Students Share Their Senior Design Projects with Spring 2025 Class

This past Monday, February 17^th, ID student Luke Seeley and VCD alumnus Samer Al-Hajjaj presented their process and design outcomes to a room full of students starting their journeys in Prof. Carvalho’s DES.505 Senior Design Project class.

Both Samer and Luke took Prof. Carvalho’s class last semester, excelling in their engagement, research and development process, and results achieved. They looked back at their journey, and shared insights on the professional and personal experiences afforded by their capstone projects’ work.

Luke’s Pocket Park project combined his passion for toys with his growing commitment to sustainability. His work explored organic materials such as mycelium, embedded with seeds, to promote a more interactive relationship with collectibles, while exploring the educational potential of using National Parks and monuments as conduits for greater ecological and historical awareness.

Pocket Park collectibles by Luke Seeley (DES.505 Senior Design Project, Fall 2024).

Samer’s Finding Halal project addressed the need for helping Muslim-Americans to better understand and find Halal food options, by using gamification strategies and mapping tools. The app developed by Samer integrates recipes from users, assessment of restaurant ingredients, and a product scanning function to help people making better food choices.

Finding Halal app by Samer Al-Hajjaj (DES.505 Senior Design Project, Fall 2024).

Samer Al-Hajjaj

Recently graduating with a bachelor’s in visual communication design from SFSU, Samer is a designer raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Samer’s interest in design stems from how design is everywhere, how clarity is an integral aspect of design, and intends to achieve clarity in design through different mediums such as in UI/UX design.

Website: https://samerportfolio.cargo.site/

Luke Seeley

Luke Seeley is a product designer studying to complete his B.S. in industrial design at San Francisco State University. Extensive practice with digital tools of design and technologies like 3D printing work in tandem with Luke’s passion for ensuring environmental health to create solutions that incorporate biomaterials and sustainable practices into established fields of design. A lifelong appreciation for games and toys has also infused his work with a playful aesthetic that underscores his entire process. At the heart of Luke’s design philosophy is a desire to connect with users on an individual level to create solutions that are effective and deeply personal.

Website: https://lseeley.myportfolio.com/work