UNF computing students develop software for nonprofit

Four University of North Florida students - three of whom graduated this spring - developed a data collection and dashboard system for the North Florida Green Chamber of Commerce as part of their senior Information Systems Capstone project.

Daniel Cononie, Scott Corbin and Noah Hamm, Information Science students who graduated May 3, and senior Jared Henry, who is an Information Systems major, began working on their project last fall. They presented their system to members of the Green Chamber board of directors, Mayor Donna Deegan and other local leaders earlier this month.

The North Florida Green Chamber creates programs, tools and green initiatives to help local businesses do their part to be socially and environmentally responsible by protecting our air, water and the quality of life.

Throughout the nine-month, two-semester project, the students met regularly with the Green Chamber team to understand their specific needs and gain valuable information and insight. In addition, the students were mentored by software engineering firm SpinSpire, which guided them through product development.

The system the students developed allows Green Chamber to gather sustainability efforts data from their business members and easily view the data using the dashboard specifically built for the nonprofit.

"I've been teaching Senior Project classes for more than a decade," said Dr. Karthikeyan Umapathy, associate professor in the School of Computing. "My students have helped countless nonprofits in our area. This is the first time a student team had an opportunity to present their work to the Mayor."