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