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Independent Study
Communications, Hospitality, and Software Engineering project
The WSU Metro Center for Applied Research & Extension
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COVID-19 had a big impact on the restaurant industry. 

You can join an interdisciplinary team to help policymakers and restaurant owners understand how the industry changed.

Last year, a team of communication, hospitality, and software engineering students focused on building out an AWS Cloud data storage and security protocols. This year, we need you to take things a step further—pull the data and use Microsoft Power BI to create a web portal like the Washington State Covid-19 Data Dashboard.

Policymakers and restaurant owners need to see three different classes of restaurants, nine different geographical regions in the state, and nine different variables across ten years, with room to expand for another ten years. In addition to creating the web portal, your team will develop a narrative to explain and develop a public release plan for the data dashboard.

Learning Outcomes

  • Gain valuable experience solving problems with technical, security, business, procedural, and cost challenges
  • Develop web-based data services and visualizations
  • Work collaboratively with peers, clients, and mentors to create solutions to an evolving problem
  • Learn to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Mentor Experience

  • Access to one-on-one and group mentoring from technical and client-centered applied researcher personnel within WSU.
  • Mentor access during regular office hours, email, and guided learning.
  • Guided access and implementation of AWS, web development, and Microsoft Power BI environments

Mentors

Sarah Druffel
Public Relations/Communications Manager, Carson College of Business

Nathan Roberts
Business Data Analyst, Carson College of Business

Mark Beattie
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, WSU Everett
Scholarly Assistant Professor, Carson College of Business

Brad Gaolach
WSU Metro Center Director

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