Fall 2018
ISEN 460
INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING – CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN
Course Contact: Col (Ret.) José Vazquez
- Test New User Interface Model for Tolling Application: Evaluate and test a disruptive smartphone application using sophisticated geofencing in the application to a tolling environment.
- Analysis of Impacts on Fuel Use/Economy: Establish a mathematical model to show what factors impact fuel economy for a company with a nationwide truck fleet and prepare a virtual (predicted) model for driver performance.
- Optimal Routes for Autonomous Vehicles: Examine a large data set of roadway characteristics from a commercial provider, determine what factors influence AV operations and behavior, and, prepare a robust methodology to replicate this study in locations across the country.
- Acceptance and Intent to Use Self-Driving Vehicles on the A&M Campus: Through a survey methodology, develop a detailed insight into the acceptance and intent to use of connected and automated vehicles on the Texas A&M campus. These results will be compared to national results to see if there are generational and/or locational differences.
- Optimal TAMU Transit Route For Electric Busses: Combine an understanding of electric bus operations, examine and TAMU transit routes (both on-, and off-campus), to develop a recommendation for the first TAMU routes where an electric bus could be implemented. .
- Optimal TAMU Recharging Facility For Electric Busses: this project will develop the fundamental concepts of an electric bus charging infrastructure at TAMU, including locations, size, layout, charging options and more.
- IIRRB Evaluation: Phase 2: Evaluate the imacpts on safety and driver awareness from a set of internally illuminated roadway reflective beacons at a busy multi-nodal intersection on campus
CSCE 606
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING –GRADUATE COURSES
Course Contact: Dr. Duncan M. (Hank) Walker
- TAMUber Student: Design the user interface for the shuttle call app allowing for the upload of class schedules, scheduling in advance, and modern software design principles.
- TAMUber Safety Driver: Design the user interface for the shuttle safety driver, including information on route reports, conditions necessitating a route change, passenger information and more.
- TAMUber Vehicle Operations: Design the user interface and background database for overall administration and status of the shuttle system, including routes, reporting statistics, aggregate passenger information, etc.
Spring 2018
ISEN 460
INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING – CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN
Course Contact: Col (Ret.) José Vazquez
- Dynamic Replacement Cycle Analysis of Fleet Vehicles: Determine the optimal replacement cycle timing for fleet vehicles based on individual department parameters of fuel usage, mileage, etc.
- Infrastructure Enabled Autonomy (IEA) – RSU Configuration Optimization: Examine different scenario costs of roadside equipment placement to support the concept of infrastructure enabled autonomy, where the infrastructure provides situational awareness to an autonomous vehicle.
- Infrastructure Enabled Autonomy (IEA) – Safety Requirements: Examine the safety results of implementing infrastructure enabled autonomy, where the infrastructures provides situational awareness to an autonomous vehicle.
- Infrastructure Enabled Autonomy (IEA) – Data Communication: Examine different communication strategies that could be used to support the concept of infrastructure enabled autonomy, where the infrastructure provides situational awareness to an autonomous vehicle.
- Campus Parking Garage Technology Implementation Assistance: Envision the parking structure of the future from a technology and application standpoint and how these technologies and facility attributes fit into the overall goals of greener, more sustainable campus.
- Autonomous Shuttle Remote Stop Capability: Develop the system requirements to implement an emergency stop capability under various emergency scenarios for the TAMU MEEN autonomous shuttle.
- Autonomous Shuttle Route Planning Algorithm: Examine the most prevalent A-B routing algorithms and determine which are most applicable to the TAMU MEEN shuttle development that can, and may even be prioritized to, drive on sidewalks and paths in addition to roadways.
- Autonomous Shuttle Seating and Interaction Redesign: Redesign the in-vehicle seating arrangement of the TAMU MEEN autonomous shuttle for different configurations, including wheelchair access, optimal seating, optimal passenger comfort, etc.
- Detailed Use Case ‘Dialogue’ for Supporting Passenger Communications to Occupants on the TAMU Autonomous Shuttle: Develop the system requirements to implement all aspects of passenger communication to the TAMU MEEN autonomous shuttle, accounting for passengers with a loss of hearing, vision, speech and movement.
- Continuation of the I-35 End-of-Queue Analysis: A continued, and deeper dive, into the Fall 2017 project team data analytics of work zone performance data to enhance the model used for estimating queueing and delay across the I-35 central Texas corridor.
- Analysis of Next Generation Tolling Technology: Beta test enhanced application (from spring 2017) for smartphone based tolling as well as examine application to tagless parking for TAMU.
- Evaluation of Stop Bar Internally Illuminated Reflective Roadway Beacons: In-field evaluation of the effectiveness of internally illuminated reflective roadway beacons (IIRB) installed at the stop bars of the 3-way on-campus intersection of Penberthy and Kimbrough.
- Evaluation of Crosswalk Internally Illuminated Reflective Roadway Beacons: In-field evaluation of the effectiveness of internally illuminated reflective roadway beacons (IIRB) installed at the crosswalk in front of the Physical Education Activity Program (PEAP) building on Penberthy.
MEEN 401
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN
Course Contact: Dr. Srikanth Saripalli
- Wheelchair Ramp Design for Low-Speed Autonomous Shuttle: Easy access design for paratransit accessibility (e.g. wheelchair ramps) for future shuttle platform using Yamaha chassis base with multiple configuration options – continuation from Fall 2017.
- Driving Interface Redesign for Low-speed Autonomous Shuttle: Redesign driving interface for future shuttle platform including braking, steering, and throttle controls for enhanced performance – continuation from Fall 2017.
CSCE 431
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING – CAPSTONE SENIOR DESIGN
Course Contact: Dr. Philip Ritchey
- TAMUber Student: Wireframe Design: Design the user interface for the shuttle call app allowing for the upload of class schedules, scheduling in advance, and modern software design principles.
- TAMUber Safety Driver: Wireframe Design: Design the user interface for the shuttle safety driver, including information on route reports, conditions necessitating a route change, passenger information and more.
- TAMUber Vehicle Operations: Wireframe Design: Design the user interface and background database for overall administration and status of the shuttle system, including routes, reporting statistics, aggregate passenger information, etc.