Current Project Ideas

  • Bus stop optimization project
  • Energy grid (battery technology, distributed grid/renewables)
  • Zoning/urban planning (optimal way to distribute space, make zoning laws, incorporate transit)
  • Governent data infrastructure & policies (unified & secure data management and use)
  • Mathematics department structure (effective teaching methods, how to measure success, statistics on grants, etc.)
  • Educational research (effective teaching methods, culturally aware education, incorporating technology in the classroom)
  • Waste to Energy (H-Power plant use, efficiency, waste distribution policies)
  • License plate tracking project (make parking system efficient) sus(tainable) agriculture
  • Voting and politics (what voting systems would serve hawaii best, how to best set up a political system to benefit the people best, etc.)
  • Basic research in finite elements & geometry