“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!
Small helicopters propelled by four rotors are used to collect data for agriculture and military uses. But they lack the battery power for continuous flight. Beau Freckleton, a student majoring in mechanical engineering, has been working on that problem for almost three years. He is creating a way helicopters can perch like birds, so they […]
Teaching students about counterterrorism requires a daring combination of creativity and storytelling, a fact discovered by four graduate students at the College of Law. Third-year law students Jeffrey Baldridge, Justin Hosman and Thomas Pedersen, along with masters of science in international affairs and global enterprise student Andrew Radcliffe, headed a project designing terrorist simulations for […]
As a presidential ambassador and frequent collaborator with the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, U student Alexis Jessop keeps pretty busy. But that doesn’t stop her from doing more. A psychology major that is close to graduating, Jessop recently interned with SEED in South Africa and created a play therapy room for the Intermountain Specialized […]
Karla Arroyo has led many lives. After working for Mexico’s Department of Treasury and climbing the UPS corporate ladder, the Mexico City native earned a master’s degree in social work from the U and counseled at the Rape Recovery Center. Soon, she became the executive director of South Valley Services, a domestic violence shelter, using […]
“Overachiever” doesn’t even begin to describe U student Lisa Hawkins. A triple major in economics, political science and communication, she has pursued social change with everything from writing a grant for Salt Lake County to traveling to Botswana for the Hinckley Institute. Last year, Hawkins worked with the Hinckley Institute to coordinate the Council of […]
In every corner of campus, across many disciplines, students from different backgrounds are applying what they are learning and finding answers to questions they only imagined, sharing ideas and collaborating with their peers, professors and professionals to create and innovate. There is no doubt the University of Utah offers excellence in classroom education, but the […]
While some students are struggling to keep up their grades and social life, Kendahl Melvin is a track and field star, full-time student, Associated Students senior class president, and a major advocate for women in politics. A major in political science and international studies, Melvin has seen that while half of the Utah population is […]
Derek Jewell, a biomedical engineering major at the U, and Courtney Doyle, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering, are proving that LEGOs are for people of any age. They joined forces with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, Utah’s operational partner for FIRST LEGO League, to start a mentor program. FIRST LEGO League teams consist of kids […]
Lindsey Wright, a doctoral student in piano performance at the U, is making learning the piano easy and affordable for elementary school students in Utah. Wright observed that Utah schools were cutting the funding for music programs. In response, Wright created U-Play Piano, an online computer-based piano curriculum that is much more affordable and engaging […]
Students in the College of Fine Arts already push the boundaries of what’s possible, but they are challenging themselves to do even more through a new program called ArtsForce. This two-day conference organized by and for students was the response to a student survey that showed an overwhelming desire to supplement the education about their […]
