Real solution concept visual from the VeriSmart final presentation.
The problem
Visibility arrives too late.
Facilities often rely on complaint forms or manual reporting to discover broken equipment, spills, trash, cleanliness issues, and safety hazards.
The team framed a product question: How can facilities teams gain real-time visibility into these problems before they become larger issues?
The solution
Turn existing infrastructure into an active facilities signal.
VeriSmart is designed to reuse existing campus cameras and IoT devices where possible. Edge computer vision identifies an issue, event information travels through the connected system, and the appropriate team receives an actionable ticket.
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Existing cameras / IoT sensors
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Edge computer vision
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Verizon private 5G
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Event detection
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Cloud / campus dashboard
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Automatic ticket to relevant team
Product experience
From detection to a clear next action.
When an issue is detected with high confidence, the concept packages the event information so a facilities team can understand and route it.
Issue detection
Location
Timestamp
Issue type
Image or event recording
Automated routing / ticket creation
My role
Leadership across product, coordination, and execution.
I played a major role across the collaborative project without working as its sole creator.
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Brought together a cross-functional team of students from different majors.
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Led much of the overall project direction and coordination.
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Helped develop and refine the VeriSmart product concept and solution.
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Co-developed the project website with one teammate.
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Contributed to planning and producing the competition submission video.
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Worked across multiple parts of the project rather than owning only one isolated task.
Product strategy
Start focused, measure value, then expand.
Pilot
Start in high-traffic areas where issue visibility and response matter most.
Measurement
Track time-to-fix and other operational outcomes to evaluate whether the solution creates value.
Scalability
Extend the concept beyond campuses to offices, hospitals, retail environments, and smart cities.
Verizon technology
The connectivity layer behind the concept.
Private 5G and IoT connectivity support reliable transfer of detected events. The edge processing / MEC concept places analysis closer to where data is created, helping the system move useful event information into a campus dashboard.
System architecture from the final presentation.
Competitive thinking
Understanding the existing market.
The team compared VeriSmart with existing computer-vision and security platforms across the capabilities shown in the final presentation.
Privacy & security
Part of the product conversation.
The team considered privacy and security in the concept and included the topic in the final presentation, without treating it as an afterthought.
