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[[File:Michael Thuis Ignite.jpg|center|Michael Thuis Ignite.jpg]] '''Serving as a UIF Since: '''Spring 2017 '''School: '''[[Colorado School of Mines|Colorado School of Mines]] '''What he does now:''' [https://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/ SULI] Intern at [https://www.ornl.gov/ Oak Ridge National Laboratory]/Undergraduate Student '''What that means:''' He conducts research on a new, ceramic material to determine its dynamics and properties on the atomic scale in order to create better batteries. He is also still a student.   '''Contact him about: '''Planning regional meetups, cordinating an established UIF Program, creating and maintaining spaces (we have 6 active Maker/innovation spaces with 3 more in the works!), how to manage a work/school/life balance (ask me how I managed to travel for a month while going to school), the cutting edge of scientific research (and how you can get involved), how to start a buisness, public policy (I have been on capital hill talking to members of congress about policy), or anything you are interested about! '''Email:''' mthuis@mines.edu Michael Thuis is a first-generation college student currently within his first third year of pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He hopes to carry his degree and experience into a career doing research and development, within the government or industry sectors, within specifically with thin film electrical materials. Noteably, Michael has served as a FAB for the [[Silicon Valley Meetup|2019 Silicon Valley Meetup]], helped plan the 2018 Mile High Meetup, and traveled to [https://www.sxsw.com/ SXSW 2019] as part of the Biomedical FieldUIF contingent. Creating Michael is a proud founder of CANARY, a business based company with the mission of protecting people from harmful air pollution by intergrating protection into everyday clothing.  Michael was a member of the Spring 2019 FAB cohort, where he gave an ignite titled "[https://youtu.be/bN0im2iHHx8 Building Bridges: How to turn Adversaries into Allies]". For the 2018 Mile High Regional Meetup, Michael was tasked with coordinating most of the logistics and expenditures behind the event. He is currently working on an "active symbols" project, where students are encouraged to create pieces of art that represent their vision of entreprenuership and innovation. These pieces will be displayed, permanently, at several locations around campus. Michael is also coordinating with the Colorado School of Mines alumni organization to start MinesTalks, a proprietary technology gained from speaker series where alumni will be returning to share their stories, concerning entreprenuership and mental health, with current students.  On campus, Michael is currently an active contributor to many clubs and organizations. He is an active member of his research would be school's [[Engineers Without Borders|Engineers Without Borders]] [http://mineswithoutborders.wixsite.com/mineswithoutborders Water Team] where he works on the technical side of great interest providing a clean water system to the Nicaraguan village of Los Gomez. Michael also has the distinction of being a [[Grand Challenges Scholars Program, National Academy of Engineers (NAE)|Grand Challenges of Engineering Scholar]]. Within this program, Michael holds a seat on the [http://grandchallenges.mines.edu/ Grand Challenges Grand Council] at his school where he serves as the Freshmen Ambassador and Education/Outreach chair. Within the professional community, Michaelis a member of the [http://inside.mines.edu/MEP-SHPE Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers] and [http://materialadvantage.org/ Materials Advantage]. Michael also works as an Undergraduate Research fellow on Heptane Refinement for Interfacial Rheology and the [https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aic.16112 Thin Film Production of Graphene]. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Michael will be working to manufacture [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b05192 LiPON], a new ceramic material that is slated to create 30% more efficient batteries.