MHCI Capstone Projects

Our goal was to understand the set of pressures and constraints that contribute to childhood obesity and engage children in healthier behaviors....

Spark collaborated with Rewyndr, a Pittsburgh startup, to develop a social, photo-based experience for the web. The goal was to gain an understanding of h...

The influx of new technologies in higher education math has contributed to a new culture of data-driven instruction and decision-making. Solidus, in conju...

We worked with NASA to design, prototype, and build a procedure-viewing device that: streamlines information displays, adapts procedure based on context,...

Our goal was to research and design a unified flow of information to improve efficiency and adaptability in radiology departments....

Expedia has seen the rise of discovery-based websites and wanted to know: How can the sense of delight when someone discovers a new image or deal be appli...

In 2013, Team Arc worked with Eaton Corporation to streamline procedures for Managers, Coordinators, Field Service Representatives, and more in the Electr...

We are team Thrive, an interdisciplinary group of Human-Computer Interaction students who researched, defined, designed, and built a software prototype fo...

We explored the motivations, goals and desires of The Andy Warhol Museum's visitor psychographic profile in order to design new ways of interacting with T...

As the Space Shuttle era ends and NASA shifts its focus to the exploration of near-earth objects and beyond, new operational conditions will require crew ...

Our goal was to research and design a solution to assist physicians, when documenting in a narrative form, to reduce errors and capture information requir...

Our team of master's students designed and prototyped ISS Watch, a new iPad application that immerses high school students in the purpose of and activitie...

The student team worked with Family Services of Western Pennsylvania (now Wesley Family Services) to create an e-learning prototype for the Specialized Fa...

Our team redesigned the web presence of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), developing a prototype and a set of design recommendations. Our interd...

GD Viz tasked our team with conducting user-centered research specifically on the ADK space to understand where breakdowns exist and design a prototype th...

LuMo: A Mobile Execution Tool for the Investigation of Planetary Surfaces at NASA...

Built as part of the Master's in Human-Computer Interaction capstone project at Carnegie Mellon University, APACS is a picture archiving and communication...

We built a prototype of a health education website to demonstrate several key design concepts that reinforce our vision for online education. It's a visio...

Power Xpert is Eaton Corporation’s power management software product that is used by customers to monitor electricity usage, outages, alarms and other dat...

We worked with the HCI group at NASA Ames Research center to build a collaborative planning tool for rover navigation. Based on a field test that occurred...

The goal of our project was to alleviate the difficulties faced by the residents of Second Life by leveraging the strengths identified in its most experie...

The Zen Project undertaken with OutSystems was to make changes to Service Studio, the software that OutSystems developers use when building enterprise sof...

While the largest generation of workers is starting to retire, a new generation of employees—the millennials—are entering the work force. This new generat...

Our project is concerned with communication latency challenges that will be faced during manned missions to Mars. With at least 6 minutes of lag one way, ...

Our team was tasked with the broad challenge of exploring what is needed to bridge the gap between composite application development and business users wi...

The goal of our project is to create a system that enhances scientists' awareness for the purposes of helping them discover and make connections with pote...

We were challenged by NASA to create a handheld device and interface for problem reporting for technicians, quality personnel, and engineers. This would b...

Through careful exploration, research and design, Team CALO developed Stardust, a system to support overburdened knowledge workers through the use of arti...

The goal of this project was to rethink and reinvent social networking online. Primarily, it explored how online social networks could bring greater value...

The goal of this project was to design and develop an efficient interfaces for robotic activity planning for use by multiple people....