Improving Road Safety with Intelligent Transportation Systems

Traffic incidents are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and are responsible for about 40,000 fatalities each year in the United States. The goal of our project was to work with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Bureau to propose current and future ITS solutions to decrease fatalities in areas with high crash frequency, or hotspots, in NMDOT Districts 3 and 5. We accomplished this by utilizing ArcGIS maps to locate hotspots, interviewing professionals, and visiting these locations. We composed and analyzed a compilation of ITS solutions the NMDOT could potentially utilize in the future to improve traffic safety within the state, as well as recommended specific solutions that would best address the hotspots

Visual Management Implementation at Primetals Technologies

Our project goal was to produce a visual management system for the MMD-2 and VMC-5 machines at Primetals. We defined the relevant key process indicators (KPIs), produced a specification detailing the importance of specific KPIs and relevant data. We produced a visual design which was then modeled using python to make a functioning application. We then performed market research and a business analysis to compare alternative software for Primetals. Our MQP deliverables are: KPI specification of important KPIs, a visual design of a screen, an application mockup, market analysis of alternative software options, and a business analysis of selected companies. After conducting qualitative, quantitative and business analysis we concluded that Predator MDC is the preferred software alternative