NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Design and Fabrication of Automated Access Control System (AACS) for Visitors at
NUST Entrance Gate
Measurement and Instrumentation ME-312 - Term Project (Complex Engineering Problem)

Automated Access Control System (AACS)

Automated Access control system (AACS) is a set of software and hardware that provide
streamlining, controlling and logging the movement of visitor in the university campus.
Although, AACS needs to be designed for the university but it should also be capable of
working in public institutions, educational institutions, banks, plants, factories and
entertainment facilities.

Objectives
1. Restrict outsiders to overstep the territory which is under the system surveillance
2. Restrict freedom of movement for visitors according to their access rights
3. Automate the logging of stay hours
4. Make the process of issuing pass tokens less labour-intensive

Tasks to be performed by AACS

While Entering
1. Take original national identity card (NIC) from the visitor
2. Save the visitor details on the computer system
3. Save the date and time of entry
4. Dispense numbered pass tokens
While Leaving
1. Take numbered pass token
2. Dispense original NIC
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Project Report Format

General Requirements
The project report should be clear and neat with correct grammar and spelling. Adequate
margins should be used. It should be concise and well-illustrated. Body text should be typed
in 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Use one side of 8.5 x 11or A4 size paper only. The report
should be assembled in the order of the sections given below, pages numbered and bound by
a report cover. Submit the report on or before the deadline.
Cover Sheet
The report must have a cover sheet with names of all group members.
Report Organisation
The report should have following elements:
1. Introduction
A section providing brief introduction to the problem and explaining what is covered in the
following sections of the report.
2. Methods
This section summarizes in narrative form your design process: your plan or strategy,
approach to solving problems or overcoming obstacles, considerations to achieve function as
well as form, technical research done, engineering methods used, and in particular, creative
ideas and significant ideas discarded. It addresses key design issues such as safety, standards,
material selection, and environmental impact. Keep it less than a page and tie it to other
sections, Section 3 in particular.
3. Circuits, Drawings, Parts List and Bill of Materials
These communicate and summarizes the design. Drawings must be to scale and must include
(a) rendering of your design (b) an isometric assembly view with components called out and
correlated by number or part name with the part list (c) details to clarify components
connections and joints and (d) any other details as necessary. Use professional conventions.
Include all dimensions. Don’t draw details of standard off-the-shelf parts like nuts, bolts,
rivets, washers, etc. Just specify the off-the-shelf parts in the bill of material and call them out
in the drawings. The bill of materials lists (a) structural parts/sub-assemblies/assemblies and
their material, sizes and amounts and (b) off-the-shelf parts. It may include weight and cost or
they can be given in a separate table.
4. Limitations
Provide a list of numbered limitations made during the design process
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5. Data Section
This section provides a single place to put basic data that is applicable throughout the report
which include details of sensors and actuators used in the project.

7. References
This section provides a bibliography of books, papers, websites, etc. sources. Cite each where
used in the body of the report and list its details in this section. Use a “Numbered” format.
You are encouraged to use a citation software such as Mendeley or Zotero which are freely
available. A trial version of endnote can also be used for 30 days.

Example of book reference [1]:

1. Da Silva, L.F.M. and R.D.S.G. Campilho, Advances in Numerical Modelling of
Adhesive Joints. 2012: Springer.

Example of journal paper reference [2]

2. Mubashar, A., I.A. Ashcroft, and A.D. Crocombe, Modelling Damage and Failure in
Adhesive Joints Using A Combined XFEM-Cohesive Element Methodology. The Journal of
Adhesion, 2014. 90(8): p. 682-697.

8. Plagiarism Report
Attach plagiarism report obtained from “Turnitin” that can be accessed from your LMS
account. Overall match percentage should be less than 15% and matching percentage of a
single source should not be more than 5%. A project report without the plagiarism report
would not be considered.
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Submission Requirement
Submit the following before the project end date:
1. Hardcopy of the project report prepared according to the requirements laid out in the
previous section. Turnitin report must be attached with the report.
2. Softcopy of the project report on LMS.
3. Turnitin report of the project on LMS.
4. Circuit files
5. Working Prototype capable of working in the actual environment.
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School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Design and Fabrication of Automated Access Control System (AACS) for Visitors at
NUST Entrance Gate
(Measurement and Instrumentation – Term Project – Fall 2019)
(Dr. Rehan Zahid)

PEC attributes for complex problems:

ID Attributes How the attributes are addressed
WP1 Depth of Knowledge Required: The project requires significant knowledge of engineering
Cannot be resolved without in-depth courses including engineering materials, statics,
engineering knowledge which allows a manufacturing process, electrical engineering.
fundamentals-based, first principles Existing and new knowledge from advanced books or
analytical approach research literature is required. Demonstration of sound
engineering design principles and problem solving is
essential.
WP2 Range of conflicting requirements: The project presents conflicting requirements of low cost,
Involve wide-ranging or conflicting high reliability and least weight. Students are required to
technical, engineering and other issues develop a number of technical solutions and evaluating these
technical options against the project constraints.
WP3 Depth of analysis required: The existing design is presented as a reference and students
Have no obvious solution and require are required to come up with their own designs. Creative
abstract thinking, originality in analysis thinking in terms of the overall mission achievement,
to formulate suitable models structural design and analysis and the application of
appropriate theories is of prime importance.
WP4 Familiarity of issues: The project requirements and technical challenges are likely
Involve infrequently encountered issues to be unfamiliar to the students.
WP5 Extent of applicable codes: There are no directly applicable codes to this problem.
Are outside problems encompassed by However, general guidelines in use of standard structural
standards and codes of practice for members may be followed by the students.
professional engineering
WP6 Extent of stakeholder involvement Security department, manufacturer and visitors are the main
and conflicting requirements: stake holders of this project. Although, there is no direct
Involve diverse groups of stakeholders involvement of stake holders in the project, students are to
with widely varying needs design the project according to the specifications developed
by the stake holders.
WP7 Interdependence: The design may comprise of many sub-assemblies or
Are high level problems including many components depending upon the design specifications. Bill
component parts or sub-problems of materials of assemblies are to be developed by the
students and each component has to be analyzed.
EP1 Consequences: Each choice made by the students during the project has its
Have significant consequences in a own consequences and may result in failure either at
range of contexts. component or assembly level.
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EP2 Judgement: Judgement is involved in decision of overall structural

Require judgement in decision making design philosophy where various design approaches can be
used.
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Project Report Evaluation
Measurement and Instrumentation ME-312 Term Project (Complex Engineering
Problem)
Design and Fabrication of Automated Access Control System (AACS) for Visitors at
NUST Entrance Gate

Project Team:
S No Student Name Reg No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Assessment:
[4-7] [8-10] Student Score
S [1-3]
Attribute Meeting Exceeds
No Below Expectations 1 2 3 4 5
Expectations Expectations
Design process is
Design process is
Design process is explained by
well explained and
1 Methods not explained or is providing approach,
links to other
vague. obstacles, research
sections.
and ideas.
Most of the required All of the required
Dwgs, parts Many of the
elements are elements are
2 list, BOM & required elements
missing or provided with
assumptions are provided.
incomplete. complete details.
Calculations are Detailed
Calculations are
missing or calculations with
Data and provided but contain
3 inappropriate. FBD are provided.
calculations errors. Relevant data
Relevant data is Supporting data is
is mostly available.
missing also tabulated.
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School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

[4-7] [8-10] Student Score

S [1-3]
Attribute Meeting Exceeds
No Below Expectations 1 2 3 4 5
Expectations Expectations
Report All sections are
Sections: included and
Report is Some of the
Cover sheet, properly formatted
unstructured. required sections are
introduction, as per given format.
Majority of the missing. Figures and
4 methods, Figures and tables
sections are missing. tables are properly
dwgs, parts are properly
Figures are not formatted and have
list, BOM, formatted, have
properly formatted. captions.
assumptions, captions and are
data, refs. referred in text.
Referencing
References are standard is not used.
A referencing
missing or Turnitin report is
Professional standard was used.
5 inadequate. Turnitin between 10 & 15%.
ethics Turnitin report is
report is between 15 Mostly web
less than 10%.
& 20%. references were
used.
Total Marks

Evaluator: __________________ Date: ________

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School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Project Hardware Evaluation

Measurement and Instrumentation ME-312 Term Project (Complex Engineering
Problem)
Design and Fabrication of Automated Access Control System (AACS) for Visitors at
NUST Entrance Gate

Project Team:
S No Student Name Reg No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Assessment:
[4-7] [8-10] Student Score
S [1-3]
Attribute Meeting Exceeds
No Below Expectations 1 2 3 4 5
Expectations Expectations
NIC
acquisition Module is not Module is working Module is perfectly
1
and retrieval working properly to some extent working
mechanism

Deciphering Module is not Module is working Module is perfectly

2
NIC Data working properly to some extent working

Logging
Module is not Module is working Module is perfectly
3 entry date
working properly to some extent working
and time
Pass token
acquisition Module is not Module is working Module is perfectly
4
and retrieval working properly to some extent working
mechanism
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School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

[4-7] [8-10] Student Score

S [1-3]
Attribute Meeting Exceeds
No Below Expectations 1 2 3 4 5
Expectations Expectations
Overall
working of
the
System is not System is working System is perfectly
5 automated
working properly to some extent working
access
control
system
Total Marks

Evaluator: __________________ Date: ________