Engineering for Social Innovation
Engineering for Social Innovation is a Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) through Georgia Tech that aims to address social problems and needs with engineering design and development. Advised by Dr. Joyelle Harris, our team of six selected a project related to the sustainable development goal “inequality,” specifically affordable housing.
The Project
For our project, our team partnered with the Grove Park Foundation in Atlanta to help further their goals of increasing equity in areas of health, housing, and education. To make it easier for Grove Park to communicate with its clients, we created a web application that can be used to add phone numbers to the contact list and send texts and media.
How it Works
Our application has a React.js client-side where users can input phone numbers to be added to the contact list, as well as enter messages and attach media to be sent to clients. This side connects to a Node.js server-side that uses Twilio API to text the contacts stored in the MongoDB database.
Our Team
Advisor: Dr. Joyelle Harris
Frontend Developers: Jennie Baker (myself), Natasha Bohra, Rhea Ganguli
Backend Developers: Madeline Wilson, Albert Lu, Dae’Shawn Taylor
My Role
As a member of the frontend team, I led my sub-group in creating the user interface for our web application. This included using React.js to create a front page that would allow for users to input phone numbers, text messages, and media. Also, during team meetings, I kept a log of what happened during each meeting, including tasks completed and future goals.