Downey, B. S., & Middleton, A., & Timmerman, J., & Hendricks, T., & Tallet, A. (2025, March), Office Message Board  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE North Central Section  (NCS) Annual Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--54680

\bibitem{asee_peer_54680}
  Downey, B. S., \& Middleton, A., \& Timmerman, J., \& Hendricks, T., \& Tallet, A. (2025, March), \emph{Office Message Board}
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE North Central Section  (NCS) Annual Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia.
  10.18260/1-2--54680

Brian Scott Downey, Anthony Middleton, Jared Timmerman, Teagan Hendricks, and Aiden Tallet.  "Office Message Board".  2025 ASEE North Central Section  (NCS) Annual Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 2025, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/54680 Internet.  17 Jul, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_54680}
  Brian Scott Downey, Anthony Middleton, Jared Timmerman, Teagan Hendricks, and Aiden Tallet.
  "Office Message Board".
  \emph{2025 ASEE North Central Section  (NCS) Annual Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 2025, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/54680 Internet.  17 Jul, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This capstone aims to provide faculty at ONU with an efficient tool to communicate changes in availability to students. Changes in availability can cause confusion between students and faculty. Our design will provide students with up-to-date information on their professors' whereabouts, letting them know when their professors are in their offices, at meetings, teaching classes, or unavailable. 

Stakeholders for this project include the client, Dr. Estell, who requests an efficient way to simplify and streamline office message boards. The ONU faculty are also a stakeholder, as they will use the product to update students on their availability. Students are another primary stakeholder, as they need a user-friendly, accessible method to view professors' office information. Another stakeholder is the IT department, as they will play a role by providing necessary network access if the design involves internet connectivity. Lastly, the university administration provides funding and supplies. 

The design constraints and evaluation metrics were determined through ideation and the use of surveys that we created for some of our stakeholders, including faculty and students. The major constraints that were determined are price, size, security, and remote configurability. Based on the survey, remote configurability was very important to the faculty members, so our design will allow faculty to update their locations remotely and in real-time through a web interface. The major evaluation metrics include price, power consumption, and usability. The decision to include each of these metrics was based on the stakeholders and their needs.

Possible solutions have been proposed as ways that faculty can communicate with students. The first design concept is centered around an LED display system with pre-programmed switches that provide basic status responses, such as "In Class," "In a Meeting," "Off Campus," and more. This design is very basic and cannot alter the output remotely. The second design concept revolves around an E-Ink display that can be updated via Bluetooth or a connected keyboard, powered by a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, which includes an integrated Bluetooth module. This design is more complex and has the potential to be updated wirelessly. The third design concept features an LCD screen that can be wirelessly updated using either a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ or an Arduino Nano 33 IoT, providing flexibility in hardware options. This design will allow the faculty members to update their devices wirelessly through a web interface. The display will be clear and readable to the students, while also being able to be updated quickly. All of the design concepts will need to have a housing compartment. The housing device will be designed to be 3D printed using PLA filament.

After considering the information from our surveys, research, constraints, and metrics, our team found that our third design concept would satisfy the needs of the client and stakeholders the best. With this decision made, we further developed other aspects of the design such as the website layout, screen sleep cost options, dimension specifications, manufacturing details, database information, and more. After all these decisions were made, we have the designs for a product that will adequately meet the needs of our clients and stakeholders at a cost of $151.45 per unit.
AU  - Brian Scott Downey
AU  - Anthony Middleton
AU  - Jared Timmerman
AU  - Teagan Hendricks
AU  - Aiden Tallet
CY  - Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
DA  - 2025/03/28
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Office Message Board
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--54680
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