Past Projects
Throughout the year, mentees and mentors work together to code a functional project.
Bioboards - Visv Shah
BioBoards is a platform that allows users to create a custom “board” and share it through a link in their social media bio (similar to Linktree or VSCO).
Put Me On - Dwayne Asare
Put Me On is a web application that allows users to share their Spotify playlists with others, and like each other's playlists. The app is built using React for the frontend and Flask for the backend, and leverages the Spotify API to retrieve playlist details.
Boilerhunt - Peter Kang
Boilerhunt is an interactive mobile guide of Purdue campus that encourages students to explore campus and go to new places.
Color Palette - Nina Gruteser
Color Palette is a website where users can get unique playlist cover images for their playlists. The website takes a Spotify playlist URL and extracts features such as the energy, time signature, tempo, and danceability of the songs.
Testimonials
Here is what some past mentors and mentees have to say about LaunchPad.
Shrinivas Venkatesan
Mentee '21, Mentor '22
My favorite part of LaunchPad was how supportive and conducive the environment was for me to develop my first meaningful project. My mentor and I were able to create a good working relationship that enabled me to enhance and develop my technical and creative skills.
Furthermore, during my time as a mentor last year, I was able to provide the knowledge and expertise that I had gained over the course of my time here at Purdue to my mentee and help him navigate and transition to life at college.
Stephen Feria
Mentee '20, Mentor '21, '22, '23
LaunchPad has been an exceptional organization that has had a profound impact on me since my freshman year. The absolute best part of LaunchPad, for me, has been the opportunity to immerse myself in various projects.
As a mentor, I relished in the chance to contemplate the high-level design decisions that went into my mentees' projects. And as a mentee myself, I experienced the entire design process, from its inception to its completion, while being guided by a talented mentor. In both roles, I derived immense satisfaction from working on diverse projects that spanned across various realms of computer science.
Nilisha Bhandari
Mentee '21, Mentor '22, '23
LaunchPad provided me with a valuable experience as a mentee as well as a mentor. As a mentee, I learned new and valuable technical skills, while as a mentor, I had the privilege of sharing my knowledge and experience. I also got the opportunity to network with like-minded people in CS.
I highly recommend the LaunchPad program to anyone looking to gain new skills and make meaningful connections!