{"id":5479,"date":"2021-07-09T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/?p=5479"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:17:01","slug":"location-features-mpulse-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/news\/location-features-mpulse-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon State University Students Navigate New Location-Based Features for MPulse Software Mobile App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MPulse Software strongly believes in supporting the local community and promoting the Willamette Valley as a hi-tech hot spot. So, the chance to partner with Oregon State University (Oregon State) proved to be the perfect opportunity to combine these goals by giving students the opportunity to work in a real-world environment\u2014and solve the type of problems they\u2019re likely to find in a professional workplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to help young engineering students get started in the world and provide them with some experience. So, I reached out to Oregon State to find out how MPulse can get involved and be a good neighbor,\u201d explained Peter Riley Osborne, Lead Architect\/ Developer at MPulse Software, Inc., a maintenance management software developer based in Eugene, Ore.<\/p>\n<p>During their senior year, Oregon State students from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science begin applying skills learn in the classroom to real-world problems. Called Capstone Senior Design Projects, this Oregon State career preparation experience exposes students to the challenges of engineering design and project management in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Peter saw the Capstone projects as an opportunity for MPulse to develop relationships with the local community, while also exploring creative ways to engage students in engineering design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMPulse has a huge piece of software with a lot of intricacies, but we need creative ways to explore new possibilities,\u201d Peter explained. \u201cThe ability to work with a bunch of pretty amazing students on a Capstone project was a perfect fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/news\/location-features-mpulse-mobile\/#Location-Based_Engineering\" >Location-Based Engineering<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/news\/location-features-mpulse-mobile\/#Problem_Solving_Skills\" >Problem Solving Skills<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/news\/location-features-mpulse-mobile\/#A_Working_Prototype\" >A Working Prototype<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Location-Based_Engineering\"><\/span>Location-Based Engineering<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>MPulse provides reliable planning, scheduling, tracking, and reporting tools for thousands of equipment and facilities maintenance teams in over 100 industries. Peter\u2019s idea was to engage Oregon State students\u2019 creative thinking to create a prototype of a potential new MPulse feature based on the location of the end user.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to develop a way to alert maintenance professionals there might be other work nearby that they could do while they\u2019re close to a location,\u201d Peter explained. \u201cSo, if I&#8217;m working on an air conditioner on the first floor, I might get an alert on my MPulse app about another task on a floor in the same building or nearby. It would enable MPulse users to improve their efficiency, while also saving time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter tasked a group of three Oregon State students\u2014Hunter Christiansen, Spencer Schibig, and Branden Holloway\u2014with researching how to design this feature. The students began by researching the right software tools to use, as well as problem solving issues as they cropped up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were working with the Google Flutter software development kit for app design. Hunter, Branden and Spencer did a great job of coming up with different ideas and directions for how this project could go. Through their research, we found a lot of ways to not only apply it to our original idea, but also future-facing possibilities,\u201d Peter said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Problem_Solving_Skills\"><\/span>Problem Solving Skills<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The three students researched different aspects of the project, and then collaborated to find the best solutions. Hunter took on the task of working with geolocation tools; Spencer focused on notifications; and Branden tackled ways to integrate these new tools with MPulse\u2019s Microsoft SQL Server-based application.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first hurdle was becoming familiar with MPulse\u2019s database structure, which was a little overwhelming to start with,\u201d Branden explained. \u201cBased on Spencer\u2019s research, we decided Google Cloud Firestore serverless document database would work the best to replicate it for our project. But we had a few hurdles, including the addition and naming of fields. For example, latitude-longitude data for geofencing wasn\u2019t already included in MPulse. So, we needed to figure out the fields they could eventually add to their MPulse application, as well as how to connect everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Problem solving was a key part of the process for the students. Spencer tackled another challenge when app notifications ended up causing battery life issues on devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used a service called Firebase Cloud Messaging, which allowed each device to subscribe to topics with a unique name,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cBut we found battery life was an issue, and we don\u2019t want someone\u2019s phone to die too fast while they\u2019re in the field. So, we found software libraries that used the phone\u2019s native utilities to fix the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another challenge was finding the best way to accurately determine the location of the user.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGPS isn&#8217;t super accurate. We found that if you have an address, we could get the coordinates on something like Google Maps API. Then you can translate that into latitude and longitude,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cBut there\u2019s a lot of different ways of doing that. We also could use an IP address or even a WiFi connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to software development, the Oregon State students also got firsthand experience with project management and communication skills that will come in handy after graduation. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole project has been done online\u2014with Peter and the students doing their work together and meeting via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the perfect training for working as a team,\u201d Branden said. \u201cYou\u2019re not necessarily in the same room as someone, but you\u2019re still able to coordinate. That\u2019s going to be very similar to the way we\u2019ll be working in the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Working_Prototype\"><\/span>A Working Prototype<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As the project moves towards the finish line, the Oregon State students will present their work before they graduate in Spring 2021. It\u2019s the culmination of the partnership between MPulse and Oregon State that\u2019s developed this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeekly engagement with industry partners is keystone to the success of our program,\u201d explained explains Dr. Kirsten Winters, Oregon State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Instructor. \u201cPeter is not only providing mentoring to his individual Capstone team, but he also contributes to our class often as a presenter on general tech and career topics. We&#8217;re grateful for his dedication to mentoring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MPulse, meanwhile, will have a working prototype of a feature set that the company may eventually want to build. But the Oregon State students\u2019 work has gone farther than Peter originally planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started out just wanting to explore GPS geo-fencing as a possible feature,\u201d Peter said. \u201cBut now we\u2019ll have something that actually works. Plus, it will have a lot of fall-down capabilities. For example, if a user doesn\u2019t have a GPS signal or they aren\u2019t getting an accurate GPS signal, they could use WiFi. And we\u2019re still thinking about additional information we might want to use. Like perhaps including frequency information\u2014like how often someone is in a specific place or last visited that location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other unexpected benefits for Peter including hearing the student\u2019s reactions to the MPulse application, which was completely new software to all of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had some eye-opening comments that may be opportunities to improve our user interface,\u201d Peter said. \u201cSince they aren\u2019t maintenance professionals, they view it in a different way. And that was kind of cool. Because I can get a lot of anecdotal information from our users, but I don\u2019t have engineers looking at our software from that point of view. It gave me a lot of really good information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For both MPulse and the Oregon State students, this Capstone project is just the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the code may not directly end up in MPulse, the structure of what we do will be based on what the students have done,\u201d Peter said. \u201cAnd other projects might be extensions that came out of the research Spencer, Hunter, and Branden did this year. And maybe that\u2019s our next project with Oregon State. Maybe the next group of students will build off their work to advance those ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MPulse Software strongly believes in supporting the local community and promoting the Willamette Valley as a hi-tech hot spot. So, the chance to partner with Oregon State University (Oregon State) proved to be the perfect opportunity to combine these goals by giving students the opportunity to work in a real-world environment\u2014and solve the type of problems they\u2019re likely to find in a professional workplace. \u201cWe wanted to help young engineering students get started in the world and provide them with some experience. So, I reached out to Oregon State to find out how MPulse can get involved and be a good neighbor,\u201d explained Peter Riley Osborne, Lead Architect\/ Developer at MPulse Software, Inc., a maintenance management software developer based in Eugene, Ore. During their senior year, Oregon State students from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science begin applying skills learn in the classroom to real-world problems. Called Capstone Senior Design Projects, this Oregon State career preparation experience exposes students to the challenges of engineering design and project management in the workplace. Peter saw the Capstone projects as an opportunity for MPulse to develop relationships with the local community, while also exploring creative ways to engage students in engineering design. \u201cMPulse has a huge piece of software with a lot of intricacies, but we need creative ways to explore new possibilities,\u201d Peter explained. \u201cThe ability to work with a bunch of pretty amazing students on a Capstone project was a perfect fit.\u201d Location-Based Engineering MPulse provides reliable planning, scheduling, tracking, and reporting tools for thousands of equipment and facilities maintenance teams in over 100 industries. Peter\u2019s idea was to engage Oregon State students\u2019 creative thinking to create a prototype of a potential new MPulse feature based on the location of the end user. \u201cWe wanted to develop a way to alert maintenance professionals there might be other work nearby that they could do while they\u2019re close to a location,\u201d Peter explained. \u201cSo, if I&#8217;m working on an air conditioner on the first floor, I might get an alert on my MPulse app about another task on a floor in the same building or nearby. It would enable MPulse users to improve their efficiency, while also saving time.\u201d Peter tasked a group of three Oregon State students\u2014Hunter Christiansen, Spencer Schibig, and Branden Holloway\u2014with researching how to design this feature. The students began by researching the right software tools to use, as well as problem solving issues as they cropped up. \u201cWe were working with the Google Flutter software development kit for app design. Hunter, Branden and Spencer did a great job of coming up with different ideas and directions for how this project could go. Through their research, we found a lot of ways to not only apply it to our original idea, but also future-facing possibilities,\u201d Peter said. Problem Solving Skills The three students researched different aspects of the project, and then collaborated to find the best solutions. Hunter took on the task of working with geolocation tools; Spencer focused on notifications; and Branden tackled ways to integrate these new tools with MPulse\u2019s Microsoft SQL Server-based application. \u201cThe first hurdle was becoming familiar with MPulse\u2019s database structure, which was a little overwhelming to start with,\u201d Branden explained. \u201cBased on Spencer\u2019s research, we decided Google Cloud Firestore serverless document database would work the best to replicate it for our project. But we had a few hurdles, including the addition and naming of fields. For example, latitude-longitude data for geofencing wasn\u2019t already included in MPulse. So, we needed to figure out the fields they could eventually add to their MPulse application, as well as how to connect everything.\u201d Problem solving was a key part of the process for the students. Spencer tackled another challenge when app notifications ended up causing battery life issues on devices. \u201cI used a service called Firebase Cloud Messaging, which allowed each device to subscribe to topics with a unique name,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cBut we found battery life was an issue, and we don\u2019t want someone\u2019s phone to die too fast while they\u2019re in the field. So, we found software libraries that used the phone\u2019s native utilities to fix the problem.\u201d Another challenge was finding the best way to accurately determine the location of the user. \u201cGPS isn&#8217;t super accurate. We found that if you have an address, we could get the coordinates on something like Google Maps API. Then you can translate that into latitude and longitude,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cBut there\u2019s a lot of different ways of doing that. We also could use an IP address or even a WiFi connection.\u201d In addition to software development, the Oregon State students also got firsthand experience with project management and communication skills that will come in handy after graduation. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole project has been done online\u2014with Peter and the students doing their work together and meeting via Zoom. \u201cIt was the perfect training for working as a team,\u201d Branden said. \u201cYou\u2019re not necessarily in the same room as someone, but you\u2019re still able to coordinate. That\u2019s going to be very similar to the way we\u2019ll be working in the real world.\u201d A Working Prototype As the project moves towards the finish line, the Oregon State students will present their work before they graduate in Spring 2021. It\u2019s the culmination of the partnership between MPulse and Oregon State that\u2019s developed this year. \u201cWeekly engagement with industry partners is keystone to the success of our program,\u201d explained explains Dr. Kirsten Winters, Oregon State School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Instructor. \u201cPeter is not only providing mentoring to his individual Capstone team, but he also contributes to our class often as a presenter on general tech and career topics. We&#8217;re grateful for his dedication to mentoring.\u201d MPulse, meanwhile, will have a working prototype of a feature set that the company may eventually want to build. 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