University Of Alabama In Huntsville: Electrical Engineering Student Design Team Creates Interactive Light Show

Huntsville AL

26 September, 2022

8:42 PM

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Press release from the University of Alabama in Huntsville: September 26, 2022 A student team from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, recently designed and deployed an interactive light show for visitors to the Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG). The installation was completed as part of a senior design project. The Light Show Design project was created by four UAH engineering students, including Team Lead Steven Byrd, Software Co-Leads Savannah Flaherty and Trey Thompson, as well as Hardware Lead Tristan McCarver. The project came about through a connection Byrd had through his position as the Lighting Design and Programming Manager at the Huntsville Botanical Garden. "Steven Byrd, the Chargin' RGBs Design Project Team Lead, currently works and was working in the position of Lighting Design and Programming Lead at the beginning of the semester," explains Dennis Hite, a senior lecturer in the UAH department of electrical and computer engineering. "Within this position, Steven supports all projects related to light shows at the Garden, including new technology additions to Galaxy of Lights. This press release was produced by the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The views expressed here are the author's own.