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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">[[File:HeadshotWilsonFaculty Staff WW 0157.jpg|thumb|HeadshotWilsonFaculty Staff WW 0157.jpg]]<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I am a currently a University Innovation Fellow and PhD student at the University of Georgia. My field of study is in Learning, Design, and Technology in the College of Education with a specialization in engineering education. I have a background in computer science with a BS from Georgia Tech and a MS from Virginia Tech.</span></span></span><br/><br/><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px;">My research involves studying and developing informal learning environments that exposes business, engineering, art, technology, and science students to interdisciplinary collaboration, challenge-based learning, entrepreneurship, and design thinking. I hope to uncover guidelines to what tools, spaces, and contexts are needed for a successful environment. It is expected that implementation of these learning environments would increase students' engagement in solving society's toughest problems.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px;">My mission is to empower people to make great products that affect the world.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Serving as UIF Since:''' Spring 2013</span>
<span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'''School:''' University of Georgia</span>
<span style="colorfont-size: rgb(51, 51, 51)medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 17px;">Current E&I initiatives'''What he does now:''' Director of Innovation at [https://www.gemsworldacademy-chicago.com/ GEMS World Academy in Chicago]</span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">'''What that means''': I design and help other teachers design learning experiences that incorporate technology, design thinking, entrepreneurship, and innovation for middle and high school students. </span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">'''Contact him about:''' designing learning experiences, K-12 education, makerspaces, interdisciplinary learning, graduate school, entrepreneurship.....pretty much anything!</span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px;">Worked with the Office of the Vice President of Research to expand the Thinc@UGA (thinc.uga.edu) initiative, which seeks to promote entrepreneurship and innovation on campus, to include events beyond Thinc Week.</span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px;">Collaborating with Science Library to build the university's first makerspaceCreated a make-a-thon series called "thinc-a-thon" which fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, design thinking, and entrepreneurship among students from all disciplines and levels.</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px;">Designed an entrepreneurship and innovation website for bringing awareness to the resources and programs available on campus for learning about entrepreneurship, developing ideas, and growing student businesses. </span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px;">Collaborated with Science Library to build the university's first makerspace.</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 17px;">Assisted in the creation of a Council of Economic Engagement with the purpose of building a better UGA through expansion, promotion, and enhancement of university economic engagement and the role students play in it.</span></span>
== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 1.4;">Related Links:</span></span> ==
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[University of Georgia|<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 1.4;">University_of_Georgia</span>]]</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://www.thinc.uga.edu <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px; line-height: 1.4;">http://www.thinc.uga.edu</span>]</span>
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