CS 330: Intro to HCI

CS 330: Intro to HCI

Final Project Showcase

Section 60 with Katherine

Recipea

How to find recipes based on the ingredients you already have in your kitchen.

  • Team Members: Zane Denmon, Kartik Kesavabhotla, Siyabonga Matchaba, Ilan Ponsky, Vaishnavi Yeruva
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Art Access

A web-based platform that utilizes the Art Institute of Chicago’s new public API to display artworks based on a number of configurable parameters.

  • Team Members: Akbar Imamov, Nayan Mehta, KJ Schmidt, Aristana Scourtas, Neelanshi Varia
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Section 61 with Makenna

Swole

Helping people to create nutritionally balanced meal plans to reach their fitness goals.

Reflections

Helping people to actively and effectively practice self-reflection

GoLocal

When people travel, it can be difficult to separate touristy information or information advertised by large corporations from knowledge about authentic experiences from local experts. GoLocal helps people find the very best places to visit, curated by locals.

for thought

Guiding people through daily self-reflection with a simple, attractive, easy-to-use app.

Buy Better (Ethical Consumption)

Because there is a lack of transparency regarding company ethics and subsequent environmental impacts of their products, Buy Better allows users to shop more ethically, drawing on information and ratings from several environmental and rating groups. Buy Better makes this information more easily navigable and digestible.

Section 62 with Cooper

Brutus.nu (Course Planner)

The goal of Brutus.nu is to provide a concise tool that streamlines the course registration process. In developing our design concept, we wanted to implement the ability to select and display courses in a visual calendar representation like serif.nu while also providing additional information about prerequisites, typical course order, and CTEC course evaluations. We intended the website to act as a digital advisor, offering students personalized resources to find the best course options for an upcoming quarter in a given subject or field based on what prerequisites they have satisfied already.

DONAT.IO

Our goal was to create a platform that allows users to browse NGO's (their mission statements, metrics, etc.) and adequately compare them to determine which one they will donate to. While we allow users to donate on our site, we also want our platform to help spread awareness about the work these NGOs do through the information that we provide.

El-Care

Helping caregivers to care for elder adults: assisting people who are trying to juggle their career and social lives while also taking care of parents or even grandparents. A quick message-response check-in system can help ease some of these stresses.

  • Team Members: Olivier Gabison, Isaiah Jones, Jenna Jubeir, Tiffany Lau, Emily Weintraub
  • Final Report

Finding Classmates

Facilitating study group and partner formation in courses where students may not know anyone in the class.

  • Team Members: Dylan Clausen, Alexandra Gold, Abby Heath, Connor Mitchell, Monica Oleski
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Section 64 with Emmy & Gabrielle

City Commute

Helping commuters consider their transportation options (transit, Uber, biking, etc., given everyday constraints (weather, time, money).

sharity.io

sharity.io aims to help resolve this struggle by creating a better communication platform between individuals and their nearby charities. By resolving this issue, people in need will have a greater chance of receiving the items and services they need from these nonprofits. Community building can also grow from having locals become more involved with nearby nonprofits.

Food Finder

Food Finder combines the logistical part of Google Maps with the social side of foodfriends. Ideally, users should be able to input their addresses and get suggestions for restaurants near both of them. They would also be able to filter options by distance, price, and cuisine.

Mental Health App

Helping students maintain positive mental health through journaling, mood tracking, and self reflection.

Time.Off

Time.Off significantly reduces the need for travelers to research and plan activities ahead of time. By providing travelers with an automatic, personalized set of options from which to choose, Time.Off helps them to create an itinerary that best aligns with their needs and preferences.

  • Team Members: Caroline Dooley, Margot Dupeyroux, Brendan Lamishaw, Fumi Moriya, Nicole Villalba
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Section 65 with Titobi

Healthcare

Improving the accessibility of all possible medical information that can be found, helping patients make the best informed decisions regarding their healthcare needs based on preferences including insurance plans (in or out-of-network), distance, price, etc.

  • Team Members: William Belcher, Olivia Deloney, Ethan Piper, Rhea Ramaiya, Nimesh Tripathi
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Lost 'N Found

LostNFound aims to connect those who have lost items with other “finders” so that they can easily regain possession of such items. When someone posts a lost item, he or she can include a bounty for finding that item, so that other users will be motivated to find the lost item.

NU Housing

Helping NU students find off-campus housing through a centralized website -- containing listings, contact information, and housing amenities. NU Housing will save students countless hours and make the process of finding housing much easier.

  • Team Members: Itay Golan, Maximilian Kolowrat-Krakowsky, Joshua Levitas, Alex Rhee, Brando Socarras, Ethan Zack
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Better Than Caesar

Helping NU students to plan out classes to take in the future while making sure that their plan fulfills all necessary degree requirements.

Section 66 with Anna

Apartment Search

Apartment Search helps college students find off-campus housing.

New Caesar

Allowing students to adapt to class availability and look up classes an hassle-free way. New Caesar allows students to create potential schedules by selecting courses based on their major's academic requirement, the course number and name, as well as any major that course belongs to. They can easily see how the courses fit in their schedules and remove/add accordingly. Moreover, they can keep potential courses in their Shopping Cart for future reference.

Finding Tutors

Helping students to: (1) easily find tutoring around campus from other students that have taken those classes before, and (2) offer tutoring services to others in order to make some extra money.

  • Team Members: Shalom Alarape, Yining Chen, Kathryne Tao, Linda Zhang
  • Prototype

Language Learning

Helping non-native English speakers to feel confident engaging in casual conversations and keep up with slang/ever-evolving cultural references.

Section 69 with Drew & Kieran

Sweather

Sweather helps you to figure out what you want to wear, based on: (1) the personal style you want to express, (2) what you will be doing, and (3) the weather throughout the day.

  • Team Members: Liam Braddock, Jeff Lau, Brian Sui, Ian Wu
  • Prototype

Bloom

Bloom tracks your habits over time, helping you to identify the ways in which certain habits can negatively impact your life. In addition to this, it encourages your to set realistic and timely goals in order to replace their old habits with better ones.

Happy Jar

Happy Jar helps people to reflect on how they feel, why they feel the way they feel, and visualize their emotional states over time and via artistic bubble charts of concepts and experiences.

Chore Scheduler

Helping you and your roommates schedule (and do) needed chores.

Happy Appy: An App for Happiness

Happy Appy is a website that helps users become happier by allowing them to log daily reflections that focus on the good in their lives, track their progress over time, connect with friends to create a supportive social network, find outside resources to educate them on healthy coping or find professional help, and a place to see positive content that can help them feel better.

  • Team Members: Billy McCarthy, Noah Schaffer, Darryl Forbes, Trisha Casper, Sydney Simmons
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Elate

Remembering the good times through journaling and goal setting.

Section 70 with Calypso

Tabletop Game Assistant

Tabletop Game Assistant allows players to display information found in Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition to a single virtual notepad, for the player's convenience.

Teco

Helping people lower their carbon footprint via their purchasing choices.

  • Team Members: Olivia Gallager, Taehun Kim, Wilson Wong, Jingya Xun
  • Final Report

Jot

Fostering mental health and wellness through journaling, reflection, and enhanced therapist-patient communication.

  • Team Members: Daniel Hernandez, May Li, Alex Malavet, Margot Sobota, James White
  • Final Report
  • Prototype

Build

The easiest way to split checks with friends!

  • Team Members: Caroline Christensen, Elijah Flomen, Spencer Levitt, Matt Restieri
  • Final Report
  • Prototype