MHCI Capstone Projects

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 rethink and reinvent social networking online. Primarily, it explored how online social networks could bring greater value to users, especially those over 20 years old. ...

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

This project’s charter was to create a 3D file manager to work with Sun’s existing Project Looking Glass. This project’s charter was to create a 3D file manager to work with Sun’s existing Project Looking Glass. ...

The goal of this project was to design and develop an interface to facilitate in-situ re-tasking of generalizable robotic platforms, addressing new challe The goal of this project was to design and develop an interface to facilitate in-situ re-tasking of generalizable robotic platforms, addressing new challenges in human-mission interaction. ...

This project worked to develop the Data Shop web application, a tool for learning researchers in the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC). Two ess This project worked to develop the Data Shop web application, a tool for learning researchers in the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC). Two essential services that the Data Shop will provid ...

The project involved redesigning the planning software scientists at NASA are currently using for both the Spirit and Opportunity Mars Exploration Rovers. The project involved redesigning the planning software scientists at NASA are currently using for both the Spirit and Opportunity Mars Exploration Rovers. Our client for the project was NASA Ames Rese ...

TeamMail is a Java email client that incorporates lightweight task management functions right into your email Inbox. It is a fully functioning prototype, TeamMail is a Java email client that incorporates lightweight task management functions right into your email Inbox. It is a fully functioning prototype, built on top of Columba, an open source Java e ...

Designing and developing a comprehensive intranet for students, faculty and staff at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine (SDM) based on Designing and developing a comprehensive intranet for students, faculty and staff at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine (SDM) based on extensive contextual inquiry data and design ...

Conducted a full contextual inquiry of the existing call center infrastructure, including the discovery of organizational, cultural, and systematic constr Conducted a full contextual inquiry of the existing call center infrastructure, including the discovery of organizational, cultural, and systematic constraints and iteratively designed, developed and ...