Does it count as a side project if I have been in grad school full time while I proposed and developed this application?: Environmental flow monitoring applica

Does it count as a side project if I have been in grad school full time while I proposed and developed this application?: Environmental flow monitoring application: https://dkhydrotech.com/entry/11/ https://dkhydrotech.com/entry/11/. I wish I could share more info / visuals but alas.