Improving Math Education Through Games Jasper Wu, Megan Abe, Noah Fuery, Ethan Clunie, Grant Sielman
Video game helping elementary school age kids test and improve their mathematics skills. Full Poster: Improving Math Education Through Games
bil·LED: A Website to Promote Sustainability Through the Transition to LED Light Bulbs Erin Babbitt, Sharon Chang, Daniel Dinh, Parsa Mazloumin, Lorena Munoz, Charli Stein, Minna Yu
We created a LED light bulb conversion calculator that will provide the user with personalized information about the environmental and financial benefits of switching to LED light bulbs based on their current electricity usage and light bulb types. Full Poster: bil-LED Follow the QR Code to the bil-LED website!
Save the Date for the 2022 GCI Showcase! Student Teams Presentations on May 13 in Keck
Save the date for the 2022 GCI Showcase! Join us for an afternoon of poster presentations and awards as we celebrate the achievements of our students in the Grand Challenges Initiative! We are thrilled to hold this event in person on the Keck Center Bleachers from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 13. Our
2021 Outstanding Research Publication Award
We are pleased to announce our 2nd 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. Doug Dechow (chair), Carter Berry (’20), & Cristiano Duarte (’20), evaluated
GCI Team Wins the 2021 Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize STEM students continue to impress with their research and writing skills
Grand Challenges Initiative (GCI) students Heather Andrini, Ashley Okhovat, and Sydni Au Hoy (l. to r. above) have been awarded the 2021 Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize hosted by The Leatherby Libraries. Heather, Ashley, and Sydni started working on their project, “Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures Disorder: Treatment after the Diagnostic Odyssey” as the focus of
Highlights from Fireside Conversation with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
In April, the Grand Challenges Initiative was honored to host Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the NIH’s scientific lead for the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, for a wide ranging conversation about solving society’s most pressing problems. We invite you to watch a video of the highlights below.
Team Waxworms: Degradation of Polyethylene Plastic with Galleria mellonella Sidney Briski, Rhea Inumerable, Chathuni Liyanage, Natalie Saadeh, Roselyn Trinh, Avani Tumuluri
The excessive disposal of plastics has caused an unfathomable accumulation of plastics in cities, sewage systems, landfills, oceans etc., and is threatening ecosystems and their inhabitants all over the globe. With the absence of a sustainable and environmentally friendly means of properly disposing these plastics, this experiment was geared towards solving this challenge. In this
Working with Wastewater Yeseom Cho, Matthew Mead, Sarah Monthofer, Sebastian Vera and Jason Yoon
Working with Wastewater is a 2-4 player educational board game designed for ages 12 and up hosted on Tabletopia. Each player is a wastewater treatment company looking to maximize profits while minimizing the waste produced by treating wastewater. Companies will start with a distinct wastewater treatment facility with different assets. Purchase additional wastewater treatment technologies
hAPPy: Mental Health Application Matthew Graham, Romtin Resvani, Nousha Karimi, Pranav Saravanan
Our application’s purpose is to provide an opportunity to the average person in educating themselves on how their habitual tendencies effect their mental health and encourage healthy practices. hAppy: Mental Health Application Poster
Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Eradicating the Stigma Claire Johnson, David Yang, Arisbeth Mancilla, Helena Gray
Our Grand Challenge Initiative throughout the past three semesters has been to create ways to reduce transmission of HIV, as well as create ways in which adolescents are more drawn to learning about sexual health. Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Eradicating the Stigma Poster