Local Projects

FALL 2019 PROJECTS

HiveMinded Beehive Scale: Software
Students created a proof of concept beehive scale that would accurately measure the weight of the hive and transmit this data via Bluetooth to a website which would display the weight over time. Read more.

Forge Garden Scale (Hardware)
Students partnered with master beekeeper Phillip Krieg, owner of HiveMind in creating a hive monitoring system. This system would help beekeepers maintain successful hives and rebuild the honey bee population. Read more.

Grey Water System
The California Native Garden Foundation needed an educational tool for use of all ages in the Silicon Valley to teach about reusable water systems and plant habitats to reinforce methods that combat the effects of climate change and promote sustainability. Read more.

Extra Eats
To address the national issue of food insecurity on campus, yet students being incredibly wasteful as well. The students want to promote sustainability, reduce food waste, and mitigate food insecurity. The solution was to create an iPhone/Android app that provides the SCU community with leftover food from catered events on campus; send out notifications. Read more.

ENGR1L Interactive Sensor Box
Students built an Interactive Sensor Box to teach ENGR1 students about different sensors that they do not learn about in ENGR1L. This Sensor Box was build using a ping sensor with LEDs, solenoids with SPDT switch, stepper motor with a potentiometer, a motion sensor with neo-pixel, temperature sensor, a joystick, an LCD screen, and a keypad. It works by pushing a number, from 1 to 6, with each number interacting with a designated sensor. Push asterisk (*) to go back to the main menu, and repeat the process. Read more.

Automatic Bee Door
The students looked to provide Kendal's Bees with the flexibility of controlling the hives through a device or with timed opening/ closing capabilities. Read more.

Shade Structure
The students designed a durable, cost-effective, safe, and aesthetically pleasing shade structure for Kids on Campus educational daycare facility. Read more.

Stadiometer
The students' project objective was to create an innovative, cost-effective design of a stadiometer for the Pediatric Wellness Group. Read more.

Food Cam
To minimize food waste at Santa Clara University, the team partnered with SCU's Center of Sustainability to create an idea called “SnapFood”. Read more.

Biogas Digester Prototype
The SCU Forge Garden called for a product that will exhibit sustainable cooking technology for its sustainability kitchen. Read more.

Solar Powered Live Stream
The team provided Kendal’s Bees with a power source for an in-hive camera located at the Redwood City Public Library. Read more.

Little Free Library
The students created a Little Free Library for Rocketship Mosaic Elementary and the surrounding community. Read more.

Off-Grid Living
Students partnered with Scott Hanson to build a Greenhouse system that connects technology used to monitor food conditions. Read more.

Energy Dashboard
The team added interactive features on the Center of Sustainability's energy dashboard to increase student engagement. Read more.

Biogas Digester
The team investigated the best combination of organic matter to put into the biogas digester at the Forge Garden. Read more.

Weather Station
The team worked with the Bronco Urban Gardens to design, construct, and install a weather station at Gardner Academy. Read more.

Live Stream Camera
The project team designed and implemented a live streaming system monitoring the inside of a beehive for Kendal's Bees. Read more.

Rainwater Harvesting System
The students designed a gutter system for Rocketship Mosaic Elementary School to harvest rainwater. Read more.

Updated Water Collection System
The students updated Forge Garden's water collection system by increasing storage capacity and collection speed. Read more.