Vectora

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  Web app

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  Rocket_grah

Inspiration

As an undergraduate aerospace engineering student in Ghana with limited practical activities, my course mates and I mostly have to conceptualize our studies and imagine how they would work in reality, which stumps accelerated learning and practical understanding. This project serves as a way to bridge concepts and reality to enhance understanding in students.

What it does

The web app accepts inputs like mass and velocity and creates a graph of how parameters change with respect to time and other specified parameters with reference to real-life situations like a moving rocket or a car.

How we built it

Vectora was built with Python and JavaScript. Python handles the mathematical functions and the backend, becoming the backbone of the whole project. JavaScript, together with React, acted as the bridge between the backend and the user by using simple UI designs.

Challenges we ran into

As a solo participant, it was difficult to work on the backend and front end, switching between terminals and debugging code in Python and JavaScript

Hosting on two different sites was challenging because of identifying breaks in codes

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully hosting the web app on Render and Netlify Completing the web app Making a difference in the way students can learn

What we learned

I have learnt about building under pressure and finding solutions to real-life problems nobody talks about

What's next for Vectora

Better simulations by introducing 3D models Thought boxes to share opinions and spread knowledge Improved codes for fast execution and scalability.

Built With

• flask
• javascript
• matplotlib
• python
• react