MHCI Capstone Projects

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, ...

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

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...

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 rethink and reinvent social networking online. Primarily, it explored how online social networks could bring greater value...

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...

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...

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

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

TeamMail is a Java email client that incorporates lightweight task management functions right into your email Inbox. It is a fully functioning prototype, ...

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

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