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[[File:Wikiprofilepic.TiffanySmith.jpg|frame|Wikiprofilepic.TiffanySmith.jpg]]Tiffany is a Sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh studying Chemical Engineeringwith a certificate in Product Realization. She grew up in a small country town in Ohio. Encouragement from her parents to learn and be creative from an early age set her on the path to engineering. Tiffany loved building things, from small crafts to home improvement projects. This passion is what drew her to the Honors Engineering program at the Swanson school of Engineering with a course called The Art of Making. The Art of Making is a course designed by the first cohort of University Innovation Fellows at the University of Pittsburgh with the help of faculty member Dr. Joseph Samosky.
The class is designed to inspire innovation and hands on learning in a format that is unlike any other course at the university. Tiffany thrived in the environment and was wholeheartedly engaged in the class. The final in the course is a "capstone" project that the students present at the University Design Expo, where Tiffany and her team won the overall award for Best Project Integrating the Humanities and Engineering as freshman at an expo full of senior projects.