{"id":52,"date":"2021-10-14T01:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/davidkaff\/?p=52"},"modified":"2021-10-14T01:13:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:13:43","slug":"capstone-project-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/davidkaff\/2021\/10\/14\/capstone-project-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting my Capstone Project Assignment!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week after a bit of shuffling I finally got my capstone project assignment \u2013&nbsp;<em>Development of an Evacuation App for Oregon Coastal Communities<\/em>. It was my second choice in projects, and I&#8217;m so thrilled I was selected for it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The project description which drew me in details an app which helps individuals prepare for an evacuation event \u2013 both physically and mentally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;The Project&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The app guides users through an exercise that begins with planning what objects they would take with them in an evacuation event (for Oregon coastal communities, likely a tsunami). It then asks them to enter how long they predict it will take to collect those objects and depart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next stage of the exercise the user is presented with a timer and asked to; start the timer, collect those objects, go outside, get in any vehicle they would use to evacuate, and finally stop the timer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After the trial run is complete the app displays the user&#8217;s results. It compares the actual time to prepare for evacuation with the time they predicted. From there, the user can recursively run the trial again improve their actual time further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was really excited by this description of the project. I especially liked that it could showcase many of the software engineering talents I have picked up during my time as a computer science student. But it turns out it is not the full picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But also\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My group met with our project partners last Friday to discuss the app and development logistics. Our project partners are a Doctor of Civil Engineering and his research assistants. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0968090X15004106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">current research involves modeling traffic during evacuation events<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our project partners explained that they currently collect data to improve their models using an ad-hoc solution. They survey test subjects by hand, run the in-home drill using their phone timers, and then have test subjects use &#8220;Strava&#8221; while evacuating to a safe location to generate &#8220;trajectory data&#8221;. It is this location + time data that they then feed into their model to train and verify it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, their goal for the project is to streamline and automate as much of this research process as possible with an app. All of the functionality I previously described will still be present. However, the app will also be administering surveys, tracking location over time, and exporting data to the researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, their ultimate vision for the app is for it to be usable by any team of evacuation traffic researchers with dynamic pre- and post- test surveys attached to the evacuation trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When my group and I learned the full scope of the project I think we were intitially &#8220;caught in the headlights&#8221;. We had been preparing to create a simple, static, stand-alone app. Now it turns out we will be creating a moderately complex, dynamic, connected app. It is much more work than we believed we were signing up for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We took some time to think, and talked over these developments as a group. As we explored it we realized that the full project is much more exciting than the initial concept! It&#8217;s an opportunity to work with data transfer, location permissions, and privacy notices. It&#8217;s also an opportunity to contribute to research which could inform important civil engineering decisions. And \u2013 perhaps most the most exciting aspect \u2013 it&#8217;s a project that can make us look very attractice to potential employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am super happy with this turn of events! 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