Sustainability in Ubiquitous Computing
Our group took on the GCI challenge presented by Dean Lyon to find sustainability in a world of ubiquitous computing. We found a number…
Grand Challenges Initiative
The H.E.R.O. Program: Creating a Generation of Safe Thinkers
Over the last decade, the United States has seen an unacceptable amount of school related gun violence. In order to solve this grand challenge,…
Teaching Cybersecurity Best Practices
Our goal is to improve poor cybersecurity behavior via a multi-lesson educational website. Teaching Cybersecurity Best Practices Poster
Single Use PLA Biodegradable Water Bottle
Consumption of single use water bottles has significantly increased which has negatively affected the environment. PLA (Polylactide) plastic is an alternative to conventional plastics…
COVID
Understanding how COVID-19 can further extort preexisting complications in obese patients is our primary goal. This is a problem because patients who are obese…
Saving the Endangered Mountain Gorillas
We share 98% of our DNA with gorillas. A lot of the mountain gorillas residing in Africa get sick and die from human transmitted…
Reforming the Electoral College
Our team’s goal is to reform the Electoral College to better represent the American people. The current Electoral College system discourages citizens to vote…
Positive news website: an alleviation of depression
The negatively biased information from news leads to a negative mood in people such as anxiety and depression, creating even biased perspectives. To alleviate…
Tackling the Santa Ana Homelessness Crisis
Our idea is to use our $1.4 billion budget to create low income, transitional housing communities which would act as a bridge between homelessness…
Welcome to the 2021 Virtual GCI Showcase!
Welcome to this year’s virtual GCI Showcase! Projects will be online for viewing and judging all week, with live Q&A with student teams on…
Artificial Intelligence and Improved Hardware Architecture
The Grand Challenges Initiative (GCI) is the backbone of the first and second-year experience in the Schmid College of Science and Technology and the…
Study finds hidden conflict in mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia
The mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia, the nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that make their home in legume root nodules and create nutrient-rich fertilizer…