Project

Real-world projects creating positive impacts for self, others, communities, and the planet.

Annually, numerous interdisciplinary projects emerge with the mission of contributing to a better world.These projects span multiple disciplines and areas such as biosciences, urban planning, innovative media, physics, and mathematics. Within them, we are engineers, designers, architects, scientists, thinkers, and visionaries for the future. We expect these projects could inspire learners in creating impactful work, prompting them to consider their place in the broader context of the world and the progression of human civilization.

Infrastructure

If cities could dynamically adjust their structure based on the needs of every individual, how else could we redefine living spaces?

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Infrastructure

How can we design a fully interconnected, real-time responsive smart transportation system that makes “traffic congestion” a thing of the past?

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Infrastructure

If urban infrastructure could self-repair and evolve like a biological system, could we eliminate the problem of infrastructure aging?

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Infrastructure

How can we build a “zero-carbon” smart city where infrastructure is not only efficient but also capable of repairing the environment?

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Infrastructure

If transportation were no longer confined to the ground, what would the future urban transportation network look like?

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Climate

If agriculture were to completely decouple from dependence on soil and climate, how could we still produce food efficiently and sustainably?

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Climate

How can the Earth’s ecosystems automatically regulate the climate so that global temperatures no longer spiral out of control due to human activities?

Climate

If each person’s carbon emissions were limited by “carbon currency,” how could we design a global carbon economy system that is fair, just, and feasible?

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