2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

One of the largest issues facing college students today is addressing mental health concerns, especially due to the inaccessibility of mental health resources. Many students struggle with mental health throughout their college experience due to the unique variety of stressors at university (academic pressure, social difficulties, new environments, etc.). Students often find it difficult to reach out for services they need, so the University’s mental health resources need to be very accessible. Similarly, staff have a need for the University’s resources, for themselves and when concerned for students. Three computer science majors, overseen by a faculty member from the computer science department, set out to solve this by designing and developing the “XXXXCare” mobile app. XXXXCare provides a user-friendly interface for accessing relevant and elaborate guidelines for how to properly access resources for mental health concerns. The app development itself involved the usage of platforms such as Unity and Figma for building and sketching out the UI and back-end of the app. In addition, the University’s Counseling and Psychological Services office served as an outside expert. The app provides guidelines for which resources are relevant, as well as links and phone numbers for each of them. The app has been designed with the extensivity in mind, allowing for it to be updated to handle new audiences, as needed, and also integrate with other potential off-shoot projects.