Category Archives: Transportation
SMU Students Aim to Save Lives at Busy Intersection
NBC Channel 5 news story: Southern Methodist University students focus their project on making the intersection of Fitzhugh and Travis streets in Dallas safer for pedestrians. Senior Design team Andrew Brunts, Hailey Phelps, and David Smith built a simulation of … Continue reading
Clustering and Segmentation of Ticketing Data
Client: Sabre Airline Solutions Team: Hunter Ross, Mary Liz Tuttle, Ramon Trespalacios Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 2014 Documents: Presentation, Report, Video Sabre Airline Solutions offers data solutions and software to aid airlines sell products, market themselves, and operate efficiently. … Continue reading
Frito-Lay Out-of-Stock Inventory Modeling Tool
Client: Frito Lay Team: Matt Alfano, Brittany Masi Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 2010 Documents: Presentation, Report, Video The project is to design and create an out-of-stock inventory tool that is user-friendly and able to historically scan data while predicting … Continue reading
Senior Design Projects & Client Perspectives
The stories of three Senior Design projects from the clients’ point of view, including North Texas Food Bank, Texas Department of Transportation, and Southwest Airlines:
Transportation Bid Selection Tool
Client: Alix Partners Team: Matthew Hale Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 2008 Documents: Final report, final presentation The main goal of this project was to create a tool that would assist midsize companies in their selection of transportation bids. … Continue reading
Model for Airline Ticket Counter Staffing Using Sabre StaffPlan Staff Forecasting and Planning System
Client: Sabre Holdings: Sabre Airline Solutions Team: Lauren Duplantis, Hamel Husain, Francisco Villagran Faculty advisor: Dr. Siems Year: 2003 Documents: Final report (PDF) Our project involved working with Sabre Inc. on a problem that they were having with their system StaffPlan … Continue reading
Traffic Flow: Exploring Dynamic vs. Static Toll Pricing in a Traffic Network Simulation Model
Client: CEE Prof. Abdelghani Team: Nora Shora, Laura Tatsch Faculty advisor: Barr Year: 2006 Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) Many cities across the world have experienced, and are currently experiencing, increased traffic on highways and urban networks. At the … Continue reading
Gulf Freeway Evacuation Model
Client: Team: Ava Damri, Calvin Smellage, Al Zinkand Faculty advisor: Dr. Barr Year: 2009 Documents: Final report (Word), final presentation (PPT) Our team examines the evacuation of six cities in the Gulf Freeway area stretching from Galveston in the south, … Continue reading