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[[File:Michael Thuis Ignite.jpg|center|Michael Thuis Ignite.jpg]] Michael Thuis is a first-generation college student currently within his second third year pursuing a Bachelors Degree in 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, specifically with thin film electrical materials. Creating Noteably, Michael has served as a FAB for the [[Silicon Valley Meetup|2019 Silicon Valley Meetup]], helped plan the 2018 Mile High Meetup, and traveled to SXSW 2019 as part of the UIF contingent.  Michael was a business based member of the Spring 2019 FAB cohort, where he gave an ignite titled "[https://youtu.be/bN0im2iHHx8 Building Bridges: How to turn Adversaries into Allies]".  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 proprietary technology gained from 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 research would be 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 great interest to Hispanic Professional Engineers] and [http://materialadvantage.org/ Materials Advantage]. Michaelworks as an Undergraduate Research fellow on Heptane Refinement for Interfacial Rheology and the Thin Film Production of Graphene.