Project Exposition

The annual UMSI Student Project Exposition brings our community together to celebrate student work at the culmination of the academic year. During Exposition, School of Information students present projects from capstones, mastery courses, other courses and programs, and independent projects.

2025 Student Project Exposition

Save the date! RSVP information will be available in Spring 2025.

Monday, April 21, 2025
Michigan League
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Community and corporate partners are encouraged to attend this event to learn more about the work students do at the School of Information. This event is a great way to learn about potential areas in which to focus client-based project proposals for courses and programs at UMSI and explore how hiring UMSI students can benefit your organization.

Students’ posters are judged by a panel of community and industry leaders. Student teams with exceptional posters will be awarded prizes with funding provided by the estate of Gerald P. Miller (AMLS ’86, PhD ’95) and the UMSI Miller Scholars Fund.

Get Involved

You can support the School of Information students participating in this event by making a donation to support UMSI engaged learning programs or serving as an exposition judge. If you are interested in these opportunities or have questions about the event, please contact [email protected].

Explore Previous Expositions

Learn more about previous UMSI student projects showcased at Exposition.

2024 Exposition Awards

The following projects were selected by a panel of judges from a pool of over 100 projects, representing the work of more than 400 UMSI students during the 2023-2024 academic year.

Residential Master's Programs Final Projects

First prize: Empowering Well Owners: Trusted Resources and Community Support for Safe Michigan Water (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Gabriela Holliman-Lopez, Jennifer Li, Samartha Okyne, Angelina Viana, Alexander Yang
- Course: SI 699: UX Research and Design Mastery Course
Second prize: Streamlining and Sustaining Data Management Systems
- Student(s): Avery Gleason
- Course: SI 699: Digital Curation Mastery Course

Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) Capstone

First prize: YouTube Redefined: Personalized Viewing with AI Filtering (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Quoc-Huy Nguyen, Gabriel Alon, Krishan Chawla
- Course: SIADS 699: Masters in Applied Data Science Capstone
Second prize: Bridging Medication Interoperability: RxNorm Linkage from Free-Text Descriptions (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Karl Renius, Rich Tata
- Course: SIADS 699: Masters in Applied Data Science Capstone

Bachelor of Science in Information (BSI) Capstone

First prize: Toyota Trailer Hitching Guidance Application
- Student(s): Zoe Zhang, Angel Huang, Jack Mintzer, Caira Blevins
- Course: SI 487: User Experience Final Project
Second prize: Clavis Sinica - Chinese Language Learning App
- Student(s): Ally Chang, Yuri Chen, Rebecca Mao, Sage Pei, Jingting Wang
- Course: SI 487: User Experience Final Project

Entrepreneurship/Innovation

First prize: Enhancing Laparoscopic Surgical Training and Feedback Framework at the UM-Medical School (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Siddhi Rajesh More, Yidi Lin, Rachana Gone, Jessica Cai
- Course: SI 582: Introduction to Interaction Design
Second prize: AI-Enhanced Mental Health Training (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Rashida Aluwihare, Cindy Ye, Hamza Naveed
- Course: Independent Project

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

First prize: Dress for Success Washington D.C. – Career Development Website Redesign (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Zeinab Ghandour, Jack Sambursky, Joan Suh, Rishma Balakrishnan
- Course: SI 487: User Experience Final Project
Second prize: Do Black-owned Restaurants Matter?: Platform Visibility Amid a Racial Reckoning (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Cameron Moy
- Course: SI 491: Independent Study

Community/Civic

First prize: Strengthening Social Cohesion at the Neighborhood Level (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Roger Barber, Helena Grobel, Imani Ahmad, Remi Goldfarb
- Course: SI 487: User Experience Final Project
Tie for Second prize: Move United: Transforming Wheelchair Football Through Scoresheet Digitization (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Grace Garmo, Mia Inakage, Kushal Sanjeev, Jacob Weiskopf
- Course: SI 487: User Experience Final Project
Tie for Second prize: Bridging Families & Toys Through Digital Lending (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Priya Varshika Ganji, Woojin Kang, Alan Yang, Stella Young
- Course: SI 487: User Experience Final Project

UMSI Theme Year (Water Conservation and Access)

First prize: Where's the Water? Clean Water Access for the Homeless Community (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Alexandra Balmaceda, Nina Chen
- Course: SI 699: UX Research and Design Mastery Course
Second prize: Rain Garden VR Simulator (access the video summary)
- Student(s): Faith Gowen
- Course: SI 659: Developing AR/VR Experiences