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| style="width: 700px800px;" | <span style="color:#000000;">'''Serving as a UIF Since:'''&nbsp;Spring 2017<br/>'''School:'''&nbsp;Kettering University<br/>'''What she does now:'''&nbsp;Process Development Engineer</span>Technical Leader<span style="color:#000000;">, Corteva AgriScience<br/>'''What that means:'''&nbsp;Focuses on ways to improve and harness classical chemical<br/>engineering to produce support development of new agricultural products from synthetic and biological pathways.</span> | rowspan="2" style="width: 200px300px; text-align: center;" | http[[File://universityinnovationSwitalski.org/images/e/e2/Ashley_SwitalskiAshley Headshot.jpegjpg|thumb]]
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| style="width: 800px;" | <span style="color:#000000;">'''Contact her about:'''&nbsp;small school difficulties; administration challenges; team dynamics;anything STEM or chemistry related >=< (will always welcome chemistry puns!)<br/>'''Email:'''&nbsp;swit0249@kettering.edu<br/>'''Phone:'''&nbsp;(989) 448-9363</span>|
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<span style="color:#000000;">Ashley is a University Innovation Fellow from Kettering University in Flint, MI. She graduated in December 2018 with her B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a Course of Study in Innovation to Entrepreneurship. Kettering University operates on a rotating three month basis between co-op and academic terms which allows students to graduate with 2.5 years of work experience. Ashley has worked for a variety of companies with focuses in biologic applications for plastic materials to agricultural product biofermentation.&nbsp;</span>
<span style="color:#000000;">At Kettering University, Ashley is involved with a variety of clubs on campus including Kettering Entrepreneur Society. Kettering has become a second home for Ashley and it is rare not to catch her at an event on campus. She also spends her free time playing intramural sports and working on miscellaneous projects in the university's t.space. Most recently she has been part of starting up the first professional co-ed fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi Sigma, which is focused on promoting the sciences in academia and industry.</span>
<span style="color:#000000;">One of her core I&E projects on campus is pushing for an adaptive technical elective system which would allow students to earn credits in various "pop-up" classes. This would allow students to explore topics outside of their primary major without being inhibited by workload or scheduling conflicts. Additionally, she has started discussions with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Kettering about renovating an empty office space into a new makerspace for the campus.</span>
<span style="color:#000000;">Known for being meticulous and well organized, her calendar is always kept up to date with peak operating hours between 10:00pm and 2:00am. As an unconventional chemical engineering student, she loves to share her story with young women interested in STEM and was one of the panel speakers for Michigan's Tech Savvy event. At work, she is a Science Ambassador for Dow AgroSciences and is an active Women Innovation Network (WIN) collegiate member at Dow Chemical.</span>
<br/span style="color:#000000;">Ashley Switalski is As a University Innovation Fellow from Kettering University in Flint, MI. She is currently Ashley has been a Senior III studying mentor and integral part of the onboarding process for her B.Snew change agents. in Chemical Engineering with As a Course of Study in Innovation FAB at the Spring 2018 SVM, she had the opportunity to Entrepreneurship. Kettering University operates on a rotating three month basis between co-op present two Ignite Talks and academic terms which allows students to graduate with 2.5 years of work experience. Ashley has worked for a variety been an outspoken Fellow on the topic of companies with focuses in biologic applications for plastic materials to biofermentation in agricultural productsSilent Changemakers.&nbsp;</span>
At Kettering University, Ashley is involved with Kettering Entrepreneur Society (KES), Kettering Student Government (KSG)<span style="color:#000000;">In the next few years, she hopes to pursue a PhD in Biochemical Engineering and Student Alumni Council (SAC)gain her private pilot's license. Kettering has become Learning opportunities are a second home for key part of Ashley 's life and it is rare not she looks forward to catch her at making an event impact on campus. She also spends her free time playing intramural sports with FIJI fraternity and working on miscellaneous projects in the universityKettering University's t.space. Most recently she has been part of starting up the first professional co-ed fraternity on campus, Alpha Chi Sigma, which is focused on promoting and the sciences in academia and industrygreater UIF Community.</span>
One of her core I&E projects on campus is pushing for an adaptive technical elective system which would allow students to earn credits in various =<span style="pop-upcolor:#000000;" classes. This would allow students to explore topics outside of their primary major without being inhibited by workload or scheduling conflicts. Additionally, she has started discussions with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Kettering about renovating an empty office space into a new makerspace for the campus.>Related Links</span>=
Known for being meticulous and well organized, her calendar is always kept up to date with peak operating hours between 10<span style="color:00pm and 2#000000;">University Page:00am. As an unconventional chemical engineering student, she loves to share her story with young women interested in STEM and was one of the panel speakers for Michigan's Tech Savvy event. At work she has been a Science Ambassador for Dow AgroSciences and is an active Women Innovation Network (WIN) collegiate member at Dow Chemical.&nbsp;</span>[[Kettering University|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Kettering_University</span>]]
In the next few years, she hopes to pursue a PhD in Biochemical Engineering and gain her private pilot's license. Learning opportunities are a key part of Ashley's life and she looks forward to making an impact on <span style="color:#000000;">Priorities Page:&nbsp;</span>[[Kettering University's campus.Student Priorities|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Kettering_University_Student_Priorities</span>]]
Feel free to contact Ashley at swit0249@kettering<span style="color:#000000;">UIF Related Videos:&nbsp;</span>[https://www.eduyoutube.com/channel/UCgVGRb7pVqXsHOhGEcdcGaw <span style="color:#0000ff;">Ashley Switalski UIF</span>]
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Priorities Page<span style="color: [[#000000;">Other Kettering University Student Priorities]]UIF Fellows:</span>
Submission Videos{| style="width: 600px" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"|-|<span style="color:&nbsp#000000;[https">'''UIF Launch Term'''</span>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Student Name and Bio'''</span>|<span style="color:#000000;">'''Kettering Academic Section'''</www.youtube.comspan>|-|<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2018</channelspan>|[[Rebecca Abbott-McCune|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Rebecca_Abbott-McCune</UCgVGRb7pVqXsHOhGEcdcGaw [1span>]]<br /> Other Kettering UIF Fellows|<span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>|-{| <span style="widthcolor: 500px#000000;" cellspacing>Spring 2018</span>|[[Julia Rickabaugh|<span style="1color:#0000ff;" cellpadding>Julia_Rickabaugh</span>]]<br />|<span style="1" border="1color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| '''UIF Launch Term'''<span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2018</span>| '''Student Name and Bio'''[[Cody brock|<span style="color:#0000ff;">Cody_brock</span>]]<br />| '''Kettering Academic <span style="color:#000000;">B-Section'''</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>| [[Chelsea Carter|Chelsea Carter<span style="color:#0000ff;">Chelsea_Carter</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>| [[Eric Rickabaugh|Eric Rickabaugh<span style="color:#0000ff;">Eric_Rickabaugh</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>| <span style="color:#000000;">'''Ashley Switalski'''</span>| <span style="color:#000000;">B-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2017</span>| [[Shane Thiede|Shane Thiede<span style="color:#0000ff;">Shane_Thiede</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">B-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2016</span>| [[Moe Ghias|Moe Ghias<span style="color:#0000ff;">Moe_Ghias</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2016</span>| [[Jace C. Stokes|Jace C<span style="color:#0000ff;">Jace_C. Stokes_Stokes</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2015</span>| [[Cheyne Westerman|Cheyne Westerman<span style="color:#0000ff;">Cheyne_Westerman</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2015</span>| [[Alan Xia|Alan Xia<span style="color:#0000ff;">Alan_Xia</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2014</span>| [[Hunter Casbeer|Hunter Casbeer<span style="color:#0000ff;">Hunter_Casbeer</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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| <span style="color:#000000;">Spring 2014</span>| [[Saheb Kapoor|Saheb Kapoor<span style="color:#0000ff;">Saheb_Kapoor</span>]]<br />| <span style="color:#000000;">A-Section</span>
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