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{| border="0" align="left" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="width: 850px"|-| style="width: 800px;" |<span style="color:#000000;">'''Serving as a UIF Since:''' &nbsp;Spring 2017 <br />'''School:''' &nbsp;Kettering University <br />'''What she does now:'''&nbsp;</span>Technical Leader<span style="color:#000000;">, Corteva AgriScience<br />'''What that means:'''&nbsp;Focuses on ways to improve and harness classical chemical engineering to support development of new agricultural products from synthetic and biological pathways.</span> | style="width: 300px; text-align: center;" |[[File:Switalski.Ashley Headshot.jpg|thumb]]|-| style="width: 800px;" |<span style="color:#000000;">'''Contact her about:'''&nbsp;small school difficulties; administration challenges; team dynamics; anything STEM or chemistry related >=< (will always welcome chemistry puns!)<br />'''Email:'''&nbsp;swit0249@kettering.edu<br />'''Phone:'''&nbsp;(989) 448-9363</span>||} <br /><br /><br /><br />                   

<span style="color:#000000;">Ashley Switalski is a University Innovation Fellow from Kettering University in Flint, MI. She is currently a Senior III studying for graduated in December 2018 with her B.S. in Chemical Engineering with and a Course of Study in Innovation to Entrepreneurship. Kettering University operates on a 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 variety of companies with focuses in biologic applications for plastic materials to agricultural product biofermentation in agricultural products.&nbsp;</span>

[[File<span style="color:#000000;">At Kettering University, Ashley Switalskiis involved with a variety of clubs on campus including Kettering Entrepreneur Society.jpeg|thumb|Kettering has become a second home for Ashley Switalskiand it is rare not to catch her at an event on campus.jpeg]]She also spends her free time playing intramural sports and working on miscellaneous projects in the university's t.space. Most recently she has been part of starting up the first professional co-ed fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi Sigma, which is focused on promoting the sciences in academia and industry.</span>

At Kettering University, Ashley <span style="color:#000000;">One of her core I&E projects on campus is involved with Kettering Entrepreneur Society (KES), Kettering Student Government (KSG), and Student Alumni Council (SAC). Kettering has become a second home pushing for Ashley and it is rare not an adaptive technical elective system which would allow students to catch her at an event on campus. She also spends her free time playing intramural sports with FIJI fraternity and working on miscellaneous projects earn credits in the university's tvarious "pop-up" classes.spaceThis would allow students to explore topics outside of their primary major without being inhibited by workload or scheduling conflicts. Most recently Additionally, she has been part of starting up started discussions with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Kettering about renovating an empty office space into a new makerspace for the first professional co-ed fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi Sigma, which is focused on promoting the sciences in academia and industry.</span>

One of <span style="color:#000000;">Known for being meticulous and well organized, her core I&E projects on campus calendar is pushing for always kept up to date with peak operating hours between 10:00pm and 2:00am. As an adaptive technical elective system which would allow students unconventional chemical engineering student, she loves to earn credits share her story with young women interested in various "pop-up" classes. This would allow students to explore topics outside STEM and was one of their primary major without being inhibited by workload or scheduling conflictsthe panel speakers for Michigan's Tech Savvy event. AdditionallyAt work, she has started discussions with the Electrical is a Science Ambassador for Dow AgroSciences and Computer Engineering Department is an active Women Innovation Network (WIN) collegiate member at Kettering about renovating an empty office space into a new makerspace for the campusDow Chemical.</span>

Known for being meticulous and well organized, her calendar is always kept up to date with peak operating hours between 10<span style="color:00pm and 2:00am. #000000;">As an unconventional chemical engineering studenta Fellow, she loves to share her story with young women interested in STEM Ashley has been a mentor and was one integral part of the panel speakers onboarding process for Michigan's Tech Savvy eventnew change agents. At work As a FAB at the Spring 2018 SVM, she had the opportunity to present two Ignite Talks and has been a Science Ambassador for Dow AgroSciences and is an active Women Innovation Network (WIN) collegiate member at Dow Chemicaloutspoken Fellow on the topic of Silent Changemakers.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="color:#000000;">In the next few years, she hopes to pursue a PhD in Biochemical Engineering and gain her private pilot's license. Learning opportunities are a key part of Ashley's life and she looks forward to making an impact on Kettering University's campusand the greater UIF Community.</span>

<span style= Related Links"color:#000000;">University Page:&nbsp;<br/span> [[Kettering University|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Kettering_University</span>]]

University <span style="color:#000000;">Priorities Page: &nbsp;</span>[[Kettering UniversityStudent Priorities|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Kettering_University_Student_Priorities</span>]]

Priorities Page<span style="color: #000000;">UIF Related Videos:&nbsp;</span>[[Kettering University Student Priorities]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgVGRb7pVqXsHOhGEcdcGaw <span style="color:#0000ff;">Ashley Switalski UIF</span>]

<span style="color:#000000;">Other Kettering UIF Fellows:</span> {| style="width: 500px600px" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"|-|<span style="color:#000000;">'''UIF Launch Term'''</span>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Student Name and 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>

| '''UIF Launch Term'''<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2018</span>| '''Student Name and Bio'''[[Cody brock|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Cody_brock</span>]]<br />| '''Kettering Academic <span style="color:#000000;">B-Section'''</span>

| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>| [[Chelsea Carter|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|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|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|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. Stokes|Jace C<span style="color:#0000ff;">Jace_C. Stokes_Stokes</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>

| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2015</span>| [[Cheyne Westerman|Cheyne Westerman<span style="color:#0000ff;">Cheyne_Westerman</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>

| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2015</span>| [[Alan Xia|Alan Xia<span style="color:#0000ff;">Alan_Xia</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>

| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2014</span>| [[Hunter Casbeer|Hunter Casbeer<span style="color:#0000ff;">Hunter_Casbeer</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>

| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2014</span>| [[Saheb Kapoor|Saheb Kapoor<span style="color:#0000ff;">Saheb_Kapoor</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>