Title :
National Hazardous Material Commercial Vehicle Tracking System Design Study: Enhancing Security on Our Nation´s Roadways
Author :
Smith, Michael C.
Author_Institution :
Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA
Abstract :
The Accelerated Masters Program (AMP) in systems engineering at the University of Virginia concludes with a capstone systems integration course designed to enable students in the program to demonstrate mastery of systems engineering skills and methods and to apply them to a large scale problem of national significance. This paper summarizes the work statement provided to the 2005-06 AMP cohort. Four teams of 10-11 students each address the problem of developing a preliminary system design for a national hazardous material (HAZMAT) truck tracking system and present their recommendations to the Transportation Security Administration
Keywords :
educational administrative data processing; educational courses; hazardous materials; management education; national security; professional aspects; public administration; road safety; road vehicles; systems analysis; tracking; transportation; Accelerated Masters Program; Transportation Security Administration; capstone system integration course; nation roadways; national hazardous material commercial vehicle tracking system design; national hazardous material truck tracking system; system engineering skills; Acceleration; Automotive engineering; Data security; Design engineering; Hazardous materials; Information security; National security; Road transportation; Road vehicles; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Charlottesville, VA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0474-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0474-6
DOI :
10.1109/SIEDS.2006.278673