Electronic Fill Valve for SMART Toilets

Fluidmaster Engineering, 2020–21

Liaison(s): Glenn Hudson ’07, Daniel McFarland
Advisor(s): Leah Mendelson
Students(s): Weston Miller (TL-S), Jimmy Fernandez (TL-F), Christina Chai, Jose Suarez, Diana Lin (S), Henry Morton (F), Dalton Ramirez (S)

Fluidmaster is the #1 seller of toilet fill valves and other toilet components. To remain competitive in the industry, they have been pursuing innovations in SMART toilet technology. To this end, the goal of the Fluidmaster Clinic project is to design an electronically controlled toilet fill valve. The team built a prototype that maintained the functionality of the valve while taking advantage of the electronic control to implement new fault detection functionalities.