<table {| 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;">, Corteva AgriScience<br />'''What that means:''' Focuses on ways to improve and harness classical chemical engineering to support development of new agricultural products from synthetic and biological pathways.</span>
<tr><td | style="width: 800px300px;"> <b>Serving as a UIF Sincetext-align:</b> center;Spring 2017<br /><b>School" |[[File:</b> Kettering University<br /><b>What she does now:</b> Process Development Engineer, Corteva AgriScience<br /><b>What that means:</b> Focuses on ways to improve and harness classical chemical engineering to produce new agricultural products from synthetic and biological pathwaysSwitalski.Ashley Headshot.jpg|thumb]]</td>|-<td rowspan="2" | style="width: 50px800px;"> <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="Switalski Ashley.jpg" _fck_mw_location="center" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_center fck_mw_notfound" /><br /></td></tr><tr>|<td span style="widthcolor: 800px#000000;"><p><b>'''Contact her about:</b>''' nbsp;small school difficulties; administration challenges; team dynamics; anything STEM or chemistry related >>=< < (will always welcome chemistry puns!)<br /><b>'''Email:</b>''' nbsp;swit0249@kettering.edu<br /><b>'''Phone:</b>''' nbsp;(989) 448-9363</p></td></tr></table><p><br /span></p><p><br />|</p><p><br /><br />Ashley Switalski is a University Innovation Fellow from Kettering University in Flint, MI. She is currently a Senior III studying for her B.S. in Chemical Engineering with 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 biofermentation in agricultural products. </p><p>At Kettering University, Ashley is involved with Kettering Entrepreneur Society (KES), Kettering Student Government (KSG), and Student Alumni Council (SAC). Kettering has become a second home for Ashley and it is rare not 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 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.</p><p>One of her core I&E projects on campus is pushing for an 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 the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Kettering about renovating an empty office space into a new makerspace for the campus.</p><p>Known for being meticulous and well organized, her calendar is always kept up to date with peak operating hours between 10:00pm and 2:00am. As an unconventional chemical engineering student, she loves to share her story with young women interested in STEM and was one of the panel speakers for Michigan's Tech Savvy event. At work she has been a Science Ambassador for Dow AgroSciences and is an active Women Innovation Network (WIN) collegiate member at Dow Chemical.</p><p>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 campus.</p><p>Feel free to contact Ashley at swit0249@kettering.edu.</p><h1> Related Links<br /> </h1><p>University Page: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Kettering%20University">Kettering University</a></p><p>Priorities Page: <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Kettering%20University%20Student%20Priorities">Kettering University Student Priorities</a></p><p>Submission Videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgVGRb7pVqXsHOhGEcdcGaw">[1</a>]</p><p>Other Kettering UIF Fellows:</p><table style="width: 500px" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1">|}
<trbr /><tdbr /> <bbr />UIF Launch Term<br /b> <span style="color:#000000;">Ashley is a University Innovation Fellow from Kettering University in Flint, MI. She graduated in December 2018 with her B.S. in Chemical Engineering 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. </tdspan> <span style="color:#000000;">At Kettering University, Ashley is involved with a variety of clubs on campus including Kettering Entrepreneur Society. Kettering has become a second home for Ashley and it is rare not to catch her at an event on campus. 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.<td/span> <bspan style="color:#000000;">Student Name One of her core I&E projects on campus is pushing for an 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 the Electrical and BioComputer Engineering Department at Kettering about renovating an empty office space into a new makerspace for the campus.</bspan> <span style="color:#000000;">Known for being meticulous and well organized, her calendar is always kept up to date with peak operating hours between 10:00pm and 2:00am. As an unconventional chemical engineering student, she loves to share her story with young women interested in STEM and was one of the panel speakers for Michigan's Tech Savvy event. At work, she is a Science Ambassador for Dow AgroSciences and is an active Women Innovation Network (WIN) collegiate member at Dow Chemical.</tdspan> <span style="color:#000000;">As a Fellow, Ashley has been a mentor and integral part of the onboarding process for new change agents. 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. <td/span> <bspan 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 Academic SectionUniversity's campus and the greater UIF Community.</bspan> =</tdspan style="color:#000000;">Related Links</trspan>= <trspan style="color:#000000;">University Page: </span>[[Kettering University|<tdspan style="color:#0000ff;"> Spring 2017Kettering_University</tdspan>]] <tdspan style="color:#000000;"> Priorities Page: </span>[[Kettering University Student Priorities|<a hrefspan style="Chelsea%20Cartercolor:#0000ff;">Chelsea CarterKettering_University_Student_Priorities</aspan>]] <span style="color:#000000;">UIF Related Videos: </span>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgVGRb7pVqXsHOhGEcdcGaw <span style="color:#0000ff;">Ashley Switalski UIF</tdspan>] <span style="color:#000000;">Other Kettering UIF Fellows:<td/span> A {| style="width: 600px" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"|-Section|<span style="color:#000000;">'''UIF Launch Term'''</tdspan>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Student Name and Bio'''</trspan>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Kettering Academic Section'''<tr/span>|-|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> Spring 20172018</tdspan>|[[Rebecca Abbott-McCune|<td> <a hrefspan style="Eric%20Rickabaughcolor:#0000ff;">Eric RickabaughRebecca_Abbott-McCune</aspan>]]<br /td>|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> A-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2018</tdspan>|[[Julia Rickabaugh|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Julia_Rickabaugh</span>]]<br /tr>|<trspan style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> Spring 20172018</tdspan>|[[Cody brock|<tdspan style="color:#0000ff;"> Cody_brock<b/span>Ashley Switalski]]<br /b>|<span style="color:#000000;">B-Section</tdspan>|-|<tdspan style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span> B-Section|[[Chelsea Carter|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Chelsea_Carter</tdspan>]]<br /tr>|<trspan style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> Spring 2017</tdspan>|[[Eric Rickabaugh|<td> <a hrefspan style="Shane%20Thiedecolor:#0000ff;">Shane ThiedeEric_Rickabaugh</aspan>]]<br /td>|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> BA-Section</span>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</tdspan>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Ashley Switalski'''</trspan>|<trspan style="color:#000000;">B-Section</span>|-|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> Spring 20162017</tdspan>|[[Shane Thiede|<td> <a hrefspan style="Moe%20Ghiascolor:#0000ff;">Moe GhiasShane_Thiede</aspan>]]<br /td>|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> AB-Section</td></trspan><tr>|-|<tdspan style="color:#000000;"> Spring 2016</tdspan>|[[Moe Ghias|<td> <a hrefspan style="Jace%20C.%20Stokescolor:#0000ff;">Jace C. 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