Whose Hoo?

Billy Reed

Billy was responsible for the design and assembly of the PCB. He also worked on the audio capture development and bird detection at the feeder. He helped with initial audio testing, filtering and implementation in the identification process.

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Jared Malone

Jared was the design lead for the embedded bird feeder and handled logistical duties between the team and the advising staff. He programmed the BeagleBone Black within the feeder that handles all of the data acquisition and automated functionality that the project required. Jared also designed and 3D printed the feeder.

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Michael Winters

Michael was the desktop application lead. He wrote code for much of the GUI and the generation of graphs and charts, as well as the automated bird image lookup for the "Top 5 Birds" chart.

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Orion McLain

Orion was responsible for automating the inter-device connectivity, as well as configuring our use of BirdNET Analyzer and maintaining the project budget. His father is an ornithologist and was highly useful in confirming the validity of our identifications and tuning our identification parameters. Orion deployed the feeder in the backyard of his off-campus Amherst house to gather our bird audio and image data.

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