Final Project Showcase
This page lists all projects submitted by the 182 students in Spring 2025’s offering of DSC 106. Projects are listed with the permission of the student teams.
There were three kinds of awards given to student submissions. The Best Project Award was given to the top 8% of submissions based on visualization effectiveness and creativity. The Honorable Mention Award was given to the top 16% of submissions based on effectiveness and creativity. The People’s Choice Award was given to the top 8% of submissions based on votes cast during the in-person showcase event.
Why Some "Routine" Surgeries Aren't
Team: Brian Can, Derek Kuang, David Chew, Aathi Muthu
Best Project
The Seismic Lottery: When Magnitude Isn't Everything
Team: Vedant Vardhaan, Ishaan Gosain, Chinmay Bharambe, Praveen Sharma
Best Project, People's Choice
Stage Left: Typing with Parkinson's
Team: Sophia Vo, Simone Rao, Nicolas Toon
Best Project, People's Choice
Food Waste in the United States: A Visual Exploration of America's Food Waste Crisis
Team: Daniel Budidharma, Tristan Leo, Clayton Tan
Best Project, People's Choice
Shoot Yo Shot
Team: Rushyendra Katabathuni, Ty Albao, Issac Roy, Noah Golder
Honorable Mention, People's Choice
Keys of Parkinson's
Team: Ketan Mittal, Kaii Bijlani, Anirudh Annabathula, Ganesh Kumarappan
Honorable Mention
Food Quest: Find Your Best Meal and Track Your Glucose/Heart Rate!
Team: Ruofei Mao, Fiona Zou, Marin Cao
The Pressure Paradox: Does Stress Fuel or Fracture Exam Performance?
Team: Rayyan Khalid, Ravi Harun, Varick Hasim
Blood Sugar Roller Coaster: Why Your Macros Matter
Team: Russel Luber, Quy-Dzu Do, Khaleel Karim, Viv Somani
Data-Driven Surgical Care
Team: Kate Feng, Tracy Vu, John Wesley Pabalate, Daniel Kong
The Effect of 2 Strikes on a Hitter's Swing
Team: Diego Osborn, Kyle Choi, Sardor Sobirov
Inside the Operating Room: What Affects Surgery Time and Recovery?
Team: Katrina Suherman, Rheka Narwastu, Viki Shi
Eat & React: An Interactive Journey Through Food and Blood Sugar
Team: WANTING LI, Po-Chen Lin, JINGXUAN SUN, XUEBING HOU
Glucose Spikes: Bunny's Space Quest
Team: Hanna Serykava, William Chou, Chang-Yu Lee, Jimmy Huang
Stress Signals: How Physiology Reflects Academic Pressure
Team: Seiichi Nakahira, Neil Dewan, Jiaxin He, Alexander Evans
Cancer Incidence & Environmental Quality in U.S. Counties
Team: Arthur Brown, Borngreat Omoma-Edosa, Ricardo Amador, Eli Nalebuff
What Mice Tell Us About Measuring Health With Temperature
Team: Allyson Ting, Raghav Dewangan, Kevin Chen, David Oh
Effects of 24-hour Sleep Deprivation on Cognition: an Interactive Storytelling Project
Team: Erin Li, Juntong Ye, Yixuan Xin, Sirui Zhang
Silent Signs: Typing Patterns and Parkinson's Risk
Team: Jordi Pham, Aiden Lai, Coltrane Gowan, Jennifer Kuei
Sleepless Minds
Team: Grace Chen, Jennifer Chang, Alyxandrea Wikarsa, Flavia Tedjarutjianta
How does stress impact test grades?
Team: Jonathan Yepez, Surya Setty, Ryan Cao, Suchit Bhayani
Glu-coaster: An Interactive Journey Through Glucose Management
Team: Mythri Kishore, Esther Chung, Preethi Manne, Abhi Goriparthy
