Ashley Switalski{| border="0" align="left" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="width: 850px"|-| style="width: 800px;" |<span style="color:#000000;">'''Serving as a UIF Since:''' Spring 2017<br />'''School:''' Kettering University<br />'''What she does now:''' </span>Technical Leader<span style="color:#000000;">, unconventional Corteva AgriScience<br />'''What that means:''' Focuses on ways to improve and harness classical chemical engineering student to support development of new agricultural products from a small university in Flint, MIsynthetic and biological pathways. </span> | style="width: 300px; text-align: center;" |[[File:ASHLEY PROFILESwitalski.Ashley Headshot.jpg|thumb]]Heavily involved |-| style="width: 800px;" |<span style="color:#000000;">'''Contact her about:''' small school difficulties; administration challenges; team dynamics; anything STEM or chemistry related >=< (will always welcome chemistry puns!)<br />'''Email:''' swit0249@kettering.edu<br />'''Phone:''' (989) 448-9363</span>||} <br /><br /><br /><br /> <span style="color:#000000;">Ashley is a University Innovation Fellow from Kettering University in Flint, MI. She graduated in the biologics scene December 2018 with experience ranging from human livers to plastic to superbacteria fermentationher B.S. Definitely not afraid in Chemical Engineering and a Course of being different and is comfortable being uncomfortableStudy in Innovation to Entrepreneurship. As a Junior II at Kettering University pursuing operates on a CHME degree rotating three month basis between co-op and academic terms which allows students to graduate with 2.5 years of work experience. Ashley has worked for a course variety of study companies with focuses in Innovation biologic applications for plastic materials to Entrepreneurshipagricultural product biofermentation. </span> <span style="color:#000000;">At Kettering University, peak hours Ashley is involved with a variety of operation are from 11:00pm clubs on campus including Kettering Entrepreneur Society. Kettering has become a second home for Ashley and it is rare not to 3:30amcatch her at an event on campus. If I can't be found She also spends her free time playing intramural sports and working on miscellaneous projects in the lab or in our university's t.space, check my calendar as it's always . Most recently she has been part of starting up to date. With the free time that occasionally pops up I'm getting first professional co-ed fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi Sigma, which is focused on promoting the stress out with a game sciences in academia and industry.</span> <span style="color:#000000;">One of racquetball or playing her core I&E projects on campus is pushing for an intramural team adaptive technical elective system which would allow students to earn credits in various "pop-up" classes. This would allow students to explore topics outside of their primary major without being inhibited by workload or scheduling conflicts. Additionally, she has started discussions with FIJI fraternity. As the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Kettering operates on about renovating an empty office space into a 3 month rotation schedule new makerspace for the campus.</span> <span style="color:#000000;">Known for being meticulous and well organized, her calendar is always kept up to date with peak operating hours between co-op 10:00pm and school2:00am. As an unconventional chemical engineering student, the other half of the year away from campus I love she loves to volunteer share her story with young women interested in STEM outreach groupsand was one of the panel speakers for Michigan's Tech Savvy event. Being part of At work, she is a Science Ambassadors Ambassador for Dow AgroSciences has been great along with being a and is an active Women Innovation Network (WIN) collegiate memberat Dow Chemical.</span> <span style="color:#000000;">As a Fellow, Ashley has been a mentor and integral part of the onboarding process for new change agents. Hoping As a FAB at the Spring 2018 SVM, she had the opportunity to present two Ignite Talks and has been an outspoken Fellow on the topic of Silent Changemakers. </span> <span style="color:#000000;">In the next few years, she hopes to pursue a PhD in Food Science and Technology Biochemical Engineering and gain my her private pilot's licence in the next ten yearslicense. So, thereLearning opportunities are a key part of Ashley's life and she looks forward to making an impact on Kettering University's quite campus and the challenge aheadgreater UIF Community.</span> =<span style="color:#000000;">Related Links</span>= <span style="color:#000000;">University Page: </span>[[Kettering University|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Kettering_University</span>]] <span style="color:#000000;">Priorities Page: </span>[[Kettering University Student Priorities|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Kettering_University_Student_Priorities</span>]] <span style="color:#000000;">UIF Related Videos: </span>[https://www. Feel free to message me about anything as I love questions youtube.com/channel/UCgVGRb7pVqXsHOhGEcdcGaw <span style="color:#0000ff;">Ashley Switalski UIF</span>] <span style="color:#000000;">Other Kettering UIF Fellows:</span> {| style="width: 600px" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"|-|<span style="color:#000000;">'''UIF Launch Term'''</span>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Student Name and hearing new perspectives!Bio'''</span>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Kettering Academic Section'''</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2018</span>|[[Rebecca Abbott-McCune|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Rebecca_Abbott-McCune</span>]]<br />|<span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2018</span>|[[Julia Rickabaugh|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Julia_Rickabaugh</span>]]<br />|<span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2018</span>|[[Cody brock|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Cody_brock</span>]]<br />|<span style="color:#000000;">B-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>|[[Chelsea Carter|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Chelsea_Carter</span>]]<br />|<span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>|[[Eric Rickabaugh|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Eric_Rickabaugh</span>]]<br />|<span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Ashley Switalski'''</span>|<span style="color:#000000;">B-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>|[[Shane Thiede|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Shane_Thiede</span>]]<br />|<span style="color:#000000;">B-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2016</span>|[[Moe Ghias|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Moe_Ghias</span>]]<br />|<span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2016</span>|[[Jace C. 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