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updated February 23, 2010
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Rose-Hulman Students Help Businesses
Expand
Computer Technology Options
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology senior computer science and software
engineering students have developed computer technology that will help
high school student learning, solve problems for national business
clients and further expand iPhone technology.
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Explaining Technology: Timothy Marriner (left), senior software
engineering major, explains technical aspects of his iPhone project to
Senior Projects Expo guests Carla McFarland and John Green. |
These projects were featured at the Department of Computer Science &
Software Engineering’s Senior Projects Expo earlier this month on
campus. A total of 33 students have worked on eight projects this school
year. The projects will be finalized and technical documentation
provided during the spring quarter.
This year's projects included:
Project HiSchool: A five-student team has developed educational games
and simulations to promote and enhance student learning. The games were
developed for Gene Schaul, advanced mathematics teacher at Maquoketa
High School in Maquoketa, Iowa. The Rose-Hulman team’s leader, Tyler
Gonnsen, is a graduate of Maquoketa High School –- making this project
even more special. There are multiple features to this project,
including development of a professional distribution and educational
communication channel that is designed with students, educators and
developers in mind; a game development suite that assists non-technical
users in creating interactive content; and a computer software
infrastructure that supports the game development suite. This has
created a comprehensive and cohesive system that will aid developers and
educators in increasing and enhancing student learning. Assisting
Gonnsen on the project were Ryan Parnas, Logan Price, Steven Stark and
Israel Wilson.
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Helping Learning: Developing Project HiSchool, which provides
educational games and simulations to enhance student learning, were
(from left) Israel Wilson, Ryan Parnas, Logan Price and Tyler Gonnsen.
Missing from photo is Steven Stark. |
Helping Local Company Expand Services: Stage Logic Product Group, Inc.,
of Terre Haute wants to expand into the video projection aspect of
technical theater. A student team has developed a computer system that
provides seamless control over all the video aspects of a large-scale
show. Features include controlling multiple projection engines at once
to create one larger image using effects such as live video and still
images, cross fading between images and video, playing video loops, and
supporting multiple file formats. Stage Logic is a developer and
marketer of innovative intelligent communications and control networks
for the entertainment industry. Bradley Wehmeier is the team leader,
being assisted by Paul Banister, Matthew Luke and Patrick Nowicki.
Ticketing System: 403 Labs of Chicago requested a team to develop a
support ticketing system that allows the company to better assist its
clients. The system focuses on making it easy for customers to submit
and view the status of their projects and allow quick, yet
comprehensive, responses for employees. Additionally, the company also
wanted features to allow the tracking of tickets. Leading the project
was Stephen Hauser. Other team members included Mitch Garvin, Mark Grandjean and Chris Price.
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On Display: Senior software engineering major Michael Jones (right)
answers questions from persons attending the Department of Computer
Science and Software Engineering's recent Senior Projects Expo. Jones
helped a team design an iPhone application for an international business
client. |
Learning About iPhone Technology: Two student teams have expanded
aspects of iPhone technology to help clients develop exciting new
applications. The specific projects and client couldn't be discussed at
the Expo, but students discussed how their knowledge of iPhone
application development has been expanded. Students working on the
projects have been James Gahn, Michael Jones, Timothy Marriner,
Alexander Packard, Drew Paine, Nathaniel Sickler, Benjamin Smith and
Robert Williamson.
Exploring New Technology: LIDAR is a new technology that is gaining
popularity in the military and more recently in the private sector for
use in 3D surveying of landscapes.
The four dimensional data sets that
result from this surveying are extremely large and nearly impossible for
use in mobile computing applications. A student team worked with
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory to research
new ways to compress the data into usable forms. This project is part of
Rose-Hulman’s new area of senior research experience within the computer
science and software engineering program. Christopher Routh led the
student research, with assistance from Matthew Iverson, Gregory Jackson
and David Loughry.
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Happy With Project: Designing new technology to compress data from 3D
images of landscape surveys was the team that featured (from left) David Loughry, Christopher Routh,
Matthew Iverson and Gregory Jackson. |
Software Localization System: Four students have helped The Omni Group
of Seattle, Wash., develop a software localization system that allows
Mac software developers to upload their products and volunteers can
perform, rate and submit localizations of the uploaded software.
Developers can then download those resources and apply them to their
products. This volunteer localization service reduces management cost,
increases bandwidth (by increasing exposure) and stabilizes the quality
of volunteer localizations. Derek Hammer was the project's team leader.
Other members of the team were Caleb Allen, Chandler Kent and Kyle
Rhodes.
Rose-Hulman Intramural Scheduling Software: A team has developed a
software system to help Rose-Hulman’s Office of Intramurals schedule
events throughout the school year. Nearly 70 percent of Rose-Hulman
students participate in intramural activities. The system helps make
efficient use of recreational facilities, keeps track of activity
standings and tournament pairings, and provides valuable data about
levels of participation in each intramural activity. Team leader for the
project was Daniel Sabin, with assistance from Yannick Polius, Jared
Vanderford and John Zeiser.
This year's senior computer science and software engineering projects
were advised by Shawn Bohner, director of software engineering, and Curt
Clifton, assistant professor of computer science and software
engineering. Lynn Degler, department secretary, provided valuable
administrative assistance to the Senior Projects Expo.
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