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Capstone Project: A Cloud-based Backend Server for an Automated Bicycle Rental System (6 page paper)

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Conference

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Location

Penn State University - Berks Campus - Reading, Pennsylvania

Publication Date

October 6, 2017

Start Date

October 6, 2017

End Date

October 7, 2017

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Page Count

8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--29368

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https://peer.asee.org/29368

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Thuong N Nguyen York College of Pennsylvania

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Thuong grew up in Vietnam, came to the USA as an international student. She received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from York College of Pennsylvania in 2016.
She received an A.S. in Engineering and an AAS in Computer Aided Draft and Design from
Harford Community College in 2012. Her interests include mobile applications, web development, internet of thing (IOT) and mobile wearable technologies.

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Justin Reichner

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Grew up in the small town of Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Studied engineering at York College of Pennsylvania and graduated in December 2016 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in computer engineering. Member of Alpha Chi National Honor society. Enjoys working with web based applications, and just coding in general.

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James Moscola York College of Pennsylvania

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James Moscola is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. He received a B.S. in Physical Science from Muhlenberg College in 2000, a B.S. in Computer Engineering, a M.S. in Computer Science, and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 2001, 2003, and 2008 respectively. His interests include reconfigurable architectures and embedded systems.

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Kala Meah York College of Pennsylvania

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Kala Meah received the B.Sc. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1998, the M.Sc. degree from South Dakota State University in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wyoming in 2007, all in Electrical Engineering. From 1998 to 2000, he worked for several power companies in Bangladesh. Currently, Dr. Meah is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program, Department of Engineering and Computer Science, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, USA. His research interest includes electrical power, HVDC transmission, renewable energy applications, energy conversion, and engineering education.

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Abstract

Automated bicycle rental systems have become an increasingly popular form of public transportation in cities and on campuses. As a senior capstone project at York College of Pennsylvania, 19 engineering students across three disciplines; computer engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering; designed and built a working Automated Bicycle Rental System (ABRS) for use by the college community. The ABRS project is designed to support multiple rental kiosks, and a multitude of bicycles, each with an embedded GPS tracking device. Each rental kiosks and GPS tracking device communicates with a common backend server to provide status updates on system health, bicycle availability, as well as rental transaction information. The backend server maintains this information and provides both an end user and administrative user interface for interacting with the system. This paper presents the design and implementation of the cloud-based backend server for the ABRS project.

Nguyen, T. N., & Reichner, J., & Moscola, J., & Meah, K. (2017, October), Capstone Project: A Cloud-based Backend Server for an Automated Bicycle Rental System (6 page paper) Paper presented at 2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference, Penn State University - Berks Campus - Reading, Pennsylvania. 10.18260/1-2--29368

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