Capstone Expo 2024

App to Inform Students on Curriculum Threads Wins Capstone Expo

Emily Smith
College of ComputingSchool of Computing Instruction

A web application to inform students about curriculum threads in the College of Computing won first place at the Spring 2024 Computer Science Junior Design Capstone Expo.

Each semester, third- and fourth-year computer science (CS) and computational media (CM) students work with clients to solve various real-world problems with their software designs. Students produce minimally viable products, like mobile apps, for public and private sector clients.

Team presents at Capstone Expo
A student team presents Capstone project for SCI Chair Olufisayo Omojokun, who served as a judge. Photos by Terence Rushin/ College of Computing.

Teams presented projects at the expo this semester. Judges evaluated team projects based on functionality, aesthetics, and team presentations.

The top teams in the Spring 2024 CS JDC Expo are:

1st Place – ThreadQuest: ThreadQuest is a web application that is a one-stop shop to inform students about Threads, a groundbreaking CS curriculum developed by the college in 2006. It gives students thread recommendations and relevant information based on their career goals and interests while allowing them to track their goals and desired skills.

The team members are Srikar Balusu, Shrey Bhatia, Anoop Jalla, Abhinav Kaushik, and Aditya Radhakrishnan.

2nd Place - ChromeOS Weather: ChromeOS Weather is a weather application for ChromeOS desktop application. The weather app includes explanations of weather jargon, interactive widgets, saved locations, maps, and emergency notifications. 

Team presents at Capstone Expo
Team member presents ChromeOS Weather at the Expo. Photos by Terence Rushin/ College of Computing.

Team members are Aliyah Crumbley, Sara Enright, Ludwig Lechtreck, Maridel Macatula, Alina Polyudova, and Dhaval Sharma.

3rd Place - Hemodynamics Calculator: The Hemodynamics Calculator is a user-friendly platform for clinicians at Emory's Cardiac Intensive Care Unit to perform error-free calculations related to their patients’ blood flow and cardiovascular function. Using the application, clinicians can save calculated hemodynamic values to patient profiles. This ability allows them to efficiently inspect trends and evaluate patients' cardiac risks.

Team members are Guy Broome, Eric Dong, Michael Hammond, Namkhang Le, Daniel Oman, and Sean Spych.

SCI's Ronnie Howard and Matthew Halm judge student projects.
SCI's Ronnie Howard and Matthew Halm judge student projects. Photos by Terence Rushin/ College of Computing.

The course’s structure allows students to gain experience communicating with clients and using their skills to help build solutions for them. 

Students discuss project at the Expo
Student shows Capstone project to guests at the Expo. Photos by Terence Rushin/ College of Computing.
Students present project for SCI's Kris Nagel and Melinda McDaniel as well as other judges.
Students present project for SCI's Kris Nagel and Melinda McDaniel as well as other judges. Photos by Terence Rushin/ College of Computing.

Client applications are accepted for every semester. If you are interested in working with CS and CM students, contact CS JDC Coordinator Amanda Girard at amanda.girard@cc.gatech.edu 

More photos of the expo are available here.