MHCI Capstone Projects

This team aimed to create a digital experience to share Roberto Clemente's legacy and emphasize the man behind the baseball uniform, his struggles against This team aimed to create a digital experience to share Roberto Clemente's legacy and emphasize the man behind the baseball uniform, his struggles against racism as a Puerto Rican, and his incredible ...

This team partnered with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to explore one of the most complex and pervasive issues of our time—misinformati This team partnered with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to explore one of the most complex and pervasive issues of our time—misinformation on social platforms. While the vast majori ...

In conjunction with the non-profit organization Pandemic Professors, this capstone team built a suite of tools designed to center the student experience t In conjunction with the non-profit organization Pandemic Professors, this capstone team built a suite of tools designed to center the student experience through data-informed decisions. Medium blog: ...

This team imagined a brighter future of digital healthcare in the wake of COVID-19 with an emphasis on adaptable solutions, personal control, and friction This team imagined a brighter future of digital healthcare in the wake of COVID-19 with an emphasis on adaptable solutions, personal control, and frictionless integration. They created a mobile tool t ...

This team speculated 3 to 5 years into the future to design a better digital television experience, keeping a particular focus on utilizing synthetic cont This team speculated 3 to 5 years into the future to design a better digital television experience, keeping a particular focus on utilizing synthetic content. Medium blog: https://interdigitalatcmu.m ...

We worked with 99P Labs, a digital proving ground that helps further develop mobility and energy concepts through customer empathy, data science, and busi We worked with 99P Labs, a digital proving ground that helps further develop mobility and energy concepts through customer empathy, data science, and business innovation. Medium blog: https://medium ...

Team Super Cool Scholars investigated how to improve the graduate application process to help address the growing workload for admissions reviewers, as we Team Super Cool Scholars investigated how to improve the graduate application process to help address the growing workload for admissions reviewers, as well as envision the next generation of graduate ...

Team Hi, Mileage takes us on a journey to reimagine end-to-end car buying experiences. They created an autonomous voice agent to provide relevant and valu Team Hi, Mileage takes us on a journey to reimagine end-to-end car buying experiences. They created an autonomous voice agent to provide relevant and valuable information to customers' smartphones as ...

This team worked with one of the nation’s oldest community foundations, The Pittsburgh Foundation, to envision and design the future of responsible philan This team worked with one of the nation’s oldest community foundations, The Pittsburgh Foundation, to envision and design the future of responsible philanthropy. ...

This team worked with the Pittsburgh fintech lab Numo to explore opportunities with the card linked offer (CLO) programs provided by some debit cards. This team worked with the Pittsburgh fintech lab Numo to explore opportunities with the card linked offer (CLO) programs provided by some debit cards. ...

The student loan experience can be a confusing one to navigate. This MHCI team is exploring how they might better understand students' decisionmaking duri The student loan experience can be a confusing one to navigate. This MHCI team is exploring how they might better understand students' decisionmaking during the college loan process. ...

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

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

This team investigated how to improve the airport waiting experience by exploring how additional transparency, control, and efficiency in the security lin This team investigated how to improve the airport waiting experience by exploring how additional transparency, control, and efficiency in the security lines might reduce airport travelers’ frustration ...

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 Partnering with the Oasis Recovery Center and the startup Biomotivate, this MHCI team designed a solution to empower people in their recovery journey by making it easier to find the help they need whe ...

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

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 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 thinking clearly, rationally, and critically. ...

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 Team Gov AI researched how technologies, such as conversational design, can bridge the gap with government policy to improve the process of applying for government benefits. This human-centered conver ...

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

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 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 eliminate the barrier between private digital mu ...