California State University San Bernardino
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Masters Project Presentation

Date February 21, 2008 
Time 10:00am - 11:00am 
Place JBH 391

Title Extending the Solicitation Management System: PDF Report and Functional Improvements

Candidate Chia-Ming Chang 

Advisor Dr. Turner

Committee Members Dr. Concepcion Dr. Gomez

Abstract
This project was to extend the functionality of the Solicitation Management
System (SMS) to better meet the needs of users.  The new functionality 
includes uploading various files and generation of new PDF reports based on
exiting Solicitation Management System (SMS). SMS is a Web application 
system which is used to process solicitation of proposals in Office of 
Technology Transfer and Commercialization (OTTC). A small number of 
submitted proposals are selected for support.  As the number of proposals 
grows, requests to download and upload files will be more frequent. If 
those proposals are stored and maintained in the database rather than 
directly in the file system, accessing and manipulating them are 
convenient. Several PDF reports were added to the system in order to 
present essential data to the user. In addition, user-friendly, quick to 
learn and a reliable system are also provided for this new system.