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Internet of Things- Waste Management and Urban Optimization

IOT 100
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Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
Instructor
3
Timeline
  • September 28, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 1, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 17, 2020
    Prototype Update Meeting
  • December 17, 2020
    Visual Presentations and Documentation Submission
  • December 17, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
1 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Information technology Communications
Skills
primary research data collection prototyping communication
Learner goals and capabilities

This project will occur in the student's third semester of study. They should be tasked with creating an IoT device to track and save data on various aspects of the waste management industry and urban resource management. The students will be asked to research your request and propose their solution. They will then build, code, and prototype their device. The final stage of the project will be the data collection phase, where the students will collect data that will be used for analysis.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
4 learners
Project
100 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The students will produce a working prototype as well as documentation for review. The collected data will also be made available to you. There is an additional opportunity for the project to be continued by other Saskatchewan Polytechnic programs to analyze the data further.

We hope the students will have the ability to relay any concerns or questions to you or a dedicated communications person. This is not a mandatory requirement but is considered ideal.

The focus of the project will be for the student to design an Internet of Things solution to a real-world need. The students will build, code, and fabricate a prototype. We expect them to submit a professional report, technical documentation, and prepare a visual presentation on their project.

Project timeline
  • September 28, 2020
    Experience start
  • October 1, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • October 17, 2020
    Prototype Update Meeting
  • December 17, 2020
    Visual Presentations and Documentation Submission
  • December 17, 2020
    Experience end
Project Examples

The Telecommunications Networking Technician program is an intensive 45-week certificate program offered full-time at Saskatchewan Polytechnic Regina Campus. It provides practical and analytical training in electronic and IP-based communications, basic computer networking, and Internet of Things solutions. The program emphasizes practical, hands-on training to solve real industry-related problems.

Over three semesters, the students safely install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair a wide range of communications equipment and computer-network cabling. They learn about various types of transport mediums and protocols that are relevant to current state-of-the-art technologies such as fibre optics, wireless communications, and Internet of Things devices. They design an Internet of Things solution to a real-world problem.

This will be the second year we have run this project. In the past, the students have worked on projects that detect waste bin levels, monitored parking stalls, and have automated camera systems that update social media feeds to show a parking lot or traffic congestion. Some examples of student projects are:

  • Garbage/Recycling bin tracking to create an optimal collection schedule.
  • Monitored parking spot status and overall parking duration data
  • Updated social media with photos of parking lots.
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide funding for additional hardware if the project scope requires it.