Organization:University Innovation Fellows Program

The University Innovation Fellows are part of a national movement to ensure that students gain the necessary attitudes, skills and knowledge required for them to compete in the economy of the future. These student leaders from schools around the country work with their peers to catalyze even greater levels of innovation and entrepreneurship activity on their campuses.

The program is run by the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter), funded by the National Science Foundation as a partnership between Stanford University and VentureWell, formerly known as NCIIA. University Innovation Fellows call on engineering students and their peers to dream, design and deliver innovations that solve real-world problems.

Learn more at the University Innovation Fellows website: http://universityinnovationfellows.org

University Innovation Fellow Happenings

What's Your Moonshot?

The original "Moonshot" was just that.  Man daring to go where no man had gone before- the moon.  As a species we did not have the technology or the know how to step foot on the moon and yet through ingenuity and dedication two countries started a race to accomplish just that.  Moonshot Thinking is exactly what it sounds like, taking a seemingly impossible task and setting out to accomplish it.  Mark Twain had a great quote about accomplishing such feats, “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”  Being a UI Fellow is a unique opportunity in that many of us have our own “Moonshots” and by surrounding ourselves with others that are just as passionate about their Moonshots we can set out to change the world.

Here is the link to the Moonshot Page- What's_Your_Moonshot?

Monthly Meetup

The monthly meetup is a bluejeans meeting that is set-up for the 3rd Thursday of every month.  The intent of this meeting is to allow UI-Fellows to disseminate information about projects they are working on, have completed or are considering.  These meetings will typically have 3-4 presenters and are structured to be 5-10 minute presentations with time alloted for question and answers after each.  

Here is the link to the past videos and topics to come - Monthly_meetup

  

University Innovation Fellows by Institution

  

Arizona State University/Polytechnic Campus:
Stephanie Dolinger	Spring 2015
Brandon Smith	Spring 2015
Jorge Sanchez	Spring 2014

 

Arizona State University/Tempe Campus:
Eden Shuster	Spring 2015
Aubrey Wigner	Spring 2015
Mary Wilcox	Fall 2013

 

Art Center College of Design:
Mariana Prieto	Fall 2011

 

Beloit College:
Hunter Elborn	Spring 2105
Ellery Addington-White	Fall 2013

 

Berea College:
Anthony Ayebiahwe	Spring 2015
Jacob Heller	Spring 2015
Robert Hosking	Spring 2015
Dylan Mullins	Spring 2015
Tran Nguyen	Spring 2015
Eugeniu Prodan	Spring 2015
Solomon Alolga	Spring 2014
Ali Djire	Spring 2014
Ability Kakama	Spring 2014

 

Bethune-Cookman College:
Fatin Cooper	Spring 2015
Danielle Gaskins	Spring 2015
Roslyn O’Neal	Spring 2015

 

Boston University:
Joseph McMahon	Fall 2011

 

Bucknell University:
Peter Puleo	Fall 2014
Alejandro Ramirez de Arellano	Fall 2014
Yifan Ge	Fall 2013
Amanda Ruppert	Summer 2012

 

California Polytechnic State University/San Luis Obispo:
Nicholas Sinai	Spring 2014

 

California State University/Fullerton:
Amerika Bernal	Spring 2015
Cristian Sanchez	Spring 2015

 

California State University/Northridge:
Daniel Agular	Spring 2015
Diego Vilchez	Spring 2015

 

Clark Atlanta University:
Aaron Chambers	Spring 2015
Tiffany Mitchell	Spring 2015
Ariel Rogers	Spring 2015
Damon Willis	Spring 2015
Lionel Cross	Spring 2014

 

Clemson University:
Connor Black	Spring 2015
Breanne Przestrzelski	Fall 2013

 

Colorado School of Mines:
Corey Brugh	Spring 2014

 

Columbia University:
Dmitry Timmerman	Fall 2011
Mayank Yadav	Fall 2010

 

Converse College:
Nadia Gathers	Spring 2015

 

Cooper Union:
Nicholas Breeser	Spring 2014
Sharang Phadke	Summer 2012

 

Duke University:
Peter Hollender	Spring 2013
Margaret Finch	Fall 2010

 

Eastern Kentucky University:
Andrew Pennington	Summer 2012

 

Elon University:
Bennett Driscoll	Spring 2015
Giles Roll	Spring 2015
Jensen Roll	Spring 2015
Matthew Snow	Spring 2015

 

Fayetteville State University:
Malik Oliver	Spring 2014

 

Florida Institute of Technology:
Randy Stockman	Fall 2013

 

Florida International University:
Sami El Awad Azrak	Spring 2015
Michael Rivas	Summer 2012

 

Florida State University:
Bipol Alam	Spring 2014

 

Furman University:
Phuong Can	Spring 2015
Tyler Higgins	Fall 2014
Benjamin Riddle	Spring 2014

 

Georgia Institute of Technology
Alexandra Flohr	Spring 2014
Rachel Ford	Spring 2014
Megna Saha	Spring 2014

 

Grand Valley State University:
Leah Bauer	Fall 2014
Kathryn Christopher	Fall 2014

 

Hampton University:
Howard Brown	Spring 2014

 

Howard University:
Sarah Jones	Fall 2104
Attiyah Lanier	Spring 2014

 

Illinois Institute of Technology:
Faizan Ahmad	Spring 2015
Gabriel Conners	Spring 2015
Syeda Fatima	Spring 2015
Bartholomew Grabowski	Spring 2015
Callie Joncas	Spring 2015

 

Jackson State University:
Jevon Grant	Spring 2014

 

James Madison University:
Chris Ashley	Spring 2015
Andrew Carlone	Spring 2015
Timothy Moore	Spring 2015
Jack O’Neill	Spring 2015
Emily Platt	Spring 2015
Lauren Distler	Spring 2014
Jessie Gabris	Spring 2014
Fletcher Grow	Spring 2014
Kaitlyn Pirrello	Spring 2014
Sarah Rozman	Spring 2104

 

Johns Hopkins University:
Michelle Zwernemann	Summer 2012
Nishant Ganesh Kumar	Summer 2012

 

Kent State University:
Matthew Allen	Spring 2015
Sravan Kumar Karpurapu	Spring 2015
Tapti Saha	Spring 2015
Robin Bonatesta	Fall 2104

 

Kettering University:
Cheyne Westerman	Spring 2015
Alan Xia	Spring 2015
Hunter Casbeer	Spring 2014
Saheb Kapoor	Spring 2014

 

La Salle University:
Kenneth Brewer	Spring 2015
Trans Lualhati	Spring 2015
Onesimus Morrison	Spring 2015

 

Lehigh University:
Christopher Coffin	Spring 2015
Deniz Pamukcu	Summer 2012

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Ala’s Siam	Summer 2012

 

Mercer University:
Kevin Mobolade	Fall 2012

 

Michigan State University:
Brandon DuQuette	Spring 2014

 

Michigan Technological University:
Magann Dykema	Spring 2015
Joshua Krugh	Spring 2015
Arsh Sahu	Spring 2015
Bradley Turner	Fall 2014
David Shull	Spring 2014

 

Missouri University of Science and Technolog:
Josh Jetter	Spring 2015

 

Morgan State University:
Adrien Feudjio	Spring 2015
Jaime Arribas Starkey-El	Spring 2014

 

New Mexico State University:
Karl Johannes	Spring 2015
Shanta Thoutam	Spring 2015
Jaime (Jaymie) Velasquez	Spring 2015
Ember Krech	Fall 2014
Brendan Sullivan	Fall 2014
Mauricio Garcia	Spring 2014

 

New York University:
Noah Geib	Spring 2015
John Henry	Spring 2015
Jay Kumar	Spring 2015
Sarth Desai	Fall 2014
Samantha Smith	Fall 2011
Trevor Owens	Fall 2010

 

North Carolina State University:
Natalia Von Windheim	Spring 2014
Sean Maroni	Summer 2012

 

North Dakota State University:
Jordan Brummond	Fall 2014
Jacob Larson	Fall 2014
Drew Spooner	Fall 2014
Andrew Dalman	Fall 2013

 

Northeastern University:
Swapnil Chaturvedi	Fall 2010
Rowland Fomundam	Fall 2010

 

Norwich University:
Jacob Keasbey	Spring 2014

 

Ohio Northern University:
Alexandra Seda	Spring 2015

 

Ohio State University:
Peeyush Shrivastava	Fall 2014
Kinshuk Mitra	Summer 2012

 

Ohio University:
Lori Bentz	Spring 2015
Alex Kneier	Spring 2015
John Herbert	Spring 2014

 

Oklahoma State University:
Jennifer Mayo	Fall 2013

 

Oregon State University:
Jennifer Villalobos	Fall 2011

 

Pennsylvania State University:
Mridul Bhandari	Fall 2013
John Oliver	Summer 2012

 

Polytechnic Institute of New York University:
Terrence Agbi	Fall 2013

 

Portland State University:
Adam Smith	Fall 2010

 

Prairie View A&M University:
Ashley Kelsey	Spring 2015

 

Princeton University:
Eden Full	Fall 2010

 

Purdue University:
Jeffrey Ackerman	Spring 2013
Ian Hamilton	Spring 2013

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute:
Meghan Olson	Spring 2014

 

Rice University:
David Mims	Fall 2010

 

Rochester Institute of Technology:
Tayler Swanson	Summer 2012

 

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology:
Katelyn Stenger	Fall 2013
Wilson Kurian	Fall 2012

 

San Francisco State University:
Sean Bolton	Fall 2014

 

Santa Clara University:
Laura Tschudy	Spring 2015

  

Southern Illinois University Carbondale:
Alex Hutchinson	Spring 2015
Brandon Nolte	Spring 2015
Katie Dzugan	Spring 2013

 

Southern Methodist University:
Jonah Kirby	Spring 2015

 

Stanford University:
Autumn Turpin	Spring 2015
Capella Kerst	Spring 2014
Zineb Laraki	Summer 2014

 

Stony Brook University:
Saba Khalid	Spring 2015

 

Susquehanna University:
Ethan Eastwood	Spring 2015
Alexis Gargin	Spring 2015
Pierce Perkins	Spring 2015
Tiffany Richards	Spring 2015

 

Temple University:
Mohamad Ali Niang	Fall 2010

  

Tennessee Technological University:
Jonathan Abbotoy	Spring 2015
Abigail Collins	Spring 2015
Enis Cirak	Spring 2014

 

Texas A&M University:
Gurlovleen Rathore	Spring 2014
Graham Leslie	Fall 2013
Dean Tate	Fall 2013

 

Texas Tech University:
Francis Atore	Spring 2015
Taylor Person	Spring 2015
Valente Rodriguez	Spring 2015
Benjamin Simmons	Spring 2015
Victoria Young	Spring 2015

 

Texas Tech University/South Plains:
Marshal Head	Spring 2015

 

Tufts University:
Alexandra Halbeck	Fall 2012

  

Tulane University:
Maria Garcia Quesada	Spring 2014
Kim MA	Spring 2014
Thien Ninh	Spring 2014
Derek Dasti	Fall 2013

 

Tuskegee University:
Myisha Moore	Spring 2014

 

Union College:
Sean Farrell	Spring 2015
Hristina Milojevic	Spring 2014

 

University of California/Berkeley:
Adam Eastman	Fall 2012
Jared Karp	Fall 2012
Omoju Miller	Fall 2011

 

University of California/Davis:
Lucas Arzola	Summer 2012

 

University of California/Los Angeles:
Jerrid Matthews	Fall 2011

 

University of California/Merced:
Nicholas Fong	Spring 2014
Eduardo Rojas-Flores	Spring 2014

  

University of California/San Diego:
Deepak Atyam	Fall 2014
Alexander Finch	Fall 2014
Neil Gandhi	Fall 2014
Uzair Mohammad	Fall 2014
Joyce Sunday	Fall 2014
Jack Goodwin	Summer 2012

 

University of Central Florida:
Tyler Salem	Fall 2012

 

University of Chicago:
Klevin Lo	Spring 2015
Jonathan Pan	Spring 2015
Annie Zhang	Spring 2015

 

University of Colorado/Boulder:
Fletcher Richman	Summer 2012

 

University of Colorado/Denver:
Caleb Carr	Spring 2014

 

University of Florida:
Natalie DeVarona	Spring 2015
Daniel Kleinman	Spring 2015

  

University of Georgia:
T. Stan Gregory	Spring 2015
Shalin Jyotishi	Spring 2015
Aditya Muralidhar	Spring 2015
Kevin Wu	Spring 2015
Gregory Wilson	Spring 2013

 

University of Iowa:
Aaron Goddard	Spring 2015
Ana Hertz	Spring 2015
Chen Cui	Fall 2013

 

University of Maryland/Eastern Shore:
Nicholas Mutai	Fall 2014
Jade-Elizabeth Overton	Spring 2014

 

University of Maryland/College Park:
Mackenzie Burnett	Fall 2014
Jordan Greenwald	Fall 2014
Ashmi Sheth	Fall 2014
Atin Mittra	Spring 2014
Meenu Singh	Spring 2014
Valerie Sherry	Fall 2013
Alex Sposito	Fall 2010

  

University of Massachusetts/Lowell:
Kyle Pitochelli	Fall 2014
Ana Gouveia	Spring 2014
James Abdallah	Spring 2014
Kevin Desjardins	Spring 2014
Jacob Hulme	Spring 2014

 

University of Michigan/Ann Arbor:
Valliappa Chockalingam	Fall 2014
Emmet Dettweiler	Fall 2014
Marissa Henri	Fall 2014
Kevin LaForest	Fall 2014
Amanda Ejups	Spring 2014
Grace Hsia	Spring 2013
Jeremy Klaben	Summer 2012

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities Campus:
Christopher Kuehn	Fall 2014
Tyler Ebert	Fall 2014

 

University of Nevada/Las Vegas:
Juan Carlo Pascua	Fall 2010

 

University of Nevada/Reno:
Nolan Nicholson	Fall 2013

  

University of Connecticut/New Haven:
Jonathan Spiegel	Spring 2015

 

University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill:
Teerth Brahmbhatt	Fall 2014
Shannon Coy	Fall 2014
Natalia Gonzalez Chavez	Fall 2014
Alex Sherman	Fall 2014

 

University of Notre Dame:
Mark Brahier	Fall 2014
Elena Brindley	Fall 2014
Jeff Hansen	Fall 2014
Jonathan Jou	Fall 2014

 

University of Oklahoma:
Candace Alsenay	Spring 2015
Laura Davis	Spring 2015
Ashley Findley	Spring 2015
Alexandra Harmon	Spring 2015
Lauren Abston	Spring 2014
Ryan Phillips	Spring 2014

 

University of Oregon:
Claire Sakaguchi	Spring 2014

  

University of Pittsburgh:
David Jacob	Spring 2015
Madhur Malhotra	Spring 2015
Ian McIntyre	Spring 2015
Harinee Suthakar	Spring 2015
Jennifer Sommer	Fall 2014
Brian Rhindress	Fall 2013
Nathan Smialek	Fall 2013
Karuna Relwani	Fall 2012

 

University of Portland:
Taylor Hendricks	Spring 2015
Cole Preece	Spring 2015
Kevin Bastien	Spring 2014

 

University of Scranton:
Christopher LoGiurato	Spring 2015

 

University of Southern California:
Jared Goodner	Fall 2011

 

University of Tennessee Health Science Center:
Danielle Helton	Fall 2011

 

University of Texas/Austin:
Issac Sanchez	Summer 2012
Mariel Bolhouse	Fall 2011

 

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center:
Benjamin Johnston	Spring 2013

 

University of the Virgin Islands:
Daricia Wilkinson	Fall 2014
Chanice Williams	Fall 2014
Keturah Bethel	Fall 2014
Ykeshia Zamore	Fall 2014

 

University of Virginia:
Yi Tong (Katie) Kan	Spring 2015
Angela Liu	Spring 2015
Benjamin Matthews	Spring 2015
Anthony Sung	Spring 2015
Anish Dalal	Spring 2014
Rachel Smith	Spring 2014
Kelly Thomas	Spring 2014
Dasha Tyslek	Spring 2014

 

University of Wisconsin/Madison:
Steven Faulkner	Fall 2010

  

University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee:
David Gallegos	Spring 2015
Nicole Green	Spring 2015
Garry Jean-Pierre	Spring 2015
Amin Mojtahedi	Spring 2015
Robert Salamon	Spring 2014
Alex Francis	Spring 2014
Carlton Reeves	Spring 2014

 

Utah Valley University:
Tanner Wheadon	Spring 2015

 

Villanova University:
Erik Koehr	Spring 2015
Abbey Buckenheimer	Spring 2014

 

Virginia Commonwealth University:
Andrew Batz	Spring 2013
Elliot Roth	Fall 2012

 

Virginia State University:
Reginald Burroughs	Spring 2015
Ulysses Knight	Spring 2014

  

Wake Forest University:
John Marbach	Fall 2014
Michael Tantum	Fall 2013
Christina Oelsner	Summer 2012
Lucy Lan	Fall 2012
William Oelsner	Fall 2010

 

Washington State University:
Viviana Tran	Spring 2013
Jade Patterson	Fall 2011

 

Washington State University/Vancouver:
Amber Graviet	Spring 2014
Brittany Wouden	Fall 2013

 

Washington University/Saint Louis:
Varun Krishnamurthy	Spring 2015
Stephanie Mertz	Spring 2015
Chan Hyung Park	Spring 2015
Huy Lam	Spring 2015
Blake Marggraff	Fall 2012

 

Wayne State University:
Pradeep Bhat	Fall 2014
Siwatu Sanders	Fall 2014
Nikolas Upton	Fall 2014

 

Western Michigan University:
Zachary Crawford	Fall 2014
Persefoni Lauhon	Fall 2014
Christopher Woodward	Fall 2013

 

Western New England University:
Jhonathan Nagasako	Spring 2014

 

William Jewell College:
Bradley Dice	Fall 2014
Amelia Hanzlick	Fall 2014
Conner Hazelrigg	Fall 2014
Kate McFerren	Fall 2014
James Milam	Fall 2014

 

Wofford College:
Alexandra Arsi	Spring 2015
Richard Fields	Spring 2015
Cole McCarty	Spring 2015

 

Xavier University of Louisiana:
Chigozie Dike	Spring 2014

 

Yale University:
Chinmay Jaju	Spring 2014