During their senior year, DMI majors complete a capstone project in collaboration with a faculty member and local community organization. In the first semester of the capstone project, you coordinate with a local organization and select a faculty member who is best able to mentor you during the project. Then, the following semester, you can get to complete a hands-on high impact community project that will stand out on your resume!
Learn about three recent capstone projects below.
MensHelp: Your Personal Virtual Style - Germeine Osei Kwakye
MensHelp is a virtual chatbot that offers fashion tips and advice to men. Germeine saw a need for young men to express themselves through clothes to gain confidence and showcase their unique personality. He researched various styling apps and developed one that offers more detailed and personalized advice. The MensHelp Chatbot can help with measurements, favorite styles, color preferences and fashion inspirations to help customize advice to each individual. Germeine says he wants his app “to be the tool that gives men the chance to feel seen, understood, and stylish.”
3D Historical Archives of Fitchburg - Chris Gonzalez
For their senior capstone project Chris focused on creating 3D interactive models of the Upper Commons of Fitchburg and documenting how the space had changed over the past 128 years. The end goal was to make an interactive exhibit to be displayed at the Fitchburg Historical Society. Chris worked directly with the Fitchburg Historical Society to find images and also scoured the internet for additional hard to find photos. They took all of this visual information to document changes and then created custom 3D models. These models gave viewers a sense of the unique geography and the multiple changes over the years as different buildings and businesses came and went.
The History of Conlon and Holmes - Jarrod Howard
Students walk through the Fitchburg State campus buildings Holmes and Conlon every day with little knowledge of the history of the two buildings. Jarrod dug through the university’s extensive paper archives to create a detailed digital account of the history of these two buildings. His research offers vivid details of the cultural changes on campus, contentious naming conflicts, and explores the extraordinary lives of Roger Holmes and Florence Conlon for whom the buildings were named.