Yuchen Feng, ycfeng@mit.edu
Timmy Galvin, tgalvin@mit.edu
Neena Parikh, nsparikh@mit.edu
Fact #1: MIT students often travel to new places whether it is for a summer in London or an IAP in New York. While some programs, such as MISTI, are very structured and provide students with living arrangements and a solid MIT network, other programs do not.
Fact #2: When people travel to new places they often crave a familiar face, at least at first.
Fact #3: MIT students currently do not have a tool to easily locate other MIT students when they are thrown into a new environment.
Example Problem: Sascha went to Germany last summer for an internship. Because she applied to a internship outside of MISTI, she does not have an established living arrangement or a list of MIT contacts who will be in Germany. She is looking for a roommate and a way to make friends in Germany.
Example User Goals:
Obstacles:
*A Solution: *A web interface that facilitates location of and communication with other students would be a useful tool. This project aims to create such a tool that will provide users with a way of coordinating and communicating with students near them.