Locating a concise material history of the book can be challenging due to the breadth of materials available. University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Rare Books and Book Arts curatorial area wanted a better way to display the vast items in their collections, while also providing information to people interested in the field. In response, we created an online interactive exhibit along with a physical exhibit that depicts and describes materials, tools, and techniques used in Western Europe and the United States through the 15th to 19th century. This provides an entry point for researchers through terminology and examples.

Where do you want to immigrate? Immigrants need as much information as possible when adapting to a new country to combat cultural differences and transition smoothly. Without appropriate research, they can face barriers in accessing basic needs and are often subject to exploitation. Immigration Inc. is an interactive website providing knowledge and resources for those interested in moving out of their home countries. Through data visualizations powered by government statistics covering topics such as education, employment, and population, Immigration Inc. enables users to make informed decisions regarding immigration.

Cascade Bicycle Club suffers from a disorganized website, thus burdening user experience and reducing revenue/donations. This website redesign project includes three aspects. First, creating functional requirements. Second, conducting an analysis of CMS platforms and third party plugins that are compatible with Salesforce; our recommended CMS platform is Drupal 9 and an Events and Membership Management solution from Advanced Communities, a Salesforce boutique consultancy. Third, redesigning the information architecture to improve navigation experience for users. This website redesign project aims to optimize user experience while suggesting the best CMS platform that serves its functionalities and reduces management costs.

For those whose primary language isn’t English, finding books in one’s own culture can be difficult. In our project, we want to connect Indigenous people who speak minoritized languages with public library books in their native tongue. We envision an application built in collaboration with regional public libraries to encode less common languages or translated books in a way easily discoverable. Our target audience is indigenous people seeking to discover more books in their native language. However, we also consider public library systems as another stakeholder in our application, because they will facilitate the upload of data into our application.

For designers, academic research papers are often hard to access and apply in practice, due to academic jargon and a lack of actionable guidelines. Our goal is to bridge the research-practice gap to promote the creation of research-driven designs. The IDC (Interaction Design & Children) Toolkit website gives designers easy access to evidence-based and theoretically-driven findings to inform their design and business decisions around children’s products. The toolkit also aims to help researchers better translate research findings into actionable design guidelines through a step-by-step submission form.

At the end of each academic year a large number of household goods are thrown away by university students. However, most of these items are still usable. Many students struggle to find affordable ways to buy furniture, household goods and clothing. For students wishing to buy these goods secondhand, platforms like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist create significant challenges in the areas of safety and accessibility. To solve these challenges we created Jasper, a trading platform for UW students to buy and sell goods in a convenient, affordable, safe and sustainable fashion.

We developed a ZEV Dashboard for Kenworth using Tableau to help the decision-making process of the Kenworth Project Planning team. In this way, they will gain more insights into the conversion to ZEVs in response to the rise of CO2 emissions. In addition, to better adapt to future ZEV credit requirements set by the government, Kenworth can take advantage of the ZEV credit calculator and set up plans for future sales of ZEVs regarding climate change.

This project aims to provide assistance to the Health Systems - Maternal Mortality Rates and Drivers (HS-MMRD) team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) on the creation of a health facility classification and healthcare personnel mapping, for use on investigating why maternal mortality ratios have not decreased, despite an increase of deliveries in health facilities. A public interest article was written for the Think Global Health (TGH) website, which illustrates barriers to accessing maternal healthcare in Kenya, and includes an infographic of differences in travel times to birthing facilities for patients in urban versus rural areas.

This study examined the accessibility practices of commonly used partners for the Kitsap Regional Library system. Through research a survey designed to assess barriers to service was created and then used to assess the accessibility of five community partners through a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens. Using the gathered data an internal community partner guide and accompanying training packet was created for the use of Kitsap Regional Libraries. In addition, feedback on the results of the survey has been offered to each community partner.

Esports have an immense amount of data tracked and available during the game, but it’s not always accessible to interact with. This is why Riot Games (Creators of League of Legends & Valorant) tasked us with creating a fresh and fun way for new and experienced League of Legends (LoL) Esports fans alike to keep up with the games. Whether you want to ask which team is winning, what the standings are in the league, or set a reminder for your next game, the LoL Esports Alexa Skill is ready to immerse you in a new level of engagement.