Andrew Mullen and Sarah Sinclair
Abstract:
The Water Treatment Technology Selection Guide (WTTSG) team seeks to implement a webtool capable of providing recommendations regarding the efficacy and appropriateness of various water treatment options. This tool must be dynamic, responding appropriately to user input, and robust cross-culturally, recognizing cultural and language barriers. It must also adhere to principles of human-centered design, remaining accessible to populations with various degrees of skill while engendering a positive user experience. The current WTTSG team has continued the work of previous teams in creating a functional and attractive website. Significant strides were made this semester in passing data between pages of the site, the design and implementation of the results page, the construction of the administration panel, and the collection and population of data in the site. The site is now equipped to calculate regressions, provide automatic translations and log user input, and has been deployed on a MySQL-enabled server. Future challenges include the tackling logistics of providing the best recommendation possible, while continuing to make the website’s recommendations scalable to new languages and technologies.
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