Meet Our Project Teams
cons - Ethical Shopping App
Group 2: Thomas Conrad, Jessie Gu, Kelsey Taylor, Aryan Thakar, Bea Ybanez
Program Assistant: Amber Melton
Project Overview
"cons" is a mobile application that allows users to take the ethics of their shopping into their own hands. Users simply use the app look up the product they are considering purchasing and are presented with insight into the ethics of that product and it's manufacturer.
UMDConnect
Group 3: Tyler Bush, Jennifer Ding, Sophia Gonzales, Gitika Saravanan
Program Assistant: Maryann Vazhapilly
Project Overview
"UMDConnect" is a web application designed to spotlight and connect University of Maryland students with small businesses that operate on campus, promoting these businesses and helping students better understand the various organizations on and around campus.
The Eco Sorter
Group 4: Bhargavi Alluri, Devon Lai, Suhan Neema, Bhavini Pandey
Program Assistant: Mary Redpath
Project Overview
The "Eco Sorter" is a web application that helps users know how to sort their waste. The application scans the user's items using a pre-trained waste sorting model and informs the user what to do with them - whether to recycle, compost, or trash it.
Plan4You
Group 5: Margaret Kato, Martin Konteh, Christine Li, Brikto Nriayo, Hannah Richard
Program Assistant: Sayee Naresh Kumar
Project Overview
"PLAN4U" offers a platform for University of Maryland students to develop their four year plan, as best suited for them individually, without having to sort and sift through various university web pages and documents detailing major requirements, eligible electives, and more.
TerpMart
Group 6: Maurice Barksdale, Alejandra Serrano, Priscila Terry, Esrom Tesfay
Program Assistant: Valerie Yen
Project Overview
"TerpMart" is an e-commerce website intended to reduce fashion waste at the University of Maryland through streamlined secondhand shopping and selling. Individuals near and on campus will be able to purchase and sell their pre-owned clothing online effortlessly, reducing the need to purchase and throw away new articles of clothing that no longer suit them.
HeartInsight
Group 7: Samuel Jordan, Rachel Rodrigues
Program Assistant: Maryann Vazhapilly
Project Overview
"HeartInsight" is a mobile application that uses a custom trained and tested machine learning model to predict whether the user is at risk of coronary heart disease based on various information they provide the app. Its goal is to reduce the number of people who are unaware of their risk level so that they can make potentially live-saving changes to their lifestyle or seek treatment accordingly.
Net 0
Group 8: Christie Cao, Riya Lakhani, Michael McDonald, Sanjana Vandanapu
Program Assistant: Mary Redpath
Project Overview
"Net 0" is an application designed to reduce users' carbon footprints by regularly quizzing them and assigning a score to their carbon footprint, presenting areas of improvement and allowing them to track changes in their carbon footprint (and the decisions that make it up) over time.
Terp Sphere - UMD's Magic 8 Ball
Group 9: Lydia Belay, Gabriel Canola, Tom Nguyen, Jincy Njenga
Program Assistant: Amber Melton
Project Overview
"Terp Sphere" is a web application designed to present various restaurants, study spots, and activities on and around the University of Maryland. Users are able to "shake" the magic 8-ball to have it present them a new option, reducing confusion or frustration in deciding where to go or spent their time on campus.
TerpLocal
Group 10: Bryan Amaro, Bhavika Buddi, Catherine Li, Emeka Ogbuachi, Meenakshi Rama Subramanian
Program Assistant: Maria Master
Project Overview
"TerpLocal" is a website intended to connect University of Maryland students to local businesses in the College Park area. It allows students to gain experience by working on projects with local businesses, and provides the opportunity for businesses and students to form deeper connections.
TerpHousingHub
Group 11: Sarah Agarwal, Annie Nguyen, Colin Nguyen, Isabelle Pardo, Shaina Silawan
Program Assistant: Eva Ginns
Project Overview
"TerpHousingHub" is a website presenting ratings and reviews for University of Maryland housing. Allowing users to learn and share information about the various on and off campus dorms and apartments, this website aims to enhance students' living experience by providing the full and complete explanation of their housing options.
SussanahAI
Group 12: Mary Ryan Elizabeth Abbago, Tyson Cheung, Mohith Nagendra
Program Assistant: Sayee Naresh Kumar
Project Overview
"SussanahAI" is a user-friendly tool designed to enhance text-based communication by analyzing the text and providing insights into its emotional tone, detecting potential spam, and quickly summarizing lengthy paragraphs. The tool implements three key features of natural language processing to function: sentiment analysis, spam detection, and text summary.
Exercise Evaluator
Group 13: Grace Cai, Aarya Mandvilkar, Megan Walker
Program Assistant: Maryann Vazhapilly
Project Overview
"Exercise Evaluator" is a tool for evaluating a user's exercise form through the combination of computer vision and a multiclass classification machine learning model. It serves to enhance users' exercise and reduce potential injuries by allowing them to analyze their form independently, without the need for a dedicated instructor or trainer.
Nutritional Helper AI
Group 14: Mahathi Chinthapalli, Alexander Cruz, Rachel Kim, Yashas Vijay
Program Assistant: Sayee Naresh Kumar
Project Overview
"Nutritional Helper" is a web application for automated nutrition tracking. The application allows users to scan food labels, then re-presenting that information in a more readable format, tracking different categories for each food item, such as allergens, macros, and eventually calories, cost, and expiration date as well.
UMDetour
Group 15: Riya Patel, Faith Short, Sandra Sumesh, Angela Zhang
Program Assistant: Valerie Yen
Project Overview
"UMDetour" is an application that serves to improve University of Maryland students' ability to navigate campus amidst the evolving construction work that may block their usual path(s). The application contains a map of campus picturing current construction projects based on student reports, and provides quick detours and alternate routes for students to swiftly reach their destination.
UMD Dining Nutrition Counter
Group 16: Olaronke Afolabi, Morolasaiye Aina, Jasmine Emeruwa, Rahul Nair, Natanel Solomonov
Program Assistant: Sayee Naresh Kumar
Project Overview
This project is a web application, built using Python, intended to assist University of Maryland students in tracking their nutrition, broken down into four categories: calories, carbohydrates, fats, and protein. The application utilizes the UMD Dining Hall Menu to retrieve food and nutritional information to present to users in a more digestible format, reducing the time and difficulty involved in tracking their nutrition on campus manually.
Rate My Path - Accessibility App
Group 17: Ruba Ibrahim, Ehesana Nida, Medha Sunkara, Ashley Tchokote, Edgar Urena Lizardo
Program Assistant: Eva Ginns
Project Overview
"Rate My Path" is a platform designed for University of Maryland students with disability, allowing them to view others' ratings of various campus facilities and routes to help them navigate campus safely and efficiently. It aims to reduce the challenges and frustrations faced by disabled students when presented with inaccessible routes and facilities that they might otherwise be unaware of before experiencing them.
TakeOff: Friends + Travel
Group 18: Sheena Agrawal, Alicia Debra, Sayuri Modi, Toalima Tamasese
Program Assistant: Maria Master
Project Overview
TakeOff is a mobile application, created using ReactNative, that is designed to assist users in finding a travel partner, which focuses on promoting travel as a means of improving mental-health, positioning itself as the ideal application to initiate this new experience with other users who share the desire to explore and travel.
UMD Student Schedule GCal Integration
Group 19: Kelly Austin, Scott Chen, Reem Saleh
Program Assistant: Valerie Yen
Project Overview
This project seeks to integrate University of Maryland students' course schedules from Testudo directly into Google Calendar (GCal), reducing the need for students to do so manually - a time consuming task - and allowing them to spend their time on more important things related to their coursework.
Alumni Finder
Group 20: Rabberia Hordoffa, Zoie Luka, Sequoia Santoro, Caitlin Yan
Program Assistant: Maria Master
Project Overview
"Alumni Finder" is a web-based platform focused on providing University of Maryland students access to alumni-related information and resources. The platform allows students to explore UMD alumni profiles based on various filters, as well as contact alumni directly to form connections and expose students to essential mentoring opportunities.
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