Industry Sponsored Senior Design Projects
Smart Acoustic Monitoring System
NASA
With the number of drones expected to increase exponentially in the coming years, there is also expected a
large increase in noise annoyance. NASA has been using ground-based microphones to measure and quantify
drone noise. To do this, arrays with more than 100 microphones were laid out over an area of several football
fields. Students in 2016-2017 succesfully built an autonomous rover to lay out microphone arrays. This years’
students built on the platform by including environmental hardening, improved operation, environmental
monitoring, and more.
Team Members: Ethan Mernin, Dominique Dahl, Anika Peterson, Tyler Jones, Brendan Walsh,
Tobias Matthias Peichl, Luke Grant
Advisor: Christian James
The Challenge
Incorporate additional features into previously
designed autonomous land vehicle.
The Goals
Plate deployment : > 20 plates/hour
Plate temperature
measurement accuracy : +/- 1 degree
Waterproof rating : IP65
Rover battery life : > 6 hours
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I’m inspired by the
potential to have a real
effect on the industry
while still in school.
Luke Grant