Tag: Research

Forecasting Futures: AI In Healthcare

Check out my Prezi here: https://prezi.com/view/bz7w7Hv4qh1n45X5DJRY/ Right now, the big question about Artificial Intelligence in ANY workforce is that nobody knows for sure what is going to happen or how people will be affected. The unknown is one of the scariest parts of the future.  By better understanding what CAN happen, people will  develop an […]

UV Retainer Case: Bacterial Growth

While my original idea was to create a retainer case with UV lights inside for sanitation, it has since gone on the market. Instead, I chose to conduct a bacterial growth test to evaluate how well a UV retainer case from Amazon kills bacteria on my retainers. I got my inspiration for this project from […]

Pediatric Radiology Next Generation

For my first i2 project, I have come in contact with a Pediatric Radiologist at UCSF. Together we have created social media accounts to promote the dwindling workforce. My appreciation for a large medical workforce sprung from my mom. She is a Pediatrician and is constantly telling me how overwork she and her colleagues are. […]

Plastic Ocean

Plastic Ocean was a project inspired by my interest in environmental sciences and my desire to help reduce pollution, focusing on ocean garbage patches. Many people don’t fully understand the impact that they have on the natural world, and our collective ignorance towards matters such as ocean trash can be just as harmful as pollutants, […]

Eradicator of Maladies

Disease has plagued humanity ever since it first walked upon this Earth; they have ravaged entire nations, wiping out unbelievably large numbers of people. They still wreak havoc to this day, for mankind is amidst a pandemic. But the reason why we still stand here today able to go around in our everyday lives and […]

Bacteria Cafeteria

Bacteria Cafeteria is a project focused on testing how much bacteria accumulates on different types of masks over different periods of time. Through these experiments, we will be able to decipher the most suitable material and time to clean or dispose of your mask. Faith and I will conduct these experiments using three different materials […]

The Memory Palace (TedX)

Alongside my MIDI fractals project which has become a pure passion project, I have been crafting a TedX talk in place of my 11th grade i2 project. The topic of the talk is something I am quite excited about: the memory palace, or more professionally, the method of loci. This is a subject that I […]

How Social Media Standards Affect Mental Health

In this era, almost everybody has seen or at least heard of social media. It is everywhere, and there are billions of people that use it and even consider it as a part of their daily life. However, we believe that social media has adverse effects that are hidden behind its alluring facade: effects that […]

The Best Night’s Sleep

Having a restful night of sleep has become very difficult for numerous people, for various reasons, such as distractions from devices and insomnia. Unfortunately, even if they are able to sleep for a long time, their quality of sleep might not be very good, causing them to be irritable and tired in the morning. My […]

Cloud Chamber

What is a cloud chamber? What does it do? It is a very simple, intriguing concept that can be interpreted in multiple ways. However, their principle is the same: There is an enclosed container with a type of alcohol. In my case, I am using 99% isopropyl alcohol. At the bottom of the container there […]