Alan Xia is a student at Kettering University majoring in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. He is incredibly passionate about trying to find and solve challenges that he comes across. He loves automobiles, technology, and whatever interests that pop up! Alan is the current president of ASME at Kettering University, a member of the Kettering Entrepreneur Society's Leadership Circle, and involved in multiple projects on campus. In addition, Alan has been a co-op at two automakers and one tire company, resulting in global work experiences and industry perspectives.
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I’m incredibly excited to work with everyone over the course of the next couple months. This is exciting! I applied after seeing the success the previous UIF students had on our campus. We can all agree one certain levels that our current system of education is flawed. What’s awesome is that each school is supporting us to help them, we could really become a driving force for advancement not just for our school, but our efforts would improve the educational experience for many future generations to come!
But more than that, I’m excited that we come from all different backgrounds, holding different perspectives and experiences. We can’t all have the exact same set of challenges. We have the opportunity to bring together the learnings from initiatives and ideas of each school to help one another. I feel that this is an opportunity to pull all of these qualities together and that we have the ability to truly make an impact!
Since UIF, Alan has launched the Open Lab Days initiative on Kettering's Campus, including Open Foundry and Open Welding Days. In addition, he trialed Machine Shop Training Days.
In 2016, Alan also founded Kettering-bin, a student organization dedicated to student project creation and student project support. This organization successfully funded a class and its 5 student projects during its first term.
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