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
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
Teaching Ocean Acidification Athenna Gonzalez, Preciosa Hernandez, Jessica Romo, Leah Zahn
Ocean acidification is a phenomenon that results from increasing anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions on land. As carbon dioxide is absorbed, a series of chemical reactions causes an increase in acidity. This leads to many detrimental effects on marine organisms reverberate up the food chain. One reason ocean acidification remains a grand challenge is because of
AI Chatbots In Therapy For Depression Ayden Nelson, Jenny Epstein, Chris Sanchez, Janine Ortiz, Daniel Chelling
Our challenge was harnessing AI to be used in depression therapy. AI Chatbots In Therapy For Depression Poster
Why Causal Correlations are Applicable to Quantum Mechanics Marc Domingo, Nathan Ree, Thao Vy Le
When the concept of causality is thought of within a non-physics based context, it is typically thought of as the relationship between “cause” and “effect” or simply as the idea that something results in a subsequent event occurring. However, when brought into the context of physics, one must account for the two types of mechanics