EMBEDDED PLATFORM WEB SERVER OPTIMIZED FOR SECURITY TEAM 17050 SPONSOR MENTOR: Glen Uehara
PROJECT GOAL: To create and run an embedded web server and HTML5 host on a small cyber-hardened “internet of things”-style device.
TEAM MEMBERS: Laura Camp Electrical & Computer Engineering Connor A. Culloden Electrical & Computer Engineering Norman M. Hoang Electrical & Computer Engineering Su Ean Lim Electrical & Computer Engineering Qing Sunny Zhong Electrical & Computer Engineering COLLEGE MENTOR: Sharon ONeal
The proliferation of devices connected to the “internet of things” presents numerous security challenges. The team developed a web server and host on cyber-hardened device using components found in the Gumstix Autonomous Kit for Overo, including a Caspa VL camera, a Pre-GO GPS, an accelerometer and a gyroscope. The designed system gathers data relevant to an unmanned aircraft system application and transmits it securely to the client over Wi-Fi using authentication procedures and a secure communication protocol. The device pushes data from the camera, GPS, accelerometer and gyroscope in real time, without the browser polling for this information. The client can use the web page to remotely view the output and status of each sensor and individually turn on and off data communication from each sensor. The system has been penetration-tested for security.
WEB-BASED INTERFACE FOR DIGITAL MARITIME DISTRESS TEAM 17051 SPONSOR MENTOR: Glen Abousleman
PROJECT GOAL: To eliminate the United States Coast Guard’s reliance on expensive proprietary software for digital distress signaling.
TEAM MEMBERS: Dennis A. Hardy Electrical & Computer Engineering Michael P. Harmon Electrical & Computer Engineering Derek McMullen Electrical & Computer Engineering Carlos Perez Electrical & Computer Engineering Muhammad Bilal Rao Systems Engineering COLLEGE MENTOR: Claude Merrill
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2018 ENGINEERING DESIGN DAY
Digital selective calling is an international standard paging system used by the United States Coast Guard to automate distress and safety alerts sent over terrestrial medium-frequency, high-frequency and very-high-frequency marine radio systems. Most digital selective calling systems rely upon commercial off-theshelf products with proprietary interfaces. The proprietary nature of these systems limits the ability for maintenance contractors to perform technology refreshes and improvements on Coast Guard systems. The system designed uses an open standard radio interface for processing packetized digital selective calling data. The design incorporates a web-based graphical user interface that can send, receive and acknowledge digital selective calling messages. Processed messages are displayed in real time with a sortable 30-day message history. Archiving capability is included to allow the storage and retrieval of messages through an automatically generated file format.