Human Factors/User Experience

Research

Financial Assistance System Redesign for Families in Need

The SCOPE team is working with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care through a user-oriented collaborative design process to improve on the current family user experience of the Childcare Financial Assistance (CCFA) process, making it faster and easier for families to get assistance.

Research

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Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley

Data Illuminators: Scalable Data Collection for Nighttime Crosswalk Lighting

Our SCOPE team is aiming to provide a streamlined, efficient data collection method and analysis process to inform decisions of street lighting and pedestrian-vehicle safety teams for 2-3 municipalities in Massachusetts and beyond.

Research

Faculty Advisor: Sarah Bloomer

Empower: A Consent Framework for Health Data

The Microsoft Research NERD's Resolve SCOPE team focuses on creating a public-facing consent framework for the community served by flok Health. The project emphasizes secure, ethical data handling practices and seeks to build trust within marginalized health communities by prioritizing informed consent.

Research

WISE written below two human figures with hands raised like trees and leaves

Faculty Advisor: Jessica Townsend

Creating Generative-AI Powered Learning Systems to Facilitate Equitable K-2 Literacy Education

The BU WISE SCOPE team is working with generative AI models to create a web-app that will act as a “reading buddy.”

Research

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Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley

Conformal Coating Rework Machine

A semi-automatic robotic spray-coating machine for simplifying and accelerating Blue Origin’s current in-house PCB rework process.

Research

Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley

Dassault Systemes Customer Adoption Experience

The 2022-23 Dassault SCOPE team researched user journeys and created prototypes to reduce the complexity and provide a more seamless onboarding and discoverability experience for current and future customers of 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

Research

Faculty Advisor: Sarah Bloomer

Digitizing Ford: Building a Future Community

The 2022-23 Ford SCOPE team focused on women in motorsports, with an emphasis on connecting with and building a future community among aspiring women in racing through digital channels.

Research

Faculty Advisor: Lynn Andrea Stein

Pfizer Clinical Trial Assistant

The 2022-23 Pfizer SCOPE team built a prototype that augments the information search capabilities of Pfizer clinical research colleagues when responding to IP handling queries from clinical trial sites, thereby minimizing wait times for patients.

Research

Faculty Advisor: Lynn Andrea Stein

National High-Injury Network Analysis Tool (NHAT)

Partnering with the Santos Family Foundation and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, the team created a free national tool that allows communities to generate interactive HIN maps and understand the relationship between safety, equity, and other contextual factors.

Research

Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco

Watts Water Technologies

Watts Water Energy Harvesting

Research

Faculty Advisor: C. Jason Woodard

Santos Family Foundation / Volpe Center

Ruina: Advancing Crash Data Reporting for Improved Road Safety

Research

Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco

Johnson & Johnson

End-Effector Design and Concept Exploration for Robotic Assisted Surgery

Research

Faculty Advisor: Scott Hersey Jessica Townsend

Ford Motor Company

Catalyzing the Transition to Electrical Vehicles

Research

Faculty Advisor: Scott Hersey Jessica Townsend

La Fondation Dassault Systèmes / MBARI

Designing Deep-Sea Play Experiences

Research

Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco

Air Partners + Aerodyne Research

As a part of the NIH-funded HAFTRAP project, the AirPartners/Aerodyne SCOPE team created an integrated air quality measurement system that included both low and high-cost atmospheric chemistry instruments.

Research

Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco

Pfizer 2020-2021

Clinical Supply Chain Environmental Conditions Monitoring System