Information Technology

Team Name

Technocrats

Team Members

Alex Garnica
Luis Plascencia
Jared Quintana
Jason Waites

Internal Sponsors/Mentors

Dr. David Keathly
Melanie Dewey

Abstract

The purpose of the CSE kiosk is to provide student visitors with help on various topics. It saves time for both the student, who can get help immediately, and the staff, who are only notified when they can help a student.
The main functions of the kiosk are to display information, email information to the student, or send a notification to a staff member.

Team Members

Michael Dennis
Nadia Kanwal Khan
Adan Contreras
Buchi Diai
Leiton King

External Sponsor/Mentor

Justin Dews

Internal Sponsor/Mentor

Dr. David Keathly

Abstract

Our team, TeamTech, is developing a solution to integrate multiple administration systems into a single web application, focusing on technician productivity and ease of use. The plan is to use APIs to display, record, and manage data from ConnectWise, Office 365 Admin.

The Client, TechVera, uses a program called ConnectWise to manage 75% of their business. It is slow, cumbersome, and deeply rooted in the entire business. TechVerais growing and is looking for a way to maximize the productivity of their engineers by spending less time navigating through a UI, and more time solving their client’s problems.

Our team’s goal is to eliminate the need to use ConnectWise & 365 Admin for Tier 1 help desk technicians.

Team Members

Andrew Adkins
Terrance Jackson
Peter Neal
Brett Piatek

External Sponsors/Mentors

Dr. Diana Bergeman
Dr. Barrett Bryant
Jim Halpert

Internal Sponsor/Mentor

Dr. David Keathly

Abstract

OnTaskis a task management / shared planner web application built to create, sort, and manage tasks within an office environment. OnTaskis fast and efficient with an emphasis on instant reactivity to task changes and progress. OnTaskwas created by the IT Capstone group “Terrence Jackson and the TJs” for the Faculty and Staff of the CSE Department at UNT.

OnTask manages tasks with the robustness of a ticketing system with the ease of access of a planner. Tasks can be assigned to individuals or groups simultaneously, automatically tracks user statistics, prioritizes tasks using built-in business logic, and integrates with already-in-place UNT resources.

OnTask is built on Meteor, a full-stack web development framework that leverages real-time distributed data processing, that abstracts websocket programming to be as simple as “define a collection, publish a collection on the server, subscribe to the collection on the client, and automatically update the DOM when changes to the collection are made”. Using native Meteor functionality hand-built delivery logic, OnTask is a powerful, efficient tool for creating and accomplishing tasks.

Team Name

Eventer Support

Team Members

Timothy Clark
Daniel Mandujano
Kevin Spracklen
Marshall Montgomery

External Sponsor/Mentor

Bryan Montgomery

Internal Sponsor/Mentor

Dr. David Keathly

Abstract

W3 Event Specialists are an Austin based company providing event staffing services such as music venue security, stage building, and film set security. The company’s current site serves to provide basic information about the company and its services and some links to information for contractors. The client believes that the site could be doing more for the company and wants to implements several changes to add functionality to the site for the company and all users. Ideas that the team explored for implementation include a calendar employees could log into to view and sign up for jobs, a service request page that prospective clients could use to request staffing, adjustments to the online employ application that allows information to flow more smoothly into paperwork, and adding mobile support for the site.

Team Members

Justin Stout
Vien Huynh
Ezequiel Cepeda
William Quan

External Sponsor/Mentor

Kyle Taylor, TechMill Denton

Internal Sponsor/Mentor

Dr. David Keathly

Abstract

Carnac is an application that allows users to target specific subreddits or groups of subreddits to gather data about trending posts from reddit.com, and perform data analysis using natural language processing.

Team Name

4N1

Team Members

Brandon Soo
Jorge Mendoza
Venice Luong
Ghadeer Alqaisoum

Internal Sponsors/Mentors

Dr. David Keathly
Thomas Kanabay

Abstract

The Computer Science Engineering department’s workers, who have offices, have issues communicating with their students. When the workers are not going to be in their offices for many reasons, they have to announce it to all students in the department which required that they write a note in 7 labs including their own offices. Moreover, the note should have a reason for not being in the office, change in lab hours, or office hours which cost time and effort especially if the workers need to change the notes daily.

The team 4N1 has come up with an idea to solve the problem that the workers in the CSE are facing by creating Digital Sign System for CSE Labs which is basically a messaging program that sends a message from one device to other multiple devices. Also, it will have the ability to preview time and date. The devices will be hanging on each of the lab’s window. They will receive messages from the administrator’s server side, and the students will only see the notes or the message that the workers want to deliver to the students.

Team Name

Car Ramrod

Team Members

Myles Edwards
Keith Armstrong
Corey Gendron
Ryan Gibeault
Kiefer Hardin

External Sponsors/Mentors

Parker, Wallace
Forerunner Creative, Inc.

Internal Sponsor/Mentor

David M. Keathly

Abstract

The “CirclesU” application is a mobile-based app that connects users to social groups based on their location within a geofencing location. These groups, or circles, can be created by users to share content exclusively with other people that join their groups, that is, if they have visited the required location to validate access to a particular circle. CirclesU is to be developed as a progressive mobile application, as to mediate the need of developing solely for iOS/Android. A stable Internet connection will be necessary for use of this application, as well as GPS capabilities. The use of Google Maps API will be a key component of the development for GPS and geofencing capabilities.

Team Members

Zach Scott
John Nguyen
John Cunningham
Shelton Childress

External Sponsor/Mentor

Isaac Zama

Internal Sponsor/Mentor

Dr. Marty O’Neill

Abstract

Amba PimPimis a android taxi application that connects an able driver with a client that needs automobile transportation. The main thing that separates this transportation service from other taxi services it that it removes unnecessary traffic and clutters that taxi drivers create when trying to find a client. Our application helps by creating an interface between the client and driver to establish a relationship and route before the trip takes place. Aside from making the roads safer, our application gathers useful data from our users such as their routes so that infrastructure planners can use it in their decision in making transportation more accessible for all. The application is very simple to use, for the clients, after they have made an account all they would have to do is request a ride and fill out key information such as their location and destination.

Once that is done, a driver who is in the ready state will receive an incoming message that they will either accept or decline to take the passenger. If the driver accepts they will receive the client’s request details and if they decline the application will send another client’s request.