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Emergency Exit Detector
Team Members:
Leonardo Mascarenhas, EE '07
Ernald Nicolas, EE '07
Krystina Pysz, EE '07
David Vega, EE '07
Team Faculty Advisor: Professor Patrick Kelly
Project Summary
Fire codes strictly require multiple stairwells within every high-rise
building. Such was the case with the Twin
Towers
up through the events of September
11, 2001. On that day, the aircraft impact blocked two
staircases in one of the towers, but stairwell A was entirely intact,
although dark and smoke-filled. Only a few individuals, however, took
advantage of this third stairway while many lost their lives on the upper
floors. After being advised by someone else that they were heading to a
floor with fire, and not wanting to take the risk, one group reversed its
descent down the stairwell. Our proposed solution in averting such
misfortune is an electronic system to gather information on stairwell
integrity, process the data, and relay warnings to building occupants.
As a prominent cause of blockage, our system would focus on sensing the
presence of fire within possible escape routes.
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