Project Rebound Meridian

Project Rebound Meridian is a data management solution for Project Rebound, a program that seeks to provide resources and opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals. With the help of Project Rebound, these individuals are empowered to complete higher education, successfully reintegrate into their communities, and mentor others who wish to improve themselves and break the cycle of re-incarceration. Project Rebound was using an antiquated and disjointed data management system using physical hard drives and multiple platforms. Due to delays in processing student requests and a operation disruptions, there was an urgent need to implement a unified and user-friendly data management system that is tailored to the unique needs of Project Rebound. This system provides an intuitive web interface which enables streamlined access to data, a controller which manages the permissions, and a database supported by Amazon Web Services.

Our Team

We are a group of dedicated and diverse senior computer science students.

Tracy Albers

Back-end developer
Major contributions include Project Website and implementing and maintaining the PostGreSQL data tables. Ms. Albers is a graduating senior interested in data science, AR/VR, machine learning, and the applications of mathematics in computer science.

Abraham Chen

Full-stack developer
Major contributions include integrating front and backend functionality as well as implementing login authentication. Mr. Chen is a graduating senior majoring in computer science, with interests in web development, game development, and computer vision.

Kevin Gomez-Zacarias

Back-end developer
Major contributions include API development and other backend features. Mr. Gomez-Zacarias is a graduating senior interested in software development, Java, and web-development.

Maria Martinez

Front-end developer
Ms. Martinez originated the project concept and implemented react-router. She is a fourth year computer science student and is interested in pursuing a career in web development and combining social justice and computer science.

Camrynn Robles-Dilley

Project Manager/Front-end Developer
Major contributions include designing the product and building out app features. Ms. Robles-Dilley is a fourth year computer science student with interests in web development, app development, and data science.

Hongsen Yang

Full-stack developer
Major contributions include the front-end user page invite modal. Hongsen is a graduating senior computer science student and is interested in data science, predictive model building, and motorcycles.

Technologies

The following development tools were used to complete this project.

Acknowledgements

Our team would like to thank Lily Gonzalez, Project Rebound Co-ordinator, Dr. Martha Escobar, Project Rebound Executive Director, and the CSUN Project Rebound team for communicating their needs and wishes for this project. Additionally, we would like to thank the CSUN IT department for providing guidance for implementationof our application and database management, and Intercollegiate Project Rebound teams who supported our efforts and provided valuable advice and encouragement. Our project would not have been possible without the guidance of Dr. Xunfei Jiang through all levels of design and planning.