Six engineering capstone projects this year had one big, bovine thing in common: they all focused on cows.
Specifically, dairy cows - and the practical applications of AI to improve their health and welfare while streamlining farm management.
The projects came about through a partnership with CATTLEytics, an agri-tech company that was founded by a McMaster Engineering grad and veterinarian Shari van de Pol.
CATTLEytics provided pre-approved capstone projects that students could sign up for at the start of the year. Van de Pol said they expected one group, maybe two. Instead, they got six.
