Engineering college students develop rideshare app for U of R college students, school
Software program engineering college students Krupal Patel (left) and Yash Patel with their rideshare app Unigo open on a laptop computer. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Transportation is a standard situation for a lot of college college students.
That impressed a pair of fourth-year software program engineering college students on the U of R to design UniGo, a practical rideshare app for college kids and school on the College of Regina.
“We noticed and researched some (issues) reminiscent of folks ready too lengthy for a bus or paying an excessive amount of for taxi service, so we considered a brand new thought to give you a rideshare app,” stated Krupal Patel, one of many builders.
Unigo is meant to facilitate ridesharing and carpooling with college students or school.
It’s been operational for a couple of month and its database has recognized at the least 50 lively customers.
“We make adjustments to the applying based mostly on the suggestions that we get in regards to the consumer interface or another concepts that they’ve for us,” stated Krupal Patel.
The event of the app was a journey that took eight months. It was showcased on the College of Engineering’s twenty fourth annual undertaking day, a tradeshow-style occasion at which college students of their closing yr get to focus on their closing tasks.
Yash Patel stated the design section really took longer than the pair had initially anticipated.
“We obtained a hands-on thought of how (the) creation of an software and the whole idea of software program growth can be after we really depart the college and exit out there,” he stated. “In order that was a very rewarding a part of it.”
Though the app is totally practical, Krupal Patel stated it can possible be shut down as soon as the 2 wrap up their closing semester.