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Michael Thuis is a first-generation college student currently within his first second year of pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He hopes to carry his degree and experience into a career doing research and development, within the government or industry sectors, within the Biomedical Fieldspecifically with electrical materials. Creating a business based on a proprietary technology gained from his research would be of great interest to Michael.

On campus, Michael is currently an active contributor to many clubs and organizations. He is an active member of his school's [[Engineers Without Borders|Engineers Without Borders]] [http://mineswithoutborders.wixsite.com/mineswithoutborders Water Team] where he works on the technical side of providing a clean water system to the Nicaraguan village of Los Gomez. Michael also has the distinction of being a [[Grand Challenges Scholars Program, National Academy of Engineers (NAE)|Grand Challenges of Engineering Scholar]]. Within this program, Michael holds a seat on the [http://grandchallenges.mines.edu/ Grand Challenges Grand Council] at his school where he serves as the Freshmen Ambassador and Education/Outreach chair. Within the professional community, Michael is a member of the [http://inside.mines.edu/MEP-SHPE Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers]. In the future, Michael plans to work also works as an Undergraduate Researcher in the Fall semester of 2018 where he will investigate Research fellow on Heptane Refinement for Interfacial Rheology and the Thin Film Production of Graphene.