Fellow:Corey Brugh
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About Corey
Corey Brugh is senior Chemical and Biochemical Engineering student at the Colorado School of Mines. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Corey has always shown a strong interest in technology and business. After graduating from LC Anderson High School in 2004, Corey began his career in the restaurant industry. For almost a decade, Corey managed restaurants in Austin, Kansas City, Waco, Raleigh and San Antonio. In the final year of his restaurant career, Corey was a full time engineering student at the Alamo Colleges in San Antonio, Texas. Corey spent one more year in San Antonio at the Alamo Colleges and the University of Texas at San Antonio prior to transferring to the Colorado School of Mines.
Corey chose to finish his BS in Chemical Engineering at Mines because he was planning on simultaneously opening his own restaurant/wine bar with his father whom lives in Denver. As the plans to start his own business were put on hold, Corey aggressively pursued his goals of academic excellence, obtaining an internship with an industry leader, and obtaining a position on campus performing independent research.
Corey is currently researching the rheological effects of ionic liquids on polyelectrolyte solutions. During the summer of 2014, Corey worked in Upstream Packaging Process (R&D) for P&G and is returning for the summer of 2015. For the 2014-15 was a Resident Assistant in Weaver Towers and will be returning for the 2015-16 year as the RA of the Engineering Grand Challenges Theme Learning Community.
After his first semester at Mines, Corey looked for his own unique way of making a meaningful contribution which led him to applying to become the first University Innovation Fellow for the Colorado School of Mines.
Work as a University Innovation Fellow
Creation of NAE Grand Challenges Themed Learning Community
In partnership with Residence Life and campus faculty, Corey proposed a new themed learning community based on the NAE's Engineering Grand Challenges. This themed learning community will expose freshmen to new ways of thinking and help build a foundation that will prepare them to address the grand challenges. The 5 core components of the community are entrepreneurship, research, global awareness, service learning and interdisciplinary understanding.
Rebooting the Mines Entrepreneurship Club
Corey has actively worked to help relaunch the entrepreneurship club. As a founder and officer, Corey is helping create a vibrant and active campus organization that promotes entrepreneurship.
Fighting for Student IP Rights
At a state and national level, Corey is a part of a group of fellows that is working to remove unfair and often ambiguous university IP policies. These policies threaten to stymie the culture of student innovation and entrepreneurship sweeping the nation and already taking hold at leading institutions around the country.
Students for IP Rights Facebook Page
Petition for Students for IP Rights
Fundraising page for Students for IP Rights
Improving Engineering Ed at the National Academy of Engineering
Corey's direct appeal for support to 50+ engineering deans from the nation's top engineering schools to improve engineering education.
Contact
Email: corey@universityinnovation.org
Twitter: @cbrugh
