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Brandywine professor uses virtual exchange to give students global experience

Penn State Brandywine Professor of Education Lynn Hartle has used technology to give her students an international experience without leaving their home campus. During the spring semester, Hartle collaborated with Luciana Cabrini Simões Calvo, professor of language teacher education at the State University of Maringá in Brazil, to provide virtual experiences for their students.
iLenz team holding a large check for $15,000

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(Left to right) Dominic Thomas, Akanksha Anand, Namratha Sri Mateti, Parv Bhatt, and Abhay Haridas placed first in the Nittany AI Challenge with their project iLenz, a deep-learning-powered mobile phone application that enables users to perform retinal imaging using a clip-on case.

iLenz app and 3D printed prototype

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The iLenz team incorporated a mobile phone application and a 3D printed clip on device in their project for the final stage of the competition.

Students working on the 3D printed iLenz prototype

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The iLenz team enlisted the design and 3D printing expertise of undergraduates Arthur Francis, Michael Leuter, Armin Toshtzar and Edward Virgilio.

People standing and sitting around a table with the iLenz 3D printed case

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The iLenz team worked with undergraduate students in the Multidisciplinary Engineering Design option to 3D print a clip on prototype. Front row: Akanksha Anand, Sally Sue Richmond, Namratha Sri Mateti; Back row: Dominic Thomas, Parv Bhatt, Armin Toshtzar, Arthur Francis, Edward Virgilio.

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Left to right: Namratha Sri Mateti, Parv Bhatt, Dominic Thomas, Youakim Badr, Dennis Wozniak, Akanksha Anand and Abhay Chamu Haridas.

iLenz team holding a large check for $15,000

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(Left to right) Dominic Thomas, Akanksha Anand, Namratha Sri Mateti, Parv Bhatt, and Abhay Haridas placed first in the Nittany AI Challenge with their project iLenz, a deep-learning-powered mobile phone application that enables users to perform retinal imaging using a clip-on case.

iLenz team holding a large check for $15,000

Great Valley team wins Nittany AI Challenge

Five graduate students created iLenz, a deep-learning-powered mobile phone application that enables users to perform retinal imaging using a clip-on case, and won $15,000 in funding to further develop their idea.