DockChain
IoT-based port security and check-in platform, built at UNC Wilmington's SIPS Lab.
Automates manual port check-in by pairing license-plate recognition with fingerprint verification at an Arduino-driven gate: a camera reads the plate, a sensor confirms the driver, and the barrier opens only on a matched, pre-registered pairing. The web layer is a three-tier Django system — driver/company registration, an operator dashboard for logs, and a hardware bridge writing check-in events to MySQL over serial. Built as a team of four during NCSSM Summer Ventures (1 of 38 selected statewide) — I served as primary author, studying the maritime industry to define the problem, with teammates building out hardware and interface. Presented at the Summer Ventures Symposium; abstract later accepted to the Scopus/Web of Science–indexed International Conference on Cyber Warfare & Security.
