
PROJECTS

SIMPLIFYING STAMP EVENT DISCOVERY
Students of UMD enjoy attending events hosted by STAMP. With over 3000 events happening every year, how do they discover the kind of events they want to attend?

REEL WOMEN FACING REAL BIAS
The inherent gender bias faced by women in Hollywood becomes even more apparent when the findings are presented using interactive data visualizations.

JANINEBOT: AI CHATBOT FOR GHOSTBUSTERS
The Real Ghostbusters are busy saving the city from paranormal entities. They need someone (or something) efficient to answer questions and book appointments...

BEYOND
THE KITCHEN
TABLE
To motivate engagement and participation of children in the kitchen, a convivial solution was developed by involving the target audience in the design process.

MAKING INVISIBLE ENTITIES VISIBLE
Using Constructivist Grounded Theory to examine the effect of working full-time with invisible chronic conditions like migraine and fibromyalgia in a two-phase study.

CROWDSOURCED PARKING SOLUTIONS
A lean-UX driven approach to research, branding and designing a hack that
crowdsources data to help people understand parking restrictions in a city.

PORCHSIT:
A COMMUNITY AFFAIR
To design a system for an audience, it is important to include them in the overall process. We designed a mobile app for older adults with an 80-year-old co-designer.

JERK PROJECT: VOLUNTEER FOR WITOPS
Women in Tech Operations (WITOps) is on a mission to make work environments more inclusive. This research project identifies behaviors that cause a high quit rate among women.

USER-CENTERED DESIGN WORKSHOP
At Technica 2019, we conducted a 3-day workshop to immerse undergraduate students in CS research. They designed technology for and with people with dementia.