Streamkeepers Fish Count

We’ve made progress this week towards finishing the prototype fish counter. There was a delay last week due to electronic difficulties that could not be remedied until this week due to UBC’s reading break, which precluded our access to the civil shop. These problems included adjusting the sensors to ensure that they will work around […]

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For this week, construction is well underway. Our team has been working in parallel to finalize the electrical system and the mounting system. With Scott Jackson’s assistance, we have completed the counter mechanism and are ready to implement it in the Capilano Trough. We’ve also constructed a mounting system to hold the counter and pipe […]

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This week, our group continued with the design of the electrical system. Under Scott Jackson’s supervision, we were able to construct a prototype counting system consisting of a photosensor epoxied to a clear pipe and attached to an electrical circuit constructed on a breadboard. This circuit was nearly identical to the one in the original […]

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This week, the focus of our group project was on crafting a design for the electrical system. The push for this direction came from our meeting with Joel Atwater, our group mentor, last Friday.   Under his guidance, as a group we were able to set the design parameters for the electrical system, the housing […]

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This week, our CSL group has taken several steps forward in defining the project criteria, including both negotiable and non-negotiable constraints, as well as the initial work schedule.   We began the week with a group meeting to discuss questions we had for our client as well as for Dr. Nesbit, the CSL coordinator. Our […]

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  You can chronicle your CSL team’s weekly accomplishments as you move toward the successful completion of your project.

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