Category: Fall 2017
Access Rice: TEST
Architectronica: Before Architectronica was shut down this year (R.I.P.), a few members from our team had the opportunity to see how accessible the party was after party organizers were given a copy of our accessibility checklist. We found that Architectronica was … Continue reading Access Rice: TEST
Access Rice: BUILD
Design goals: We want our checklist to be easy to… Add Comprehend Execute – to the current event planning system – we want our checklist to be intelligible and easily understood by event organizers – we want the information on … Continue reading Access Rice: BUILD
Access Rice: IDEATE
This week, we ideated 50+ answers to our final HCW statement, “How can we ensure event organizers on Rice’s campus accommodate for and make events appealing to students with disabilities?” We narrowed our findings down to two final ideations. A … Continue reading Access Rice: IDEATE
CPR: TEST
Testing Insights: 100% said they would reach out to the mentor from the Lookbook 87% would want to become a mentor in the future 60% felt like they developed a personal connection by reading the profiles “A lot of us, after the … Continue reading CPR: TEST
Access Rice: REFRAME
Our frame has narrowed to the improving the social experience of students with physical disabilities at Rice University. Our interviews with both physically disabled students as well as event planners have revealed some important insights: Students with physical disabilities feel as … Continue reading Access Rice: REFRAME
CPR: BUILD
Ease of Use: How many clarifying questions will the students ask? (5 second intuition test) Engaging: On a scale of 1 to 10, how engaging is it? Interactive: How likely are you to reach out to a mentor? Scalable: Create a guide for how … Continue reading CPR: BUILD
CPR: IDEATE
Top 4 Ideas Surveys for Creating Mentorship Pairs Successful mentorships lead to successful futures for the current students and a sense of meaning for the alumni Newsletter Keeps the alumni connected to Breakthrough Will drive engagement and motivate the alumni … Continue reading CPR: IDEATE
Team Harvey Relief: REFRAME
Through all our research and interviews, we managed to narrow down our problem space to three primary areas, expressed as How-Can-We statements. HCW enable and support Rice students that want to consistently volunteer? HCW train and keep track of Rice … Continue reading Team Harvey Relief: REFRAME
Access Rice: IMMERSE
Pedagogical Insights: Rice DSS appears to be reactive as opposed to proactive in accommodating the needs of students at Rice There are too few existing resources for individuals at Rice with disabilities Sometimes there is a lack of understanding between faculty/staff … Continue reading Access Rice: IMMERSE
CPR: REFRAME
4-5 Possible HCW’s: How can we engage and retain the Breakthrough alumni to stay in the network? How can we maintain long-term mentorship relationships between Alumni and current students of Breakthrough? How can we make a system that is easy … Continue reading CPR: REFRAME
Access Rice: IDENTIFY pt. 2
We met today to discuss potential interviewees, our research, and important insights. Here are a few: Sixteen percent of students with disabilities earned a bachelor’s degree, compared to 27% of students without disabilities… (Horn & Berktold, 1999) Quality of disability … Continue reading Access Rice: IDENTIFY pt. 2
CPR: IMMERSE
This past week, our team jumped off the diving board and into the water. Our scope has narrowed to “The effects of low socioeconomic status/background that yield disadvantages in college preparedness and resilience”. We began identifying organizations that might have … Continue reading CPR: IMMERSE
Team Harvey Relief: IDENTIFY
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Rice organized an impromptu volunteer response, allowing students to go out into the Houston community and give back while school was cancelled. The volunteer response, termed R-HAT (Rice Harvey Action Team), was formed from … Continue reading Team Harvey Relief: IDENTIFY
Team Harvey Relief: IMMERSE
So far, we’ve created interview questions and templates to ask our users and experts, so that we can continue to gather insights and develop a better understanding of our problem space. We have also sent out emails to experts either … Continue reading Team Harvey Relief: IMMERSE
Access Rice: IDENTIFY
Our project has officially begun! This week, we have started broad research regarding problem spaces around disability and accessibility on college campuses. We have asked questions such as, “what is disability? What is accessibility? What does living with a disability … Continue reading Access Rice: IDENTIFY
FCA: IMMERSE
To experience the challenges with cars at intersections first hand, our team has walked around campus and surrounding areas to access the challenges present. Some issues we noticed are drivers trying to speed up and make yellow lights, the dangers of right turning of red, the trouble with crossing a busy road as a pedestrian, and sharing the road with cars while on a bike. Other key factors we noticed at intersections are the importance of eye contact between other drivers and pedestrians when crossing streets in order to determine who has the right of way. From our walk around … Continue reading FCA: IMMERSE
CPR: IDENTIFY
Pink, purple, green, yellow – a mosaic of sticky squares fills our table. Each square representative of an invisible thought once isolated in a mind, now interacting with other squares to create visible patterns and clusters. This is the beginning … Continue reading CPR: IDENTIFY
Meet Team Harvey Relief
Lead – Jeffrey Xiong, McM ’18, Computer Science likes taking pictures of squirrels, sketching strangers on subways, and reading sci-fi Cesar Soto, Lovett ’18, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering likes playing soccer, watching sports, fishing, and food Eri Zhong, Lovett ’18, … Continue reading Meet Team Harvey Relief
FCA: IDENTIFY
In identifying our problem, we considered the restrictions given to us by National. One challenge we had was the fact that self-driving cars have not yet been implemented at a large-scale, so our problem likely wouldn’t be directly related to … Continue reading FCA: IDENTIFY
Meet Team CPR
Mayu: When she is not in class or open studio, you can find her watching Studio Ghibli movies or listening to Mura Masa. JeongSu: He finds joy in eating spicy and Japanese food, fixed gear bikes, and collecting fountain pens. Claire: She … Continue reading Meet Team CPR
Meet Team Access Rice
Coby Kaskel – team lead and all-around chill dude Beril Uzmen – Turkish delight Angelo Ragan – loves La Croix Connor Rothschild – enjoys petting dogs Irene Kwon – lover of canned peaches and corgis Shane DiGiovanna – also enjoys … Continue reading Meet Team Access Rice