Project Origins
Our Mission
The Plants Project is a website that aims to provide users with information about plants and their origins. Our goal is to educate users about the importance of plants and how they contribute to the environment.
The Plants Team is a group of students from the Universtiy of Maryland CMSC435 class. The Plants team seeks to increase connections to the University of Maryland (UMD) landscape and foster an appreciation for the biodiversity living on campus by sharing the stories plants have to tell through location-aware technology that provides education on where plants live. These connections will encourage people to get out and explore campus and enrich their understanding of what they are missing in their surroundings while they go from one place to another. In collaboration with our stakeholders, we plan to create a product to scale and survive in the ever-changing landscape around the university. The team aims to produce a user experience that is educational and interactive in nature, encouraging users to want to learn about their environment.
Our Developers
Alex Plisov
A senior Computer Science major and Russian minor. This summer I will be working with Professor Gasarch on NIM games and developing an AI model to play against.
Parker Homann
Hello! I am a junior Computer Science and Statistics Dual degree with a concentration in Data Science. This summer I will be working for Asurion as a Software Engineer at their Sterling location. After graduation I will be staying at UMD to get my masters in Information Systems!
Tom Dai
There may or may not be a secret tree hidden somewhere in Iribe.
Jason L
I'm Jason Liao. A CS student planning to go into graduate school after graduation. I'm planning to go into either UIUC, USC, Cornell, or UPenn.
Steven Berit
Hey, it's Steven!
Jimmy Reeves
Jimmy's favorite food is orange chicken from Panda Express. He eats it 4 times a week. After graduation (May '24) he is going into the software engineering world. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jreeves4/
Yana Naman
Originally from New Jersey! (Yes, I used to have a really thick Jersey accent). Planning on going into cybersecurity post graduation (May ’25).
Our Clients
Maile Neel
Dr. Maile Neel is Professor in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture and Department of Entomology. Her research assesses best practices for conserving native plants in the ecosystems of which they are a part. Most commonly she uses genetic data to understand how human changes have affected resilience by altering population sizes, reproduction, and dispersal. Working at the interface of art and science, she explores and teaches other about using dyes from plants on fiber and other artistic media. Although most passionate about natural ecosystems, she loves any landscape filled with plants and wants others to see more than a green blur as they hurry through their day. She is shown here with an indigo harvest from the Wye Research and Education Center.