Empower3D is a vital addition to the UPRM ecosystem because of how the current curriculum for bachelors limits students from learning about some topics because of their choice of studies, Empower3D is here to establish interdisciplinary collaborations as well as teach about technology and techniques not found anywhere else but vital to project/idea development, enabling students to develop themselves and their ideas outside the curriculum timeline.
=== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Lianne_Vega-Maisonave Lianne Vega] - Achieve ===
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.4px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c57d3712-7fff-d902-3a5c-8cdc21ca1b5b" style="line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ever since arriving at the university, Lianne has had crazy ideas about solving different problems and creating startups, but she struggled to find the tools that she needed. She noticed that many other students experienced this as well, and decided to enhance the startup program offered by Idea Platform by bringing external startup leaders who can serve as mentors. Having these mentors, students can obtain the tools they need to innovate while connecting them to external startups who can be potential partners, and help them grow their ideas.</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.4px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c57d3712-7fff-d902-3a5c-8cdc21ca1b5b" style="line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, Lianne leads multidisciplinary teams at her startup, where she makes different backgrounds come together to provide teachers with the most innovative approaches to teaching.</span></span></span></span><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>
== <span style="font-size:x-large;">''2017 Cohort''</span> ==