ALUMNET
Connecting university students and alumni through mentorship, professional networking, and events.
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Project Overview
ALUMNET is a centralized, university-managed platform created to replace fragmented alumni engagement across email, social media and personal networks. It helps students find alumni with relevant experience, formalizes mentorship, supports direct communication and brings university events into one secure system.
Main Features
- Secure registration, email verification, login and password recovery
- Separate student, alumni and administrator experiences
- Searchable alumni directory with academic and professional filters
- Mentorship requests, responses, tracking and mentor–mentee chat
- Student and alumni profile management
- Event creation, administrator approval, registration and reminders
- In-app notifications and configurable email notifications
- Administrative user verification and event moderation
User Roles
Students
Students can browse the alumni directory, review professional profiles, request mentorship, communicate with accepted mentors and register and participate for events.
Alumni
Alumni can build professional profiles, respond to mentorship requests, guide mentees through chat and create events for the students and direct them for administrator approval.
Administrators
Administrators verify accounts, manage users, review submitted events and monitor activity across the platform.
User Interfaces
Landing Page
Login and Registration
Login page
Registration page
Student Dashboard
Home page for the students
Student dashboard page
Alumni Directory
Searchable alumni directory
Public alumni profile
Mentorship and Chat
Mentorship request form
Pending the conformation of the mentorship from the alumni side
Chat page
Events
Create event page
Events page
Detailed event page
Notifications
Notification box
Notification page
Administrator Dashboard
Home page for the Admins
Admin dashboard
System Architecture
ALUMNET follows a three-tier architecture:
- Presentation layer: React and Vite deliver the responsive web interface.
- Application layer: Node.js and Express provide REST APIs, business logic, and role-based authorization.
- Data layer: PostgreSQL stores platform data, while Supabase Storage supports uploaded media.
JWT tokens protect private routes, bcrypt secures passwords, and Nodemailer supports account and notification emails.
Database Design
The main data areas include users, student and alumni profiles, mentorship requests, mentor–mentee relationships, chat messages, events, event registrations, reminders, and notifications.
Technology Stack
| Layer | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Frontend | React, Vite, React Router, Axios |
| Backend | Node.js, Express |
| Database | PostgreSQL |
| Authentication | JWT, bcrypt |
| Storage | Supabase Storage |
| Nodemailer |
Deployment
- Frontend hosting: Vercel
- Backend hosting: Railway
- Database Media storage: Supabase Storage
Testing
The verification strategy covers functional workflows, API integration, role-based authorization, form validation, responsive behavior, and usability. Important end-to-end scenarios include registration and verification, mentorship request handling, chat access, event approval, event registration and notification delivery.
Team CodeX
| Registration No. | Member | |
|---|---|---|
| E/23/075 | K. K. Dilshara | e23075@eng.pdn.ac.lk |
| E/23/340 | W. H. C. C. Samarasinghe | e23340@eng.pdn.ac.lk |
| E/23/362 | S. N. V. N. Senadheera | e23362@eng.pdn.ac.lk |
| E/23/435 | E. S. Wickramasinghe | e23435@eng.pdn.ac.lk |