2022/2023
View this year's student videos below! These videos were presented at the DFP Design Showcase on May 10th, 2023.
Vital signs Integration System to Improve Outcomes in Neonates (VISION)
Sponsor Organization: BC Children's Hospital and Women's Hospital
Partner Liaison: Dr. Sandesh Shivananada
Students:
Rosalyn Carr (Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
Titilola Yakubu (ExMed)
Emily Chan (iSchool)
Ryan Smith (CS)
Jackie Liu (CS)
Supply Chain Management Dashboard
Sponsor Organization: 6Sensmatic Inc.
Partner Liaison: Michael Dreher (Former Co-Founder TradePros Technology Inc.), and Andy Leung (Co-Founder 6Sensmatic)
Students:
Vedant Bahel (CS)
Tommy Nguyen (CS)
Michelle Chen (iSchool)
Ishita Haque (CS)
Self-guided Immersive VR Cognitive Training
Sponsor Organization: National Research Council Canada
Partner Liaison: Nushi Choudhury, Researcher, National Research Council Canada
Students:
Himani Prajapati (Rehab Sciences)
Pegah Derakhshan (OSOT)
Merry Shirvani (CS)
Zhe Liu (CS)
Form and Function: Redesigning the University Canada West (UCW) Library Homepage
Sponsor Organization: University Canada West
Partner Liaison: Winnie Li, Electronic Resources and Reporting Librarian
Students:
Kira Razzo (iSchool)
Alice Li (iSchool)
Onyekachukwu Odenigbo (Civil Engineering)
HarrietGo: Empowering Citizen Science
Sponsor Organization: Howe Sound Marine Stewardship Initiative (MSI)
Partner Liaison: Courtney Smaha
Students:
Matt Oddo (CS)
Ying Chen (iSchool)
Bereket Guta (CS)
Jason Hall (CS)
2021/2022
These videos were presented at the DFP Showcase on May 18th 2022.
Digital Phenotyping
Sponsor Organization: Simulation and Digital Health section of the National Research Council (NRC) and their academic partners
Partner Liaison: Jordan Hovdebo (lead of the Biomedical Data Intelligence team, NRC)
Students:
Francis Kobekyaa (Nursing)
Muyi Iyamu (SSPH)
Mui Tanprasert (CS)
Daniel Arauz Nunez (iSchool)
Inclusive Conferences
Sponsor Organization: UBC
Partner Liaison: Dr. Greg Martin; Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul
Students:
Ariel Lee (iSchool)
Chunjin Song (CS)
Mara Solen (CS)
Tyrone Scales (OSOT)
LungSounds@Home
Sponsor Organization: UBC
Partners: Dr. Kendall Ho; Dr. Karon MacLean
Students:
Devyani McLaren (CS)
Kevin Gilmore (Biomedical Engineering)
Parinaz Ranjbaran (MECH)
Sahar Sattari (Biomedical Engineering)
Xincheng Huang (CS)
Synchronous Exams
Sponsor Organization: EXAMIND
Partner: Gonzalo Tudela
Students:
Charlie Fokkens (iSchool)
Elise Shen (CS)
Elizabeth Reid (CS)
Jianhao Cao (CS)
Sang Yun Kwon (iSchool)
Tracking Infusion Pumps
Sponsor Organization: Vancouver General Hospital
Partner: Alice Casagrande Cesconetto
Students:
Melissa Yu (Biomedical Engineering)
Najme Hashempour (Civil Engineering)
Yaman Sanobar (CS)
Yifan Liu (iSchool)
Virtual Trauma Bay
Sponsor Organization: Vancouver General Hospital
Partners: Dr. Harvey Hawes; Dr. Morad Hameed; Dr. David Evans; Sahar Zandi Nia
Students:
Amit Ghimire (CS)
Candy Tran (Nursing)
Grayson Mullen (Psychology)
Maria Jose Bonta (Biomedical Engineering)
2020/2021
Motivating COVID-19 Misinformation Acknowledgement on Instagram
Faculty Consultant: Luanne Sinnamon (iSchool)
Students:
Abiramy Kuganesan (CS)
Hannah Elbaggari (CS)
Oloff Biermann (CS)
Eleanor Ren (iSchool)
Jin Wen (Psychology)
A Tool for Settlement Organizations Onboarding New Employees
Faculty Consultant: Suzanne Huot (Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy)
Students:
Atieh Razavi Yekta (OSOT)
Chelsea Palmer (iSchool)
Faqia Iqbal (CS)
Kim Correa (iSchool)
Michael Yin (CS)
Data Visualization for Teens with Chronic Pain
Faculty Consultants: Tim Oberlander (Pediatrics & School of Population and Public Health), Katelynn Boerner (Pediatrics) & Karon MacLean (Computer Science)
Students:
Unma Desai (CS)
Devarsh Bhonde (Civil Engineering)
Haomiao Zhang (Mechanical Engineering)
Katra Farah (Curriculum and Pedagogy)
Rubia Guerra (CS)
Digitizing KidsAction Coaching
Faculty Consultants: Stephanie Glegg (Occupational Science & Occupation Therapy, UBC) & Liisa Holsti (Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy)
Students:
Anika Sayara (CS)
Jane Jun (iSchool)
Jessica Wilkin (iSchool)
Kattie Sepehri (CS)
Preeti Vyas (CS)
2019/2020
LlamaZoo
Enhancing communication & facilitation of VR experiences in collaborative settings between HMD users and non-users
Partner Liaison: Dr.Li Ji (Research Lead, LlamaZoo Interactive Inc.)
Faculty Mentor: Robert Xiao
Students:
Mint Tanprasert (CS)
Anna Lin (iSchool)
Ege Unlu (CS)
Oliver Jacobs (Psychology)
Microsoft Research
Designing for Getting "Unstuck"
Partner Liaison: Dr.Shamsi Iqbal (Principal Researcher, Information and Data Sciences Group)
Faculty Mentor: Alan Kingstone
Students:
Rebecca Kenny (Medicine)
Zakir Suleman (iSchool)
Kevin Chow (CS)
Azadeh Mokhberi (ECE)
BC Centre for Disease Control
Redesigning an Online STI Risk Calculator
Partner Liaison: Mark Gilbert (Medical Director of Clinical Prevention Services) & Heather Pedersen
Faculty Mentor: Mike Van der Loos
Students:
Thalia Otamendi (Medicine)
Winnie Li (iSchool)
Sang-Wha Sien (CS)
Frances Sin (ECE)
OceanCanada
Bridging the Knowledge Ocean: Knowledge Translation for the OceanCanada Initiative
Partner Liaison: Duncan Burnside (Web/Data Manager, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries) & Dr.Anne Marie Goodfellow (Project Coordinator, Ocean Canada)
Faculty Mentor: Luanne Sinnamon
Students:
Rodrigo Jose dos Santos (iSchool)
Marina Botnaru (iSchool)
Delun Chen (MECH)
Francis Nguyen (CS)
2018/2019
These student videos were presented at the DFP Design Showcase on May 1st, 2019.
Provincial Health Services Authority
CompaReport
Partner Liaison: Sabrina Wong (Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research)
Faculty Mentor: Leanne Currie
Students:
Abdulai Abdul-Fatawu (Nursing)
Billy Augustine (iSchool)
Hanieh Shakeri (CS)
Natalya Lebedeva (iSchool)
WeatherBug
Error Handling for Voice User Assistants
Partner Liaison: Sarah Main (Director of Product)
Faculty Mentor: Sid Fels
Students:
Nick Hetherington (MECH)
Anna Offenwanger (CS)
Mohi Reza (CS)
Tableau
Finding Vizzes on Tableau Server
Partner Liaison: Eric Brochu (Machine Learning Engineer), Mya Warren (Data Scientist)
Faculty Mentor: Tamara Munzner
Students:
Ashish Chopra (CS)
Steve Kasica (CS)
Gustavo Tsay (Civil Eng)
Limor Tamim (iSchool)
2017/2018
Mozilla
Partner Liaison: Kamyar Ardekani (Senior User Experience Researcher)
Faculty Mentor: Joanna McGrenere
Students:
Amelia Cole (iSchool)
Borke Obada-Obieh (ECE)
Shareen Mahmud (CS)
Taslim Arefin (CS)
Samsung
Partner Liaison: Rock Leung (UX Researcher)
Faculty Mentor: Karon MacLean
Students:
Julian Benavides (ECE)
Soheil Kianzad (CS)
Yelim Kim (CS)
Yue Huang (ECE)
Tableau
Partner Liaison: Ken Wong (Director, Product Development)
Faculty Mentor: Tamara Munzner
Students:
Hayley Guillou (CS)
Michael Oppermann (CS)
Vanessa Figueiredo (iSchool)
We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Cette recherche a été financée par le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG).