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<div><br/></div><div style="text-align[[File: center;"><br/>2CapaldiniImage.png|thumb]]</div><div><div>'''Serving as UIF Since''': Fall 2015&nbsp;[[File:2CapaldiniImage.png|thumb|2CapaldiniImage.png]]</div><div>'''School''': University of Oregon</div><div>'''What he does now''': Product DesignHatch Fellow: National Security Innovation Network Austin, TX</div><div>'''What that means''': Working in diverse teams Using start-up tools and tactics to build design new products technology that is both profitable and interfaces using human centered designimproves national security.</div></div><div>'''Contact him abou'''t: Design, Creative Strategy, Teamwork, Education, Hack-a-thons, Business Competitions, SportsTechnology, EducationDefense Technology.</div><div>'''Email''': nickcapaldini@gmail.com</div><div>'''Phone''': (952)-240-3857<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Nick is earned a University Innovation Fellow B.A. in Product Design from the University of Oregon who in 2018. Since graduating he has transitioned from designing sports technology in Eugene, Oregon to designing defense technology in Austin, Texas. He is currently conducting research and development into new forms of drone detection technology as a Fellow for the National Security Innovation Network.</div><div><br/></div><div><span style="text-align: right;">Nick joined the University Innovation Fellows program at the University of Oregon so that he could use his passion for innovation to make a positive impact on his campus. Through becoming an a Fellow, &nbsp;Nick has been able to build on his strengths in Innovation innovation and entreprenuership, and to become an award -winning change agent on his campus.<br/span></div><div style="text-align: centerright;"><br/></div><div>[[File:CapaldiniHack.png|thumb|CapaldiniHack.png]]</div><div>By running the first collegiate sports-technology hack-a-thon in the U.S, Nick provided an opportunity for students at his school to use state of the art technology to create new sports products. Following the theme of sports, his event was held in the University of Oregon's historic McArthur basketball court and the featured two U.S. Olympians on the judging panel. Nick has also held a leadership position in his campus's entrepreneurship club cabinet and has been was an active member in multiple student organizations including Toastmaster's International, Industrial Design Society of America, and Warsaw Sports Business Club.</div><div><div><br/></div><div>When not leading initiatives, Nick enjoyed his college experience representing Oregon enjoys participating in hack-a-thons and start-up competitions such as Major League Baseball's Advance Advanced Media Hack-a-thon in New York City, where his team of Oregon UO students won 1st place First Place for their Data Visualization project. Nick also represented his University at attends many innovation-focused conferences such as SXSW in 2016 and the VentureWell Open where in 2018 where he was a session panelist on best practices for stimulating sustainable invention in Colleges colleges and Universitiesuniversities.</div><div>[[File:CapaldiniMallard.png|thumb|none|CapaldiniMallard.png]]<br/></div><div>[[File:CapaldiniDeanservice.png|thumb|CapaldiniDeanservice.png]]Out of 23,000+ students at his school, Nick not only received the Dean's Service Award for "exceptional leadership and service " but was also named one&nbsp;of the University of Oregon's "25 Ducks", for "leadership, innovation, and the potential to change the world". Nick's mindset during his time in college has was always been to focus not on what his school can do for him, but on what he can do for his school and plans to carry he is carrying that spirit of service with him wherever he goes.</div><div><br/></div><div>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m_D54m8YVo Here is link] to Nick's Ignite talk: ''Building on Innovation'' about how universities can create new learning experiences for students by building on their own unique history and culture of innovation.</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br/>Email: nickcapaldini@gmail.com</div><div></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

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