1. New Castle Design Associates Proposal for Insect Video Tracking Device September 24, 1998 Team 5 Sponsor: Keith Hopper, USDA & UD

2. Summary of Insect Video Tracking Device Team: 5 Members: Justin L. Combs, Raymond M. Foulk IV, Ryan S. McDonough, George H. Sapna III Customer: Keith Hopper (USDA and UD) Advisor: Dr. James Glancey Mission: Our mission is to design, construct, and refine an insect video tracking system for agricultural research that provides our customers with a creative, realistic and performance-based solution. Approach: Our strategy will be to gain an overall knowledge of the project as a whole and then to strive for a solution by researching, benchmarking, and defining the customer’s wants and constraints. Finally, using an iterative design synthesis process, our team will generate the best solution to satisfy our customers.

3. Background Effect of Pests on Agricultural Industry Beneficial Insects Aphelinus asychas Reproductive habits of Aphelinus asychas

4. Description of Problem Existing System Description Problems With Existing System Benefits of a new solution Primary Customer Agricultural Industry

5. Mission Statement Our mission is to design, refine and construct an insect video tracking system to be used with agricultural research, thus providing our customers with a creative, realistic and performance-based solution.

6. Customers Keith Hopper Agricultural Industry Entomologists Supermarket Industry Consumer Environment

7. Top Ten Wants Further Knowledge Of Insect Habits Insect Tracking Over 1 m 2 Area Increase Food Production Inexpensive Food Better Quality Food Refined Pest Control New Tool For Tracking Insects Utilize Existing Equipment Reduce Use of Pesticides Easily Expandable Device

8. Constraints Complete By End Of School Year Budget: Several Thousand Dollars Tracking Area: 1 Square Meter Two Dimensional Tracking System Work Area: Stearns Lab

9. Benchmarking Existing Video Tracking System NASA Vertical Spin Tunnel Biorobotic Vision Group DARPA Image Understanding Program Semi-Automated Film/Video System CAD Plotter PC Mouse

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