“Student Innovation @ the U” is an annual publication celebrating student innovators and entrepreneurs from across campus. Read to see what students are inventing, and get inspired!
In the hustle to get where you’re going, the last thing you want is for someone to steal your bike. Yet, despite all of the sturdy bike locks out there, this is a major problem across college campuses and worldwide. So James Haskell, U marketing student and co-founder of Bambú, decided to take a stand. […]
Did you know that farmers hire people to monitor their crops to know when to water? For U mechanical engineering student Jacob Harris, he spent his childhood on the family farm doing just that. He decided to take his expertise in robotics and control and create a device that could do the monitoring for him. […]
As a freshman, Nathalie Linge recognized a need for more attractive, functional ties and began collaborating. Over the next year, INK Menswear was created. The idea: a tongue-and-tail-designed tie with a sleek, sophisticated front and a pop of pattern on the back. The design caters to those who must look professional for work or other […]
Cervical cancer is almost eradicated in the developed world, where detection is made quickly and treatments are readily available. But, in the developing world, where doctors and equipment are scarce, many more women die of the disease — as many as 90 percent of the 250,000 women who die of it annually. A transdisciplinary team […]
Imagine an online literary magazine that can be read by anyone, anywhere. “Entremares Magazine” does just that. Three U students, Betty Aguirre-Maier, Suan Pineda and Lina Peralta Casas met in the Language and Literature Department and brought this idea to life. They wanted to find a way to give something not only to the community, […]
The Sustainability and Urban Ecology Scholars are not idling. From implementing and developing new ways on campus to reduce energy and water consumption to bringing educational awareness on how to be “idle free,” these students, with city and metropolitan planning professor Stephen Goldsmith, are constantly seeking innovative ways to make a change. “We want students […]
After finding his research experience in the most unlikely of places — a poster on a wall — Willem Schott, a recent pre-med graduate, took his research project to a whole new level. When interning with the U’s Dining Services for a year, followed by receiving funding through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program to do […]
The U is becoming a world leader in nuclear safety culture due in large part to the tireless work and creative energy of Ryan Schow, a nuclear engineering Ph.D. student and supervisor of the U’s nuclear reactor. “We are the only research university focusing on nuclear safety culture; we are the leader,” said Schow, who […]
Chemical engineering student McKenna Buck works with one of the U’s newest faculty, Dolly Chitta, developing a super-efficient catalytic process designed to “reduce the carbon footprint,” Buck said. Describing the potential impact of the catalyst, she added, “It’s renewable, not like oil, which we will run out of one day.” The catalyst is a chemical, […]
A new “TB Breathalyzer” sensor created by a Ph.D. student at the U aims to provide a point-of-care solution for millions at risk of getting tuberculosis, a fatal lung disease. “Ten million people are affected by tuberculosis every year,” said its creator, Dhiman Bhattacharyya, whose work involves functionalized titanium dioxide nanotubes to detect disease biomarkers […]
