During our specification and requirement development, we were struggling to realize how the Florida Department of Transportation(FDOT) was going to use our Alert system. Today, that changed, we finally met with our liaison and we were able to clarify a lot of our requirements and specifications. We found out that our alert system will be mainly used for road maintenance operations instead of on interstate highways because FDOT puts more permanent barricades to prevent the workers from traffic accidents. With this clarity, we can move forward with confidence to ideate potential solutions.
This week our team spent time working on idea generation and this involved using various techniques such as semantic Intuition.
Through this we got a better understanding of the stakeholders involved in this project. After this the next step for our team was having a firm grasp of the requirements of our project. Then we needed to figure out how we know when we have met these requirements and this meant turning these requirements into numbers and that is what we started doing this week. Through some preliminary research we have some rough numbers but will have to take more time to get the data we need to have exact specifications. Our team is excited to work on this project and make it a success in the coming weeks.
We are Road Response, an Integrated Product & Process Design team from the University of Florida working alongside the Florida Department of Transportation. We are composed of 3 computer scientists, 2 computer engineers, and 2 electrical engineers. Together with the help of our coach Dr. Rui Guo and our liaison engineers at FDOT, we aim to deliver a protype of a vehicle intrusion alert system to prevent road work accidents.
Our Team
Nicholas Wilkie
Nic is a senior Computer Science major. He is our current Team Leader.
Colin Clark
Colin is a senior Computer Science major. He is our Research Librarian.
Alanis Rivera-Narvaez
Alanis is a senior Computer Science major. Her focus area is cybersecurity, and her previous experience in industry includes reverse engineering, offensive tool development, and penetration testing. She is our Meeting Facilitator.
Dylan Goldfarb
Dylan is a senior Electrical Engineering major. He is our Meeting Scribe.
Hesadu “Sam” Thanthirige
Sam is a senior Electrical Engineering major. He is our Finance and Travel Coordinator.
Harry Zarcadoolas
Harry is a senior Computer Engineering major. He is our Poster Coordinator and Template Manager.
Justin Schverak
Justin is a senior Computer Engineering major. He is our Timekeeper.
