UNCRS Category: Innovation

Blueprints for Preservation

Jim Mahaney & Lauren Leve

Lauren Leve and Jim Mahaney partner with Nepalese locals to bring religious heritage sites to life through interviews and digital tools.

Protecting Your Texts

Saba Eskandarian

Saba Eskandarian designs online messaging applications using cryptography, allowing users to report abusive content without compromising their privacy.

An Unexpected Colleague

Mohammad Jarrahi looks at a mirror-image of himself made of numbers

Mohammad Jarrahi wants to create symbiosis between humans and AI to improve workplace processes.

Home Truths

an illustration of a homeless environment on the left and a home environment on the right

Hsun-Ta Hsu combines machine learning with data and community feedback to determine better housing solutions for homeless populations across the United States.

Measuring Water from Space

an aerial view of the Waimakariri River

A new NASA satellite is recording the first global survey of Earth’s water cycle with unprecedented accuracy — and Tamlin Pavelsky is verifying its data from North Carolina to New Zealand.

Harnessing Hydrogen

Taylor Teitsworth looks through various containers filled with water

Carolina chemists have created a technology that can split water into its component parts, opening the door to more options for alternative energy.