Final Project Name: Project Z Freeze
Final Project Description: Project Z Freeze aims to address limitations in current data center and general computing phase-change cooling strategies by developing an alternative system based on engineered variants of the ice-nucleating protein InaZ, designed to reliably initiate freezing at higher subzero temperatures. Through computational design, sequence optimization, and structural evaluation, this project establishes a predictive framework to rank variants for functional feasibility and heterologous expression. Ultimately, this work aims to enable programmable control of phase transitions in high-performance thermal management systems.