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Service Learning Experiences in the Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering

Third-year courses
- Human-computer interaction
Fourth-year courses

Human-computer interaction

Coordination: César Mauri Loba (cesar.mauri(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Excursionista Asociation of Catalunya, Reus.
Summary: This proposal comes from the 1st Social Projects Marketplace held at the Faculty of Economics and Business on 24 April 2014. During the course a group of four students will design a mobile application for via ferratas and evaluate its usability. A via ferratas is a climbing route that has a steel cable alongside it fixed to the rock and the project is the direct result of a specific need of its enthusiasts. Sometimes people get jammed in the middle of a route and do not know how to find the quickest way out. To solve this problem, we will create a mobile application that can locate the start point of the ferrata (via geolocation) and download all the information sections (Tibetan bridges, crashes, rappels, etc.), either in advance to encourage responsible sport or, once on the ferrata, to see where you are and what alternatives are available. It is important to note that within the via ferrata there is usually no phone coverage, but there is always coverage via GPS geolocation.

Final Degree Project - Low-cost biosensors for persons with cerebral palsy

Coordination: César Mauri Loba (cesar.mauri(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Provincial Paralisis Cerebral Association (APPC)
Summary: This project stems from the 2nd edition of the initiative entitled the Social Projects Marketplace, which was held on the URV's Sescelades Campus in Tarragona. The aim is to explore and develop the interactive, leisure and/or recreational possibilities offered by low-cost biosensors for people with cerebral palsy. Part of the project was be, in the course 2015-16, to develop an interactive videogame for people with cerebral palsy at the APPC in Tarragona. Interaction will be via electroencephalogram (EEG) sensors in a NeuroSky headband.

Final Degree Project - Application for mobile devices to care for children with autism who are lost

Coordination: Maria Ferré Bergadà (maria.ferre(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Astafanias Association, Internacional de Policías Tarragona Association (IPA).
Summary: Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), although it affects differently, gives rise to communication difficulties. This means that, especially in the case of children and in situations where emergency services are involved, circumstances arise that hinder the performance of different bodies. This Service Learning experience was based on supporting the design of an information system that reinforces the protocol of action of emergency services and security forces when children with autism are involved. Two students, from the Degree in Computer Engineering and the Degree in Telematics Engineering, designed during the course 2016-17 a web application and a mobile app that facilitates the interaction between these services, the children and their environment, family and tutors.

Final Degree Project - Valorisation of the reduction of waste that does an entity of recovery of objects of second hand and creation of a software

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: La Segona Volta Association
Summary: The Project has consisted in the development of a computer program to the association "La Segona Volta ". To carry out this task the student has analyzed the needs of the entity and how the efficiency could be increased with the computer infrastructure.
The program developed during the course 2017-18 allows to decrease the amount of waste of the entity and improve the storing of the products; furthermore, it allows to automate the inventory control, that, until now, was done manually.

Final Degree Project - Self-service computer application on volunteering in the city of Tortosa

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Tortosa Town Hall
Summary: Development of a self-service computer application on volunteering in the city of Tortosa. The city of Tortosa has a wide network of non-profit social organizations with close relationships between them that need the participation of the community in order to strengthen the social impact of their tasks, as well as citizen co-responsibility. We propose the design of an interactive application for mobile devices in order to connect social entities in the city of Tortosa and people interested in doing volunteer activities. The idea is that it can have a search engine with specific searches by type of available projects, entities, social groups to which the activities and time of dedication of the person concerned are addressed. The volunteer could also download their personal agenda with the research data.

Final Degree Project - Design of a tool for the internal organization of an organization of volunteers for animal welfare

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: La Casa dels Gats.
Summary: Design of a tool for the internal organization of an organization of volunteers for animal welfare:
1) WHAT DO WE NEED? We are an organization made up mainly of volunteers (between 30 and 40 people: full-time, organizers and one-off). Our entire internal organization works through instant messaging applications, and we have great difficulty centralizing information, reporting animal alert alerts, maintenance shifts, infectious disease cases, hygiene protocols, and more. In addition, we have a very varied profile of volunteers (young people, the elderly), so not everyone gets used to the dynamics of messaging groups.

2) HOW TO DO IT? We need a tool for the internal organization of the volunteers and organizers of the organization; which may include the specifics of our functions and information to be centralized, as well as the profile of volunteers of the organization.

Final Degree Project - Digitization of a guide to mental health resources and services

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Ment i Salut Association - La Muralla
Summary: Digitization of a guide to mental health resources and services:
1) WHAT DO WE NEED? We have been working for some time, from a commission set up for this purpose, to develop a guide to mental health resources and services. These are resources and services, both public and private, throughout the Camp de Tarragona. We want this guide to be digitized, online, and accessible to the general public.

2) HOW TO DO IT? We need help in digitizing this guide to mental health resources and services in the Camp de Tarragona. We do not have the technical knowledge to design this digitization (which is accessible, intuitive, etc.) and the design of the web platform where it could be hosted, to be for public consultation and accessible.

Final Degree Project - Creation of a corporate blog of a consumer support organization

Coordination: Carlos Barberà Escoí (carlos.barbara(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Intercomarcal de Consumidors i Usuaris de Catalunya Association (AICUC)
Summary: This project stems from the 6th Mercat de Projectes Socials. During the 2019-20 academic year, the student collects the needs of the Association at different levels, with the aim of designing the entity's website with a new program for the student. It will take into account the visibility of the tasks they carry out, accessibility to the public, sharing information and receiving suggestions from the general public; with the aim of designing a clear and useful web structure. The student will also work on the differences between a traditional web page and the web created with the new program, in terms of operation, maintenance and costs.

Final Degree Project - Creation of a corporate blog of a consumer support organization

Coordination: Hebert Pérez Rosés (bert.perez(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Causa Coopel per la Pau.
Summary: Coopel is an innovative learning system, based on cooperation and research. The project (for the year 2021-2022) consists of developing the platform that makes it possible for students to interact with teachers and with each other, and in this way achieve the learning objectives. The tasks carried out by the student are: the development of an educational and study application where the users themselves can create and share content from any field of knowledge, in various formats such as images, text, sound and video.

Final Degree Project - Development of a device for pilots with reduced mobility

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: La Tutela. Catalana Privada Tutelar Foundation
Summary: The Tutela accompanies people with functional diversity who need support, in order to promote their autonomy and well-being. The experience of the Final Degree Project consists of technological innovation with a social impact, designing a literacy application. The objective is to provide accessible tools to people with functional diversity. The project consists of an application for mobile devices, focusing on user accessibility.

Final Degree Project - Design of software to work on cognitive stimulation with Alzheimer's sufferers

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: Familiares de Alzheimer de las Terres de l'Ebre Association.
Summary: At AFATE, we develop a cognitive stimulation program with the aim of improving and maintaining as long as possible the preserved cognitive functions of sick people and their independence in carrying out the activities of daily life. The work is designed for the year 2022-2023.

Final Degree Project - Creation of a management tool for a "Library of things" project in Sant Salvador

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: El Far Cooperatiu.
Summary: El Far is a cooperative work that sheds light on sensitive and responsible projects, to make them visible and thus ensure that they have a greater impact on the community. The work is carried out in the 2022-2023 academic year. The experience is based on the creation of a management tool for a "library of things" project in Sant Salvador to be able to share objects of daily use, within the reach of all people.

Final Degree Project - Development of a mobile application for the management of turtle volunteers on the Catalan coast

Coordination: Pere Millán Marco (pere.millan(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat)
Community organization: GEPEC-Ecologistas de Catalunya
Summary: End of Degree project carried out in 2022-2023. Environmental education and citizen participation are the foundations of change in environmental care. The experience deals with the development of a mobile application for turtle volunteer management on the Catalan coast. Hundreds of GEPEC-EdC volunteers travel the beach for months, to locate eggs and guard the nests. Managing all this information would be much simpler with a mobile app that helps manage it.

Final Degree Project - Design of a mobile application of citizen science for the observation of the Camanegro trail

Coordination: Montse García Famoso (montse.garcia@urv.cat)
Community organization: GEPEC-Ecologistes de Catalunya
Summary: End of Degree work carried out in 2022-2023. The black trail is a small endangered bird that nests in the sand of the beach. The trail conservation project consists of monitoring this species and recording as much data as possible. For this, we have more than a hundred volunteers. The objective is to turn this participation into a citizen science project and for this an intuitive and attractive tool (APP) would be necessary so that as many people as possible can use it.