Inspiration
The unprecedented time we live in today was the inspiration for this program. Due to the world wide pandemic that has rapidly spread and impacted the lives of billions, we decided we wanted to develop a program that could be used as a tool to make living in the era of COVID-19 easier. As we are all rising sophomores at Vanderbilt University that will be returning to school in the fall, we know about the difficulties related to in person classes and social distancing. We developed this calculator as it can be used not only by us, but also by any school that will have in person classes while social distancing is in place.
What it does
Our program calculates the number of students that can safely fit in a classroom while following social distancing guidelines. The user can input classroom dimensions as well as specify the number and layout of available seating. Our program will calculate the occupancy of the room and provide a diagram of possible seating layouts.
How we built it
Our program is entirely written in Java.
Challenges we ran into
We are all beginners, so it was difficult to come up with a project that we had the expertise to complete in such a short time span.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Working as a team on one program was a new challenge for us that we didn’t know how to tackle initially. However, we collaborated together well enough to develop the program submitted. We are also proud of our ability to apply our knowledge to a program that has relevant real world applications.
What we learned
As we are all at different levels of knowledge regarding Java, we attempted to pool all of our experience together. For some of us it was our first time programming in Java, for others it was our first time making a project/program without a set guideline of rules. Either way we learned how to be creative, how to take an idea and make it into a working program, and how to collaborate as a group.
What's next for Social Distance Classroom Occupancy Calculator
We would like to eventually design a webpage for the occupancy calculator in order to make it more accessible to the schools and organizations that could benefit from its use. Additionally, we’d like to be able to make improved seating diagrams that account for a more diverse variety of classroom arrangements. We would also like to update our program to take walkways and sloped lecture halls into consideration. In a later edition of Social Distance Classroom Occupancy Calculator we hope to tackle those arrangements to maximize the amount of students you can fit in a class.
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