Grand Challenges Initiative Showcase: Celebrating Innovation and Collaboration On Friday, December 5, 2025, the Grand Challenges Initiative (GCI) hosted its semi-annual Showcase the close of the fall semester. This event marked the culmination of three semesters of hard work for four student teams — though one team impressively completed their project in just a single
At our 2025 GCI Fall Showcase, a group of students presented a poster about a cost-effective tool that will allow individuals to assess their risk and reduce the likelihood of developing early-onset diabetes.
At our 2025 GCI Fall Showcase, a group of students presented a poster about an interactive, educational game that will help people with identifying phishing emails to prevent any potential scams.
At our 2025 GCI Fall Showcase, a group of students presented a poster about accessible animal emotion tracking tools that could improve owner-pet empathy and timely care.
At our 2025 GCI Fall Showcase, a group of students presented a poster about the importance of vehicle engine condition for advancement in vehicle oil health monitoring.
Our GCI 250 students have been hard at work, making exciting progress on their interdisciplinary group projects. Each team has been using their creative and technical skills to collaborate and tackle real-world issues. Keep reading to see some highlights of our GCI 250 teams! FETCH: A Synthesizing Smart Dog Collar Members: Torki Alghamdi, Tristan Horgan,
The annual Grand Challenges Initiative Showcase was a vibrant celebration of student innovation and collaboration. Student teams presented their final projects to guests and judges, sharing breakthroughs and competing for recognition. Overall, the showcase highlighted the hard work, creativity, and impact of the student teams’ efforts. Here are our winners: Flint Science Award
At our 2025 GCI Spring Showcase, a group of students presented a poster about an app prototype that will help visualize sleep data and will work to improve college students’ sleep health.
At our 2025 GCI Spring Showcase, a group of students presented a poster about economic and environmental impacts of various plastic recycling methods.
At our 2025 GCI Spring Showcase, a group of students presented a poster about a framework and mockup simulator for an isotope database for efficient data retrieval and analysis.