Project Mentors: Professor Nicholas Sawicki, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Art Architecture & Design; Brian Slocum, Director, Design Labs
Continuing Fellow:
Michael Pizzella '27
2025 Impact Fellows:
Lillian Linnell '28
Grace Rizzuto '27
Lina Wirthlin '27
Giavanna Gast '24
Jashlyn Gomez '26
Project Description:
Can we improve a campus's mental and physical health by adding more plant life?
Countless research has proven that being immersed in nature can reduce stress and increase focus, productivity, and creativity. What if we could reap the benefits of the natural world in our workplaces? EcoRealm aims to do exactly that with their modular, low maintenance, immersive plant partitions. You can find the current team’s alpha prototype on the 5th floor of FML. Early studies suggest a profound reduction in student stress by simply studying in "the realm." Heading into year four as a CSIF project, this project team plans to develop an IRB study, assemble our fully functioning prototypes, and explore the possibilities of incorporating machine learning for our system. EcoRealm is looking to add to its dedicated, dynamic, and multi disciplinary team and needs psychologists, hardware developers, and machine learning specialists. Come be part of the team that changes the modern workplace and brings the green indoors!
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