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'''Serving as UIF Since:''' Spring 2018[[File:Austin Nordyke of Hugoton, Kansas is a University.jpg|thumb|Austin Nordyke.jpg]] <br/>'''School: Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2018 cohort. He is a Junior at '''Wichita State University studying Engineering Technology Management with minors in General Business and Management. During the Summer of 2018, Nordyke studied abroad at the ESC Pau Business School in Pau, France. There he took courses in International Business and Entrepreneurship. He also attended a summer school festival at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands where he took an additional Entrepreneurship course.
'''What that means: '''Focuses on the business and project management aspects of Engineering operations
'''Contact him about: '''Design thinking workshops, and/or if you like Vines
'''Email: '''austinnordyke1@gmail.com
Austin Nordyke of Hugoton, Kansas is a University Innovation Fellow from the Spring 2018 cohort. He is a Junior at Wichita State University studying Engineering Technology Management with minors in General Business and Management. During the Summer of 2018, Nordyke studied abroad at the ESC Pau Business School in Pau, France. There he took courses in International Business and Entrepreneurship. He also attended a summer school festival at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands where he took an additional Entrepreneurship course.
On campus, Nordyke has hosted multiple Design Thinking Workshops for various groups and organizations. He has also hosted a workshop for middle school and high school teachers in Rural Kansas. Nordyke is currently helping to facilitate and develop WUIFx, an outreach program to introduce high school students to the design thinking mindset. WUIFx is being prototyped at a local high school in Wichita, Kansas.
Nordyke is passionate about exploring new innovation and design creation and was the winner of the Inaugural Koch Innovation Challenge. Working in the Innovation Challenge, Nordyke discovered that he also wanted to share design thinking with other students and became a mentor of the Koch Innovation Challenge.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> He has participated in multiple other innovation design challenge and won 3rd place at Invent For The Planet held at WSU with his team's ReSolar Charger.</span>
On campus, Nordyke has been involved in many Engineering organizations such as the Engineering Living Learning Community and Engineering Council. He also is very involved with Student Ambassador Society and helps share his experiences with prospective Shockers. Recently, Nordyke has joined Drone Club and WSU Go Baby Go and is excited to learn about the opportunities those organizations have to offer. This is great for Austin as he is also passionate about meeting and connecting with new people. Outside of campus, Nordyke enjoys spending time with friends and going on random adventures.
Go Shocks!
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