User:Zack-12

I am a Computer Science student at Western University pursuing a Specialization in Computer Science with a minor in Data Science. I am interested in using software, data processing, and visualization to support sustainability, agriculture, and environmental research. Through my work at ICFAR, I became increasingly interested in how computing can improve research workflows and help make technical information easier to interpret and use.

During my summer role at ICFAR, I contributed to research-support activities involving plant maintenance, greenhouse monitoring, and daily data collection. My work included watering plants, monitoring environmental and system conditions, identifying and reporting operational issues, and collecting daily measurements such as water usage, pH, and nutrient levels for communication to the PhD researcher. This work gave me direct exposure to the practical side of research and the importance of accurate, organized data in supporting experimental analysis.

As I became more involved in the workflow, I developed a strong interest in contributing through software. I proposed and began developing a dashboard that could help make sensor and environmental data easier to understand by showing trends, temperatures, and summary statistics visually rather than relying only on manual review. I saw this as a way to support the research process by improving how technical information could be processed, reviewed, and communicated.

To support that goal, I worked on an agricultural sensor dashboard in Python. The system processes raw sensor logs, filters malformed rows, structures the data into tables, and presents it through an interactive dashboard. The application supports temperature and soil-moisture trend graphs, selectable time windows, summary statistics, customizable data tables, and downloadable filtered CSV output. This project strengthened my interest in using software, data processing, and visualization to support sustainability and agriculture-related research.

Links

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Zack-23/Dashboard
• Live Dashboard Demo: https://zack-23-dashboard-front-end-olofs4.streamlit.app