Hi there, and welcome to team 4’s blog post for the week of 9/13! This has been an extremely productive week for the team as we build on our understandings of the project FPL has given us and finalize important pieces of our team’s charter. This post will build on last week’s, introducing more about the team. Unfortunately, our logo will have to wait for next week’s post as we make revisions to our original, but you can expect it then!
Team Electric Eye
We are Electric Eye; a name derived from the purpose of our project, it describes how our system will look into an environment and detect potential hazards. What we build will act as another eye for FPL’s on-site workers to ensure their safety, and we feel the name Electric Eye perfectly represents this!
Team Coach | Dr. Amr Abd-Elrahman
Electric Eye’s coach for the year is Dr. Abd-Elrahman, a faculty member from UF’s Geomatics department. Dr. Abd-Elrahman’s degrees are primarily in Civil Engineering, though while getting his PhD from UF, he specialized in Geomatics. Dr. Abd-Elrahman also has a minor in Computer Science from UF! We are all very excited to get to work with and get guidance from him as we undertake this project. To learn more about Dr. Amr Abd-Elrahman, click here to see his profile on the UF-IFAS website.
Team Roles/Responsibilities
As a part of our team finalizing our charter, we established roles and responsibilities. Everyone chose their roles based on what they felt comfortable handling and what would work best for the team.
- Sebastian Valdes | Team Leader
- Kate Schwitz | Meeting Facilitator/Scribe
- Timothy Ortiz | Web/Blog Editor & Design Manager
- Joshua Thomas | Outreach/Research Cordinator
- Brian Nielsen | Project Facilitator
- Aryaan Verma | Dynamic Role Manager
Each role is important and will help us foster a great environment, allowing us to stay focused and provide our best efforts. Thank you for joining us on this adventure and we can’t wait to share more! (Below is a picture of the team!)
