Building a Mobile Platform to Identify Factors that Impact Student Success and Mental Health Related to Their Living Arrangements

This research seeks to discover how matching roommates can improve the living experience, academic progress, retention and mental health of students. It would be carried out using automated questionnaires, interviews, focus groups, surveys to extract user information. The research would help build a platform that can successfully match students based on preferences to help them make the right decision in selecting a roommate and achieve the above set goals.

Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Smith

Student:

Laura Russell;Peter Fletcher

Partner:

Cohability

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Saint Mary's University

Program:

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