Jacob Prochnow's Profile
- Member for:
7 years 1 month - Institution:
Michigan Technological University
Biography
Hi! My name is Jacob Prochnow and I am a member of the SmartBoard project team through the BoardSport Technologies Enterprise. I am a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science engineering. This is my fourth year within the enterprise and this project is in it's first semester of development. This project is important to me because it combines three things I love: snowboarding, engineering, and graduating (yes this is our senior design project so this is used towards graduation :p). Although my majors are ME and MSE, I have also taken on the software side of the project, in order to get the electronics involved to properly work. In addition to actively being involved on the E-Board of the BST Enterprise, I am also on the men's varsity tennis team here at Michigan Tech.
Jacob's research projects
While snowboarding in the back-country, avalanches become a potential danger to a snowboard rider. If caught in an avalanche, the rider will be buried and could be lost for hours (leading to the likely possibility of death). Therefore, the SmartBoard will have two different ways to track the individual if they get lost during their riding experience: GPS and REECO location.
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