Chapman’s Grand Challenges Initiative program is unique in that students are taught how to utilize the skills they learn in the classroom to tackle real-world problems. Recently, Chapman alum Slade Laszewski and former Chapman professor Shenyue Jia published a paper that initially began as a GCI project. Recently, we were able to sit down with
Meet Hector Camarillo Abad, one of our GCI postdocs! Abad completed his undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, at Universidad de las Américas Puebla. He spent 12 years there completing his education. Abad is now utilizing all of the knowledge he gained while obtaining his degrees, into his research on human-computer interactions with
On Tuesday, November 28th, GCI welcomed guest speaker Dr. Kishonna Gray for our GCI Speaker Series. Dr. Gray talked about the research she has done regarding how technology impacts our culture and the world around us. Her talk on Tuesday was centered around disparities in the representation of people of color as well as women,
We are pleased to announce our 4th annual Chapman University Grand Challenges Initiative Outstanding Research Publication Award by a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow. The award is supported by alumni of the Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellows Program. The selection committee, which included Drs. Jason Keller (chair), Crystal Ng (Former GCI Fellow), & Aaron Harrison
Students, faculty, staff and guests from the community came together on May 12th at the Keck Center for Science and Engineering to celebrate projects completed by students participating in the university’s Grand Challenges Initiative. It is the program’s fifth end-of-year showcase. The program recognized six outstanding student projects, including the Arthur Flint Prize awarded to
During the pandemic, we all felt that we needed a way to vent and lots of people developed feelings of depression. So we figured that we would make a website that allowed users to journal in a way that gave them custom prompts based on themes. They can later search for them based on theme
With the growing influence of fast fashion, there is a necessity to develop alternatives that are better for the planet. Slow fashion is a viable alternative that has the potential to decrease water contamination, air pollution, the release of greenhouse gas emissions, and the culture of consumerism, overarchingly bettering the state of the environment. Thrifty
We decided to tackle the issue of excessive PPUs caused by the pandemic and went with an alternative to your usual lab glove. Using organic and biodegradable materials, we made a prototype. View the full poster here
Financial literacy is an important problem in society, especially in college students. Our team decided to create a stock literacy game application, utilizing python and financial research to build the backbone of the game. View the full poster here
The mass distribution of oral vaccines is not as effective as it could be. And as global warming continues to affect the Earth, we will only see an increase in diseases, making herd immunity harder to attain. The goal of the project was to develop an oral vaccine casing that could protect the vaccine component