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 <brb>Company</b>: Green Roof Team LLC, Founder

<b>Degree</b>: Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate with a specialization in Energy Engineering and minors in Sustainability and Math<br> <b>What can you contact me about?</b> Developing leadership skills, professional development, topics in sustainability and renewable energy and engineering, interdisciplinary learning, design thinking methodology, running, jokes, Chicagoand hiking/traveling!

<b>YouTube</b>'''Green Roof Team LLC's Website''': httpshttp://www.youtubegreenroofteam.com/channel/UCQ7OOaVEYB59eS5KGmn8VPg<br> Nelson Fernandes is a received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering undergraduate at from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Born and raised in Chicago, he ventured to SIU after high school which is about six chose Southern Illinois (6 hours south ) for university because of the Windy City to explore new opportunities and experiencescare one faculty member showed him as a mentor for a research project his senior year of high school. Stepping out Made a wide variety of his comfort zone, spent the first two years exploring campus and making friends along with joining different organizations. In addition to the way ranging from the TRiO program to Honors College to Innovation Fellows, an executive member of Undergraduate Student Government, Engineering Student Council to Robotics to the , Leadership Development Program and the University Innovation Fellows, Robotics Team. Building relationships and accumulating Then, expanded his knowledge from various field to produce excellence with the ability to solve complex problems with a background in multiple fields. Currently completing professional training in renewable energy through the Renewable European Energy Centre and will become an Energy, Engineering, Management Technician which provides the credentials to lead and Finance sectors along manage clean energy projects! [[File:Green-Roof-Team Temporary-Wind-Turbine.jpg|thumb|Here is a view of the SIU Green Roof with becoming Apple Hardware Certifiedour student designed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine.|link=Special:FilePath/Green-Roof-Team_Temporary-Wind-Turbine.  The jpg]]One important organization Nelson was a member of, is the Leadership Development Program is a nationally recognized NSF program where students undergo an intense two year program of 5:30AM workouts and 6:00AM morning meetings. As a first year, we focus on leading ourselves through developing our servant leadership skills and leading a project once a semester. As a second year, I stepped into a Coaching position where I guided four first year members through the year by reinforcing the primary leadership practices and project management skills. The growth I have made during my time in the program allowed myself to grow into the person I am today. One defining moment was leading our yearly Applied Project. This Applied Project was a three day event at a local electronics company where I led 15 undergraduate members and three Black Belt Six Sigma Masters in a major lean manufacturing project where we redesigned a process for receiving incoming packages which is a major bottleneck as well as a route for their tugger train as well as how to better organize their inventory for optimal and efficient process. A leader who focuses on building relationships with the team and planning ahead to make sure the job gets done. And the skills I have learned, enabled me to develop my U.I.F. project into something larger than originally thought. [[File:Wind Turbine Installation.jpg|thumb|Here is an image of one of the three wind turbines we installed at SIU Carbondale. The first wind energy generating devices on campus!|link=Special:FilePath/Wind_Turbine_Installation.jpg]]As a University Innovation Fellow, Nelson worked with the College of Agriculture specifically by revitalizing and modernizing the for transforming their existing green space (Green Roof to become ) into an innovative space interdisciplinary innovation hub for multidisciplinary research to be housedparticipatory learning. The roof was installed in 2010 for agricultural research; however, quickly became increasingly underutilized between the retirement of unknown to students once the professor who held ownership and lack of ownership among those involveddean retired around 2018. The plan became to revitalize and modernize the space through a project where a team of students will be recruited goal was focused on launching several marketing campaigns for promotion, hosting design thinking workshops for have a major clean up along empathizing with installing students, and pursuing an autonomous irrigation systemengineering project to showcase opportunities. With the COVID-19 pandemic, Nelson and his fellow Fellows decided to host more workshops to solve collaborate with our peers and friends around the watering needs, data acquisition device, world they have met at the previous systemFH Salzburg's contract expired several years ago and was not renewed, and a wind turbineAlps Meetup. The next step is incorporating engineering and agricultural students' research on In the roof Spring 2020, Nelson and increase the research utilization several other Fellows from 1%. YesSIU traveled to Salzburg, Austria, among the 0and participated in their Alps Meetup.1 acre of available space, approximately one percent is occupied for research, while boosting recognition Enjoyed every minute of the space among students sleep deprived trip and faculty for opportunitiessoaked every experience possible. The space was funded by the Student Green Fee; therefore, belongs most noteworthy experience is working in an Urban Mobility workshop to redesign ways of better utilizing the students rather than parking spaces of the Agriculture Building it resides onFH University. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLravPcswM&feature=youtu. be)

Aside from the Green Roof project, Nelson has hosted several Design Thinking Workshops specifically for the Green Roof in person and online with other SIU Fellows. With the COVIDThe most known activity was recruiting a cross-19 pandemic, Nelson and his fellow Fellows decided to host more workshops university team of students to collaborate with our peers design and friends around install a small Wind Turbine on the world they have met at the FH Salzburg's Alps Meetup. In the Spring 2020, Nelson and several other Fellows from SIU traveled building to Salzburg, Austria, promote innovation and participated in their Alps Meetup. Enjoyed every inute use of the sleep deprived trip and soaked every experience possibleoutdoor research facility. The most noteworthy experience is working in an Urban Mobility workshop to redesign ways encouragement of better utilizing the parking spaces cross-university team was berth at the start of the FH Universitypandemic when tools from Zoom, MURAL, etc. (https://wwwwere encouraged and learned quickly by students.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLravPcswM&feature=youtuWe found opportunity from a time where many events were being removed while finding ways to improve our communication skills especially for engineering design virtually.be)

[[File:Agriculture Building's The UIF Project led to the formation of the Green RoofTeam LLC where Nelson and five outstanding team members among the 50 members are developing educational kits to sell based on their projects ranging from clean energy to artificial intelligence.jpg|thumb|300x300px]]Additionally, the company offers internship opportunities in the marketing and clean energy engineering fields to provide opportunities to students understand their own passions with a guiding mentor as well as move forward professionally!

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