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<p style="text-align: center;">[[File:HM.png|250px|HM.pngSelfie headshot!]]&nbsp;</p><span style="font-size:medium;">Hristina Milojevic first joined University Innovation Fellows mid-way through her bachelor's degree at Union College in Schenectady, New York. There, she established U-CREATE campus-wide creativity initiative and planned out the Idea Lab, a makerspace in the college's Schaffer Library, before moving to California to begin her Ph.D.</span>

Hristina Milojevic first joined the University Innovation Fellows mid<span style="font-way through her bachelor's degree size:medium;">Through generous sponsorship of Professor Harold Fried (now Emeritus, Entrepreneurship), Professor Shane Cotter (Bioengineering) and Dean of Studies Wendy Sternberg (now Vice President for Academic Affairs at Union Occidental College in Schenectady, New York. There), Hristina established U-CREATE campus-wide creativity initiative and planned joined the Idea Lab, program that would elevate her identity beyond that of a makerspace in the college's Shaffer Librarytraditional engineering student and continue to guide her research and career interests to-date.&nbsp;</span>

Through generous sponsorship <span style="font-size:medium;">Once a UIF, Hristina surrounded herself with faculty and administrators who shared her passion for intersectionality of engineering and the liberal arts. Professor Harold Fried Ronald Bucinell (now EmeritusMechanical Engineering), who would later become her senior thesis advisor, played a crucial project ideation role, Entrepreneurshipas did Frances Maloy (Director of Schaffer Library), and Professor Shane Cotter Erika Nelson (BioengineeringGerman Studies) and . Dean of Studies Wendy Sternberg (now Vice First Year Students Kate Schurick helped Hristina commit to the #UIFresh initiative to integrate the UIF experience into the first year orientation activities, co-signing a letter of intent to former President Obama. Hristina is forever grateful to Humera Fasihuddin and Leticia Britos Cavagnaro for Academic Affairs at Occidental College)their continued help and celebration of success; from the very first UIF assignments, through grad school reference letters, Hristina joined the program that would elevate her identity beyond that of a traditional engineering studentand into present-day openness to collaboration.</span>

Once a <span style="font-size: medium;">[https://youtu.be/GI9oUF5dsW8 Idea Lab] opened in 2016. Hristina, the first UIFfrom Union College, Hristina surrounded herself with faculty and administrators who shared her passion for intersectionality of engineering and the liberal arts. Professor Ronald Bucinell was succeeded by Sean Farrell (Mechanical Engineering), who would later become her senior thesis advisor, played a crucial advising role, as did Frances Maloy (Director of Schaffer Library) and Professor Erika Nelson (German Studies). Dean many wonderful teams of First Year Students Kate Schurick helped Hristina commit to the #UIFresh initiative to integrate the UIF experience into fellows over the first year orientation activities, co-signing a letter of intent to former President Obama, alongside several orther institutions. Hristina is forever grateful to Humera Fasihuddin and Leticia Britos Cavagnaro for their continued help and celebration of success; from the very first UIF assignments, through grad school reference letters, and into present-day openness to collaborationyears.</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">Hristina is now a 4th year Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, focusing at University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She focuses on thinking and creativity behind engineering design, and works for&nbsp;[http://impact1.usc.edu/ USC Impact Lab]</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. Her doctoral studies began the same year her bachelor’s degree was obtained. Hristina is an innovation and tech entrepreneurship enthusiast who, aside from design, likes to dwell in domains of user experience and fluid dynamics. At 26, she is the youngest Ph.D. candidate in her class year, speaks 5 languages and has lived in 3 different countries. Her demeanor is people-oriented, user- and team-centric, energetic, and positive reinforcement driven.</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;">While her schedule involves research, teaching, and USC campus involvement, she will always find the time for collaboration with local industriesand professionals.</span>

Connect with Hristina on&nbsp;[https://www.linkedin.com/in/hristinamilojevic/ LinkedIn],&nbsp;[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hristina_Milojevic ResearchGate],&nbsp;[https://twitter.com/thehristina/ Twitter], and via&nbsp;[mailto:milojevi@usc.edu email].<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-familysize: arial, helvetica, sans-serifmedium; ">Hristina is a huge fan of art museum</span><span style="font-size: smallmedium;">&nbsp;s, stand-up comedy, caffeine, Los Angeles, and conversations surrounding topics of gender. If you press play under [https://translate.google.com/#en/el/Christina this translation], you can learn how to pronou</span><p span style="textfont-alignsize: centermedium;">[[File:HristinaElliotBrence her first name.jpg]]</pspan>