Students will launch the Digestive Health design challenge through direct interaction with real users, surface their own assumptions about digestion and nutrient absorption, and conduct structured interviews to create evidence-based empathy maps grounded in authentic experiences with digestive health and aging.

Students will synthesize digestive health user research into a clear, evidence-based problem definition that identifies a specific user, core need related to digestion and nutrient absorption, and a focused How Might We question to guide solution ideation.

Students will generate a wide range of human-centered solutions for improving community understanding of how gastrointestinal tract structure supports digestion and nutrient absorption, then narrow to the most promising concepts grounded in real user evidence.

Students will build, test, and refine low- and medium-fidelity prototypes of their digestive disorder educational videos and poster concepts, using real user feedback to strengthen scientific accuracy, clarity about gastrointestinal tract layers, and explanation of nutrient absorption impacts.

Students will validate their refined digestive disorder educational videos and research posters with an authentic audience, then present a design narrative that traces their work from user interviews through iteration, explicitly connecting gastrointestinal structure and function to real community health needs.