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SmALL mAmmAL GpS TRACkER
Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Program
CLASS
ENGR 498A/B
SpoNSoR
Dr. Michael Marcellin
Dr. Kathleen Melde
SpoNSoR mENToR/ADVISoR
Dr. Kathleen Melde
pRoJECT mENToR
Ivar Sanders
TEAm mEmBERS
Ruben Sanchez (EMG)
Martin Velazquez (SE)
Jared Fowler (IE)
Jon Austin (EE)
Kathy Estrada (EE)
Robyn Mohr (EE)
EE = Electrical Engineering
EMG = Engineering Management
IE = Industrial Engineering
SE = Systems Engineering
TEAm 4918: pRoJECT SummARY
The overall goal of the project is
to design a GPS location system
for the tracking of small animals
in a remote forested region. The
system includes two parts: a
small collar with GPS receiver and
VHF transmitter and a portable
receiver for data retrieval. The
design challenge lies in creating
an antenna capable of being
embedded in a small wearable
collar. The ultimate goal is to size these on a golden lion tamarin, a small primate
on the endangered species list. The system must be safe and durable, easily
reproducible by others, inexpensive, and portable. The collar must retrieve GPS
signals and then transmit them to the receiver at 153 MHz. At the end of the senior
project, we hope to deliver one system with three working collars to the National Zoo
in Washington, D.C.