The Alliance of Angels (AoA) is an angel investor group that provides funding and guidance to emerging startups. While email notifications and website updates are utilized to inform members about meetings and events, there are challenges in securing the attendance of investors and managing RSVPs. In response to this problem, we integrated a calendar into the AoA website for a streamlined way to find events and submit RSVPs efficiently. Additionally, to maximize attendance and engagement, we incorporated dedicated sections highlighting the startup companies that are presenting at each meeting.

The Last Mile Design team at Amazon is addressing the challenge of discrepancies between physical warehouse designs and virtual attributes, which hinders productivity and coordination. Our project develops a web-based Digital Twin that integrates and manages these elements in a unified platform. This tool serves as a reliable source-of-truth for all design-related data, ensuring accurate updates and consistency across all team members and stakeholders. By streamlining the management of warehouse designs and attributes, our project significantly enhances operational efficiency and collaboration within Amazon's warehouse operations, directly impacting the effectiveness and satisfaction of the design and operational teams.

ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a neurological condition that affects executive function, time management, and motivation. Our project Bearable tackles to help individuals with ADHD break down tasks into manageable chunks, improve focus, productivity, and symptom management one task at a time. In the lives of others, Bearable compared to other task management applications tackle feelings of overwhelmingness by showing one task at a time and integrates multiple different API’s (Application programming interface) such as Google Calendar and Spotify to minimize the need of swapping to different tabs. Bearable intends to boost productivity while minimizing distractions.

Bike Works is a non-profit that offers community-focused bike maintenance services. One service is a bike repair class, which students can pay for via “work-trade” by committing volunteer hours instead of paying money. The current system used to track these hours requires excessive manual entry because it lacks a centralized database platform and automation capabilities. To address this issue, we simplified the record keeping process for “work-trade” tracking using two no-code platforms called Softr and Airtable. This allows Bike Works staff to put more time into services that will benefit their local community.

This project addresses the need for discoverable and accessible archival materials about Black histories at Occidental College. In the last decade, Oxy students increasingly utilize archival study and the digital humanities to advance their research and progress student movements. The College’s archive is rich with materials, but access is limited due to slow processes towards digitization, lack of finding guides, and loss of digital exhibits. Using Collection Builder, this project builds a framework for a sustainable, publicly accessible digital archive that benefits its target audience and presents a replicable model for other affinity organizations and community archives.

Students who work in team projects often experience issues such as poor communication and a lack of accountability. Chīmu aims to reduce negative team experiences by emphasizing communication, responsibility, and feedback. The goal is to start a conversation by providing awareness that issues are occurring. Chīmu does this through critical features that allow teams to understand each other and build trust, set clear expectations, and encourage reflection for building continuous improvements. Chīmu strives to facilitate teamwork that creates a safe environment for students and promotes working through issues in a constructive manner.

GEN (Gender Equity Now) has developed a unique DEI certification recognized as the industry gold standard for gender equity. This comprehensive certification process includes insights from different processes such as organizational surveys, internal audits and leadership interviews. Traditionally, these processes were managed manually through sporadic emails, potentially diminishing the client experience. To enhance efficiency and client interaction, Team Dataverse Explorers undertook industry research and user interviews to develop a multifaceted solution which includes a client-facing dashboard that facilitates tracking of certification status and results. Additionally, they automated the survey scoring process, streamlining operations and improving overall service quality for GEN.

DEI professionals face challenges in goal-setting due to organizational barriers, limited data, and technical resources, often leading to inadequate leadership buy-in and resulting in failed DEI initiatives. In collaboration with people analytics firm Included.ai, we leveraged industry best practices to iteratively complete discovery, design, and development phases of an application to enable DEI professionals in planning, evaluating, and strategizing organizational DEI goals. The DEI Goal Calculator is a specialized and custom built analytics tool which presents an intuitive user-experience and low technical or data requirements. 

In today's digital age, the internet and social media have transformed into essential tools for skincare beginners. Yet, alongside this accessibility, the prevalence of misinformation within the skincare industry has surged. Dewy tackles this challenge by offering immediate access to personalized skincare insights. Leveraging computer vision technology, our website swiftly analyzes images or skin segments and provides tailored recommendations for addressing specific skin concerns. Our results not only identify potential skin concerns but also offer an ingredient-focused approach, empowering users with knowledge to make informed decisions about skincare purchases.