Explore My Community Impact

CREATING SOLUTIONS WITH STEM

As millions of people became infected with COVID-19 around the world and Neha saw the direct impact of the pandemic on her community, she invented SixFeetApart. SixFeetApart is a wearable social-distancing device that utilizes the latest developments in ultrasonic technology to detect when an approaching person comes within the 6-foot detection range. SixFeetApart effectively guides social distancing according to the CDC's guidelines in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adults older than 65 years of age suffer the greatest number of fatal falls because of age-related mobility loss. To solve this problem, I invented MobileMe, a device and app that proactively prevents mobility loss and falls in the elderly. MobileMe uses real-time analysis of gait data collected through a microprocessor device through AI to mitigate fall risk and mobility loss in the elderly. 

Conducted a lab study to optimize various water purification methods and create a novel method to purify river water to be used as potable drinking water in developing countries. Used microbiological procedures and chemical studies to investigate purification methods such as activated carbon, micro-filtration, UV disinfection, and natural coagulants to remove impurities. 

Ongoing innovation to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimers' and Parkinsons' with Brain-Computer Interfaces. Expected start date in fall 2021.

"I'M ON A MISSION TO BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF YOUTH PROBLEM-SOLVERS AND INNOVATORS SOLVING GLOBAL PROBLEMS"
-NEHA SHUKLA