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The Sentinel

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The Sentinel      I wanted to share the work that me and my senior design team ( Ian Hunter, Tyler Morris, Christopher Kiener ) have been developing since the start of our senior year.      We have been working on a COVID-19 screening device capable of determining more accurately if the user might be infected with COVID-19 than conventional methods. The goal      The goal of the Sentinel is to give a tool to employers, schools, and other institutions to come back to something resembling normality.       We are using three different sensors to determine possible infection: Analyze temperature Blood oxygen levels Sense of smell to be able to give a more accurate result.       Like every project, we have had our ups and downs in the developing and manufacturing process. Last-minute changes and mistakes pushed tea

Engineering Student during the Covid-19 crisis

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As an ME student, being able to complete my junior year online was a challenging experience. When you become an upperclassman in college, at least in engineering, your normal classes become more real. Instead of taking history or English, I was taking manufacturing or mechatronics. This meant that all the school work was starting to be more like what I am going to be experiencing in real life. There was almost no homework, but the amount of workload was even more. It all translated into projects that we had to build and more hands-on tasks that would help us with the designing of products in the future. This was a really exciting experience while it lasted. It pushed our limits to something new that with the other subjects in college you would be okay with just googling or reading that part of the book. I would say that here is where the real engineering career begins. Working online with Fusion 360 All of a sudden, this global pandemic hits the human race. At first everything s