Carlos Lopez, Wyatt Damon, & Dr. Bahareh Abbasi
Flooding has impacted the lives of many, whether it be through physical damage, emotional struggle, or financial burden. Current mechanisms that intend to rectify the effects of flooding are either unattainable to the average consumer, or only serve as temporary solutions that are not viable long term. Our proposed project, D.A.A.M. intends to be a viable solution to this problem that frequents the residents of the local area, and a product that alleviates the struggle of coming across reliable flooding prevention. D.A.A.M. intends to provide a self-sustaining (reliably long term), affordable (lower price tag), and user-friendly (easy to install and use) solution to imminent flooding prevention.
D.A.A.M., the Defensive Anti-Aquatic Action Mechanism, aims to be a solution to local flooding damages and unpredictable weather conditions. By providing a barrier that can keep water out of the user’s properties. This mechanism is an automated mechatronics system that detects water levels near a residence through its water sensor and camera. Data from these sensors will be interpreted and command the motor to either: turn on and engage a rack and pinion actuator holding the barrier, or turn off and remain in standby mode. The states of each of these three sensors will be stored into the system’s microcontroller, parsing the information through a bluetooth module that allows the user to access it via smartphone application.