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Summer projects from our faculty and students

August 9, 2024

CFWPP Summer Seed Grants

  • “Continuous Health Monitoring of Long Haul Truck Drivers through Wearables.”
    PI: Abhijit Sarkar
    Co-PI: Mengxi Zhang
  • “Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Displacement of Workers and Their Mental Health.”
    PI: Shahidur R. Talukdar
    Co-PIs: Jian Ni, Meng Zhu
  • “Future of Work: Integrating Smart Sensing and Biophilic Design to Enhance Older Adults’ Wellbeing.”
    PI: Ruichuan Zhang
    Co-PI: Mengxi Zhang
  • “Exploring the Impact of AI Recruitment Tools on the Identity Work among Early Careers STEM Professionals with Cognitive Disabilities.”
    PI: Qin Zhu
    Co-PIs: Pearl Xie, Beyza Nur Guler

Future of Work Student Summer Research Grants

  • Mary Frazier (Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, third-year graduate student)
    Supervisor: Samantha Harden
  • Yuxuan Guo (Computer Science, junior)
    Supervisor: Na Meng
  • Zeyuan Hou (Electrical and Computer Engineering, second-year graduate student)
    Supervisor: Cindy Yi
  • Sakshi Taori (Industrial and Systems Engineering, second-year graduate student)
    Supervisor: Sol Lim