Team

After our meeting with Professor Gloria Chang, we decided to make a small pivot to our overall approach. For our MVP, we are now focusing on a stationary device placed at the beginning of a vineyard row. This allows us to concentrate on refining the device itself and validating its accuracy before expanding to a drone or other mobile platforms. Additionally, the multispectral band sensors we initially planned to use are outside our current budget, so we are exploring alternative sensing options.

Individual

Ines

After our meeting with Professor Chang, I did additional research on sensor options and data processing methods. I also compiled a list of contacts we need to reach out to and am currently revising the abstract to ensure it reflects all the feedback we have received from faculty. In parallel, Sanjana and I have been preparing our presentation for Sunday.

Interesting research paper: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10948775 

Sanjana

This week I completed a lot of the work required to craft our initial proposal. I did research on already existing products in the market to see what other competitors are doing in order to understand what will make our project different and better. I also collaborated with my team to gather a couple of customer contacts including vineyards in the surrounding Pittsburgh area. We reached out to these vineyards to set up meetings and have a meeting set for Sunday, February 1 with Ines’s dad who is a vineyard owner in California. From this meeting we are hoping to get a better understanding of farmers’ needs and how we can best cater our product for them. I also worked on our proposal presentation, especially on crafting our use case requirements based on research and conversations with my teammates. We are almost done with the presentation at this point and I am preparing to be the representative for the team who will present our proposal next week.

Miffy

After our meeting with Professor Chang, I participated in the discussion about refining our project scope and software design for the MVP.  I also worked on setting up and building the project website, including organizing the project overview, categories, and weekly status reports so that our progress is clearly documented. In addition, I helped review feedback from faculty and made sure our updated direction is reflected consistently across the project materials.