Great Problems Seminar Presentation Winners

Department(s):

The Global School

Congratulations to the 2020 Great Problems Seminars Poster Day winners! This Fall, more than 250 students participated in the intense, two-term program. Their work was highlighted during a virtual GPS Presentation Week, December 7-11. Thank you to faculty, staff, and judges who helped our first year students complete this course and helped make the event a success!

Project #

Title

Class
     

Winner

    

9

The Red Lionfish and their Effect on Native Fish Populations

Kayla Carpenter, Cat Garcia, Cameron Norton

Extinction: Who Will Survive?

Honorable Mention

  

4

Sharks: Protecting a Keystone Species in the Race to produce a COVID-19 Vaccine

Charlotte Adams, Holly Galvin, Patrick Salisbury, Nathan Shemesh

Extinction: Who Will Survive?

Winner

    

13

Mitigating Search and Rescue in Yosemite National Park

Scarlett Clarke, Justin Huang, Samuel Ott, Taylor Wood

Heal the World

Honorable Mention

  

11

Meningococcal Meningitis in Northern Nigerian Children

Quinn McCue, Mackenzie Pryor, Katrina Valery, Baohui (Cather) Zhang

Heal the World

Winner

    

26

Greener Istanbul 

Achilles Gikas, Kyra Freeman, Samuel Appiah Kubi, Kosti Pano

Livable Cities

Honorable Mention

  

30

Spreading Cochabamba’s Approach to Climate Justice

Nathalie Larrea, Cortina Barbieri, Natalia Neira

Livable Cities

Winner

    

39

The Trash Cache

Zoe Swartley, Joseph Caponigro,Luke Regan, Ethan Vaz Falcao, Ethan Vaz Falcao

Recover, Reuse, Recycle

Honorable Mention

  

34

Musical Revolution: Recovering the World Through a Recycled Orchestra

Ana Roure, Brian English,Jack Yebba, Bennet Kracz, Bennet Kracz

Recover, Reuse, Recycle

Winner

    

51

Paving a Path for Public Transit

Elliot Dunham, Max Frail, Natanel Pinkhasov, Nina Quattromani

Seeking Sustainability

Honorable Mention

  

46

Coral Restoration Efforts in the Florida Keys

Guinevere Ferrira, Chase Herberich,Kristin Lavoie, Cole Ouellette, Cole Ouellette

Seeking Sustainability

Winner

    

58

Kibera: Reblocking Kenya’s Largest Slum

Habeeb Ismail, Bryce Kennedy, Eric Montiverdi

Shelter the World

Honorable Mention

  

60

Alternate Permanent Shelter Housing Solution in Dharavi, India

Luna Daury, Adam Giordani, Nicolas Gronda, Luke Rogers

Shelter the World

People's Choice

  

15

Therapy Limitations for Children with Late-Onset Pompe Disease

Natalie Tierney, Komlavi Touglo, Roshini Uthayakumar, Nicholas Uy

Heal the World