GCI Project Still Burning Bright
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…
Grand Challenges Initiative
Meet GCI Postdoctoral Fellow — Hector Camarillo Abad
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…
Guest Speaker: Kishonna Gray, U of Michigan
On Tuesday, November 28th, GCI welcomed guest speaker Dr. Kishonna Gray for our GCI Speaker Series. Dr. Gray talked about the research she has…
Former GCI Student Solves Another Challenge
Brandon Lee is one of the student lab assistants in the GCI Makerspace. He is a Junior studying Computer Engineering and has participated in…
4th Annual Outstanding Publication Award
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…
Grand Challenges Initiative Showcase
Students, faculty, staff and guests from the community came together on May 12th at the Keck Center for Science and Engineering to celebrate projects…
Jotly
During the pandemic, we all felt that we needed a way to vent and lots of people developed feelings of depression. So we figured…
Thrifty
With the growing influence of fast fashion, there is a necessity to develop alternatives that are better for the planet. Slow fashion is a…
Rubber Glove Alternative Using Biodegradable Material
We decided to tackle the issue of excessive PPUs caused by the pandemic and went with an alternative to your usual lab glove. Using…
Financial Literacy Through Stonks
Financial literacy is an important problem in society, especially in college students. Our team decided to create a stock literacy game application, utilizing python…
Gel Casing for Oral Vaccine Delivery
The mass distribution of oral vaccines is not as effective as it could be. And as global warming continues to affect the Earth, we…
Ecotasks
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing today’s world and is driven in large part by the widespread burning of fossil fuels.…