Metal vehicle identification tag with access control chip for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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dc.contributor.authorAppiah-Kubi, Obed Persie
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dc.date.accessioned2021-06-23T11:58:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-19T03:51:16Z
dc.date.available2021-06-23T11:58:20Z
dc.date.available2023-04-19T03:51:16Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-23
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Department of Integrated Rural Art and Industry in the Faculty of Art College of Art and Built Environment, in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Philosophy.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Ghana and across the globe, professionals like lecturers, lawyers, medical doctors, the security forces, but to mention a few, have different and unique vehicle identification tags that give them recognition in the society. Vehicle identification tags for KNUST, UG and UCC staffs are printed on polyvinyl chloride material which are not easily recognizable at a distance and fade within limited time. In KNUST and UG, these tags have been electronically improved to allow or deny entry into their campus via vehicular access control system. To improve distance visibility, this study aimed at producing a metal relief vehicle identification tag with an access control chip for KNUST. To achieve this aim, this study sought to; analyse the existing access control system in UG and KNUST, design an improved access control and employ local metal technology in the design of a vehicle identification tag to respond to vehicular access control system. In this regard, the research adopted the action, advocacy, descriptive and experimental research designs in the investigation, analyses and composition of the concepts. The research came up with two designs of the metal relief vehicle identification tag with an access control chip for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for easy visibility and to respond to the access control systems. The samples were made through lost wax casting in brass: a traditional casting process among metal founders in Ghana. To demonstrate the concept, a simulation model was executed to present the mode of operation of the concept as it will work in reality. In conclusion, two contributions were made in regards to the designing of the system to respond to the metal relief identification tag. The introduction of the display screen and the introduction of traffic indicator all to prompt both the user of the vehicle’s tag and the security. This it to provide good information regarding validity, the status of the user and also the state of the access control system.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKNUSTen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14097
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectMetal vehicle identification tagen_US
dc.subjectAccess control chipen_US
dc.subjectKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectProfessionalsen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleMetal vehicle identification tag with access control chip for Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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