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MHCI Capstone Projects

  • 5 team members stand in front of the MHCI green wall
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    Highmark

    The A-Team explored how they might improve members’ financial health literacy and understanding of the health insurance system....

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    Zazzle

    This team continues our multi-year project with Zazzle to explore the broad space of creativity....

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    Pittsburgh International Airport

    This team investigated how to improve the airport waiting experience by exploring how additional transparency, control, and efficiency in the security lin...

  • 5 MHCI students and their Oasis project sponsors during their kickoff meeting
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    Oasis Recovery Center

    Partnering with the Oasis Recovery Center and the startup Biomotivate, this MHCI team designed a solution to empower people in their recovery journey by m...

  • 4 members from Nationwide team gather in front of wall of post its while discussing research
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    Nationwide

    Differing expectations about aging in place can create tensions between aging adults and their adult children. This team designed a solution to facilitate...

  • 5 students on the NASA team visited Houston and stand in front of space craft
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    NASA

    This team worked with UX designers at NASA Ames Research Center to investigate how to situate diagnostic tools in a workflow to support crew members in th...

  • Gov AI + MHCI team members stand side by side in front of a white board with many insights
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    Gov AI

    Team Gov AI researched how technologies, such as conversational design, can bridge the gap with government policy to improve the process of applying for g...

  • the 5 team members stand side by side, some with arms around each other
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    Bloomberg

    By combining user needs with innovative design, this capstone team is working on reducing the complexity of Bloomberg's machine learning workflow manageme...

  • Polaroid photo of the 5 students on this team
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    Amazon Music

    What might the future of listening to music look like? How might we utilize new devices and emerging technologies to create products and services which el...

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    Liquidnet

    How could the capstone sponsor, Liquidnet, better understand the state of their users? After conducting research about the Liquidnet 5 product and its use...

  • The 5 students of the Talk team stand side by side at the MHCI farewell party
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    Talk, the New Sex Ed

    Demand for the Pittsburgh-based program Talk: The New Sex Ed has outpaced the organization's ability to provide it, so this capstone team was tasked with ...

  • Team members are huddled together and face a wall covered in wireframes. There is a large affinity diagram on the far wall behind them.
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    PNC Bank Corporate & Institutional Banking

    How could the client improve the online banking experience for their commercial banking customers? The team applied a variety of human-centered design met...

  • 5 team members in black suits stand side by side in front of the MHCI green wall
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    Nemacolin Woodlands

    The team created an interactive Trip Planner to save guests time and simplify their booking experience at the five star Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. Using ...

  • 6 students on team Zazzle sit on the floor below their giant affinity diagram
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    Zazzle

    How can we help users unleash their creativity? Team Zazzle explored new and innovative ways to connect different members of the Zazzle community -- both ...

  • 5 members of team NASA stand side by side outdoors in front of a rocket
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    NASA

    How do we help systems engineers know when they're "done" with a stage of designing a rocket and, more specifically, understand the complex information r...

  • the 5 team members of the MedRespond team stand side by side in front of the MHCI green wall
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    MedRespond

    How might we envision a preferred future for conversational patient & caregiver engagement that addresses the medical, behavioral, and emotional dimen...

  • collage of design mockups from team knowledge accelerator
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    Knowledge Accelerator

    The challenge: find a target user group that has a need to make sense of vast and ambiguous information online, and design a tool based on Fuse's technolo...

  • 5 MHCI students on Team Crypta
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    CMU Coin

    Team Crypta was asked to design and develop a CMU Coin experience that utilizes up-to-date blockchain technology by discovering new markets and presenting...

  • 5 students on team Boulder Crest stand in the center of an outdoor labrynth
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    Boulder Crest

    Boulder Crest is a nonprofit organization that offers retreats for veterans, active duty service members, first responders, and their families. This MHCI ...

  • 5 students of the 2019 AEO team in front of the infamous MHCI green wall
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    American Eagle Outfitters

    How might we help teenagers find a style that makes them feel confident in their social identity? Welcome to the Find My Style experience, a service that ...