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Description





The TruckSmart system is a wireless blind spot detection system designed for semi trucks. In addition, the system can also be used on small trucks as well as in standard size vehicles. Its main purpose is to alert drivers in real time whenever there is a vehicle in any of their blind spots. It uses a set of ultrasonic sensors around the vehicle and Zigbee transceivers to communicate with the hub inside the cabin. The sensors are responsible for collecting the data in the blind spot and transmitting it wirelessly. The hub is responsible for receiving the data being transmitted, processing it, and blinking the corresponding LED to alert the driver.


Gallery

Documents
CDR Presentation
Conference Paper
Initial Project Proposal
SD1 Documentation
SD2 Documentation

The Team

Special Thanks to Reynold Marrero for allowing the team to test the system in his truck and to the UCF College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

David Sheets

Electrical Engineer


David Sheets is currently a senior at the University of Central Florida and will receive a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering in May of 2017. He has held internships at Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. He has recently accepted an offer under the Strategic Systems Specialty Engineering Division of Northrop Grumman, focusing primarily on software development. He plans to pursue a Masters in Computer Science or Quantitative Financial Economics.

Neel Sheth

Electrical Engineer


Neel Sheth is currently a senior at the University of Central Florida and will receive a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in intelligent robotic systems in May of 2017. He is currently doing a co-op at Nelson Engineering. He has recently accepted a full time offer under Vehicle Engineering Division of Northrop Grumman as an Electrical System Design Integration Engineer.

Abhijith Santhoshkumar

Computer Engineer


Abhijith Santhoshkumar is currently a senior at the University of Central Florida. He is majoring in Computer Engineering and will graduate in May 2017. He is pursuing a career in software engineering. He will be joining Lockheed Martin as a full-time software engineer upon graduation.

Aris Socorro

Computer Engineer


Aris Socorro is currently a senior at UCF and will be graduating in May of 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering. He worked as a system engineer intern in the military training and simulation field with Alion Science and Technology. He currently interns at Lockheed Martin as a software engineer in the development of logistics system for military aircraft. He will be joining Lockheed Martin as a full-time software engineer upon graduation. He plans to pursue a Master’s degree in computer science.