<span id="docs-internal-guid-51376e0f-dc4d-3f00-7236-88058d774bbd"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Mehta is a University Innovation Fellow candidate studying mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University in the [[File:Michaelmehta.jpeg|thumb]]heart of Silicon Valley. Michael is originally from Chatham, New Jersey where he discovered a passion for physics and mathematics from a young age.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-51376e0f-dc4d-3f00-7236-88058d774bbd"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity. Through Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-51376e0f-dc4d-3f00-7236-88058d774bbd"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community.</span></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.</span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-51376e0f-dc4d-3f00-7236-88058d774bbd"><span style="font-size[[Santa_Clara_University|Santa Clara University Campus Overview]] [http: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since coming out to California, Michael has been exposed to a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation that has peaked his curiosity//universityinnovation. Through org/wiki/Santa_Clara_University_Student_Priorities Santa Clara University, Michael has participated in the Student Priorities] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QBSZTa0ubkONaFvb9USpw33U6veIZ97_IHqT7E4E7nA/edit#gid=0 Santa Clara Innovation and Design Club gaining experience in design thinking through participating in entrepreneurial mindset challenges and “design-a-thons”.University Landscape Canvas] Other Fellows at SCU: </spanu>Spring 2018</spanu> [[taylor_mau|Taylor Mau]] [[Connor_Tisch|Connor Tisch]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mariah_Manzano Mariah Manzano]
<u>Spring 2017</u>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-51376e0f-dc4d-3f00-7236-88058d774bbd"><span style="font-size[http: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Santa Clara, Michael is also involved in the Engineering Peer Advising Program, providing mentorship to incoming first-year students and helping them get on the track to success in their undergraduate engineering careers. He also is a member and founding board member of the campus’s colony of Theta Tau, a professional engineering fraternity, an organization that serves to building long-lasting relationships, professional skills and gives back to the community//universityinnovation.<org/span><wiki/span>Andrew_Torrance Andrew Torrance]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Will_McMullen William McMullen]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mjbelford Matt Belford]
<span id="docs-internal-guid-51376e0f-dc4d-3f00-7236-88058d774bbd"><span style="font-size[http: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a UIF candidate, Michael hopes to be a part of the continuous improvement and development of the innovation and entrepreneurship education on campus at Santa Clara.</span></span><div><bruniversityinnovation.org/><wiki/div>Rory_Pannkuk Rory Pannkuk]
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