Recycling Plastic Waste with a 3D Printer Filament Extruder
In 2017, 348 million metric tons, which is equivalent to the weight of 1,051 Empire State Buildings, of plastic were produced worldwide (PlasticsEurope). The…
Grand Challenges Initiative
Parallax
Parallax seeks to be a learning experience that combines traditional teaching methods with virtual reality supplements to enhance student understanding of traditionally taught astronomy…
Martian Alfalfa Experiment
We have conducted an experiment that directly compares the growth of alfalfa plants in Terran soil, No Nutrient sand, and Martian soil, both with…
Detecting Microplastics in the Environment with Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Our grand challenge is to solve the problem of microplastic pollution in the ocean. We sought to find an efficient method to identify microplastics…
Improving Foster Parent Retention through Effective Training: Attachment Theory
30-50% of foster parents leave the program within a year (Gibbs). This unfortunate trend can be seen across the country, and it is largely…
Police Duty: A Drunk Driving Detection Simulation
Our project aims to reduce the number of fatal car accidents caused by drunk driving. To do this, we created a simulation that detects…
2019 GCI Showcase Highlights
This team began their project in their Freshmen Foundations Course of the Grand Challenges Initiative in Fall 2017. At the time, the team was…
2019 GCI Showcase Highlights
As our students put the final touches on this year’s posters, let’s take a look back at the work done by last year’s cohort.…