Bumble bee tracking app places first at Software Engineering Design Symposium

Friday, March 23, 2018

Joint effort with Friends of the Earth Canada to support the Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count

Dinah Shi, John Salaveria and Luisa San Martin won first prize at the 2018 Software Engineering Capstone Design Symposium for their bumble bee tracking app. 

picture of bumble bee on flowerIn close collaboration with environmental non-profit Friends of the Earth Canada to support the Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count, the team of software engineering students developed an app to help Canadians track bumble bee populations.

The Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count aims to raise awareness about the importance and conservation of Canada’s species of bumble bees. Bumble bees are crucial pollinators that are particularly effective at pollinating wildflowers, fruits and vegetables, but their populations are unfortunately declining.

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