{"258071":{"#nid":"258071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Grand Challenges Creates Opportunities for Impact","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EThis fall semester, four second-year students from the Grand Challenges Living and Learning Community took grand prize honors at a \u201ccodeathon\u201d in New York, N.Y.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EThe competition, which was sponsored by the Clinton Foundation\u2019s Clinton Health Matters Initiative, Jawbone, and Tumblr, challenged participants to create an application that would use Jawbone\u2019s UP wristband to reduce stress. The \u0022GTBuzz\u0022 team was prepared for this challenge through experience in the Grand Challenges Living Learning Community, where they are working on a project focused on preventing childhood obesity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EThe team\u2019s application, Buzz, connects to a user\u2019s Google calendar and allows the user to prioritize their own stress levels related to events such as \u201ctests\u201d or \u201cmeetings.\u201d The UP wristband then collects data on the user\u2019s sleep patterns and movement throughout the day. Buzz then assigns a daily \u201cstress score\u201d based on the health data collected during designated time periods and the number and level of stressful items on the user\u2019s calendar. The user can use their stress score to monitor their daily stress levels and practice stress-reducing techniques accordingly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EGTBuzz team members attributed their success to the problem identification and solution development skills that they learned in Grand Challenges and the cross-disciplinary nature of their team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003E\u201cAll of the other teams were made up of computer science professionals,\u201d said Patrick Kelly, a second-year business administration major and member of GTBuzz. \u201cWe were the only team of students and the only team that had members from different backgrounds. We were successful because we were each able to think about the challenge differently and could offer different opinions about how to design our solution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EBoth the Clinton Foundation and Jawbone have expressed interest in continuing to work with the team to develop Buzz at another competition in January 2014, in addition to supporting the team as it continues work on other Grand Challenges projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EA part of the Office of Leadership, Development and Education in the Division of Student Affairs and in partnership with the College of Engineering, the Grand Challenges program is a living learning community that began last fall and is open to incoming freshmen of all majors. It tasks participants with finding solutions to worldwide issues related to food, water, energy, and health and teaches students a curriculum centered around problem solving and effective teamwork.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EGTBuzz is just one example of the many Grand Challenges teams that are already making a significant impact in their chosen areas of study. Other teams have gone on to win prizes at case competitions and to present at conferences all over the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Body1\u0022\u003EGrand Challenges will begin accepting applications for the 2014-2015 school year in \u003Cstrong\u003EDecember\u003C\/strong\u003E. For more information about the Grand Challenges Living and Learning Community, visit the program\u0027s website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.grandchallenges.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.grandchallenges.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2013-12-02 16:36:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:29","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grandchallenges.gatech.edu\/","title":"Grand Challenges Living Learning Community"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.leadership.gatech.edu\/","title":"Leadership Education and Development"},{"url":"http:\/\/studentaffairs.gatech.edu\/","title":"Division of Student Affairs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1269","name":"Student Life"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"27471","name":"grand challenges"},{"id":"75951","name":"GTBuzz"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGrand Challenges\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:grandchallenges@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egrandchallenges@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["parents@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}