purcc 2012 - University of the Pacific

Computer Science Senior Projects
Chapter Connection Phone App
Peter Miller
Faculty Mentors: Jinzhu Gao, Michael
Doherty
The Chapter Connection Phone App is an
Android application that centralizes around
chapter communications. It initially targets
fraternities and sororities but will eventually be
expanded to support general chapters or clubs of
any kind. This app will provide an easy way to
communicate within a group about private
matters as well as to communicate with people
outside the group for sharing information about
events and news. The app will be free to the end
user but organizations will be a charged a service
fee for server space.
A user will request access to a particular group,
with either member access or guest access.
Since there will be different group levels of
users, the communication aspect of the app can
be easily controlled. If a notification needs to be
pushed out to members of a group saying that the
chapter meeting is at 5pm, it can be sent just to
those members of that permission level. If a
campus wide message needs to be sent out
regarding philanthropy, it can be sent to
members, students, administrators, etc. There
will also be other functions of the app that will
be activated according to the type of user.
Vengeance
Michael Ongaro
Faculty Mentors: Jinzhu Gao, Michael
Doherty
Vengeance is a shooter game developed for the
Android mobile platform which has a twodimensional
and a three-dimensional version.
The character is controlled through an on-screen
directional pad as well as on-screen buttons. The
object of the game is to eliminate all enemies in
each level. The player can accomplish this by
running through the streets, or by climbing
buildings through the process of jumping onto
ledges and window sills. There are power-ups
scattered throughout the level to aid the player in
their objective of defeating all of the enemies.
fleeing the scene through the windows at the
back of his home. In a blind rage caused by the
death of his beloved, John retrieves the pistol
that he has kept in case of an emergency. With
his weapon in hand, John pursues his wife’s
murderers through the dark streets of Monopolis.
The game starts with John Raven hot on the tails
of the attackers and ready to achieve his goal of
vengeance.
Secure Electronic Voting Website
Victor Tachkov
Faculty Mentors: Jinzhu Gao, Michael
Doherty
Up until now, the faculty at University of the
Pacific has been casting their votes in faculty
elections using the archaic method of exchanging
emails and marking names on Portable
Document Format (PDF) forms. With the
implementation of my project, the Secure
Electronic Voting Website, the difficulties
associated with manually counting votes and
coercing faculty members to vote will be
mitigated. The proposed website provides a
user-friendly interface for voting in an election
from the comfort of one’s desk over the Internet.
As the title suggests, the website will implement
various preventative security measures, such as
encrypting sensitive information stored on the
server and preventing users from abusing and
leveraging the system to gain an unfavorable
advantage over the competition. The website is
currently being developed using Microsoft’s
ASP .NET Framework with C# as the server-side
scripting language.
The story of Vengeance begins in the major
metropolitan city of Monopolis. The main
character, John Raven, comes home after work
one night to find his wife murdered in cold
blood. John hears sounds of the murderers
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