In the User Experience Capstone (SI 487/497), advanced undergraduate students work through the user experience (UX) process to conduct user research and provide UX and interaction design solutions to clients. Methods used will include user requirements analysis, user research, prototyping, specification gathering, documentation and user experience evaluation.
Course Overview:
Capstone projects span the entire academic year. In the fall semester (September-December), students are matched with clients, engage in project scoping, develop a research and design plan for the project, and conduct relevant background research in SI 487. In the winter semester (January-April), students will conduct UX research to better understand user needs, identify design requirements and design respective UX prototypes in SI 497.
Fall 2024 faculty: Florian Schaub, Scott TenBrink
Optimizing Tire Health Management: Bridging the Gap for Fleet Efficiency
Student(s): Jess Cummings, Rober Bowser, Siyu Zhong, Scarlet Wong, Kimberly Lillios
Project Overview:
We addressed the fragmented experience across Bridgestone’s fleet tools by designing a unified dashboard to improve tire health tracking and decision-making.
This project showed us how the Future of Work in the field of transportation depends on accessible, data-driven tools that support human decision-making. We gained hands-on experience working with real clients, testing designs with users, and improving workflows that impact safety, efficiency, and sustainability in fleet operations.