#### August 2021 - June 2022 ## Overview As their name suggests, CubeSats are small, cubic satellites that have grown in popularity lately to help solve problems or gather data that larger satellites would not be applicable for. The United States Department of Education sponsored a competition to find the best applications for these devices to better local communities. This competition was called CTE: Mission CubeSat. I was a national finalist in this competition and the lead engineer on my team.

## Technologies Used - **Arduino C++**: Programmed Arduino using Arduino IDE to interface with all sensors and communication devices - **Arduino**: Mounted an Arduino baseboard equipped with infrared camera, an SD card, and wireless communication device - **Base Station**: Used Bluetooth Low Energy to communicate results live with a laptop at a base station and cell phones following the balloon - **Esri ArcGIS Mapping**: Imported and visualized all data gathered by satellite to make it human-readable ## The Proposal My team's proposal was to use a CubeSat to survey homeless populations in high-risk wildfire areas and map them using Esri's ArcGIS mapping software. We flew our drone over the Hansen Dam Recreational Area in Pacoima, CA. This area was known to have a high density of homeless people, which matched our findings from our drone flight. You can read more about the project in its entirety at the attached links, and the map below represents the data we collected from our flight. You can click around and interact with everything on the map.