) with emails for sending the newsletters
- Document research priorities for inclusion in 3425 Race on wiki
- Meet with Chika Nwampka and Senior Design Team
- Follow up with Glenn from PECO
- Build a grant writing team
- Followed up with Megan Gribb (whom Nick recruited)
- List of new recruits, contact info, interests, and what they're working on
- Minutes:
- Freshmen Design Minutes (one for each meeting for each team)
- Last Term's Freshmen Design Event Minutes
- Drexel Metals Minutes
- Research Wiki Page
- Description
- Members
- Advisors
- Find lab space ASAP! (Jake is now accountable for this)
- Dropped
- Earth day poster content (text and images, work with communications to decide layout and what content required)
- Research day poster content (text and images, work with communications to decide layout and what content required)
Research Areas
- Interaction
- Technology should be easy to use and benefit daily activities. Smart House will address the way in which people interact with technology by improving existing, and creating new, methods of interacting with computers and other technologies. Additionally, technologies will be networked to create an intelligent and aware living environment.
- Energy
- Energy is an increasingly important issue. Many traditionally used resources are becoming increasingly finite. Smart House will investigate alternative energy sources, such as solar and geothermal and will utilize low energy devices and energy recovery systems. The ultimate goal is to generate all energy on site.
- Environment
- Smart House plans to reduce the environmental footprint of the residents through intelligent planning, use of novel materials, and alternative energy. We intend to implement sustainable and environmentally friendly products to produce a livable house with no negative environmental impact.
- Health
- The importance of a healthy home is usually overlooked, yet this should be an integral part of any home design. Indoor air quality and the ability to remotely (and non-invasively) monitor one’s health are examples of projects that will be incorporated into the Smart House.
- Lifestyle
- In today’s world, it is more important than ever to increase the efficiency of day-to-day living. Smart House will provide more efficient living and work spaces through functional design, automation, and improved computer access. Smart House will also improve the quality of leisure time spent in the home.
Current Projects
Template:Freshman Design Projects Academic Year 2008-09 Dr Caroline Schauer's Sections: (exact names to be uploaded by teams) Group 1: Natural Ventilation Group 2: Architectural Coatings Group 3: Natural Ventilation Bio-filtration & Air Quality Group 4: Multi-touch technology & UI design Group 5: Geothermal Heat Pump System Group 6: Exercise Monitoring Group 7: Operations Core sub component Group 8: Window coating/insulation Dr Adam Fontecchio's Section Group 9: Biomass - Waste Management Group 10: Architectural Coatings Group 11:
