“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!
Olaotan “Ola” Elenitoba-Johnson, a pre-biomedical engineering student with a focus on biodesign, is on a mission to treat deviated septae, and other cartilage abnormalities, without surgery. He calls it Sculptene, and it is a human-enzyme-based therapy that can be injected into a patient to enhance remodeling of the body’s own tissue. For people with a […]
Two U students are following their dreams — and taste buds — with the launch of their tea company, The Queen’s Tea. After discovering a mutual interest in the popular beverage and being discouraged by the boring selection available at the supermarket, the pair decided to turn their hobby of making their own teas into […]
Alex Carr, an undergrad studying sports science and Persian, will never forget the disappointment he felt when abandoning his skiing plans after spending an hour and a half hiking up to a peak in the Utah back country. “It was when I reached the summit that I realized the bindings on my skis had been […]
To buy just any suit, go to a department store, and pick one off the rack. If you want one that fits your body and personality to a “T,” then you need to visit student haberdasher and owner of True Gentleman Supply Co., Trapper Roderick. A communication and entrepreneurship student, Trapper Roderick got his start […]
You no longer need steep hills or gravity to pull off difficult snowboard stunts, thanks to the work of six mechanical engineering students at the U. Led by Rosario Imburgia, these students designed a ski winch that is not only safe, but that is portable, easy-to-use and affordable. At its initial testing, the winch pulled […]
Fetch Food has one of the cheapest and fastest food delivery services in Salt Lake City. Thanks to a streamlined and completely online delivery service, the company is rapidly expanding. It has already achieved $90,000 in sales and has a growing base of restaurants that rely on it for delivery. “I’ve always wanted to be […]
Multi-disciplinary design and entrepreneurship student Alex Carr had an idea for an innovative ski pole while backcountry skiing one day. He wanted to put tools inside the poles — but it wasn’t until he took the U’s Innovation Scholar class and met with Dave Morrison, an intellectual property librarian, that his idea started to become […]
Three honors students are solving international issues through a refugee program they started that pairs college students with high-school-aged student refugees for at least a year to help them with school work, standardized tests and any other college prep. The students behind the project are Melinda Adams, Megan Dolle and Brinadee Pierson. Adams started the […]
A group of Honors students at the U are working to educate their peers about the dangers of oversharing online. Isabelle Ghabash, a junior in architectural studies, is one of those students. As part of the Honors Think Tanks course, Ghabash and her classmates started a blog to help disseminate information about the importance of […]
When Cedar Coleman found his mother unconscious after crashing her mountain bike high in the Wasatch Mountains, raw panic set in. With no first-aid training and no medical help for miles, Coleman felt vulnerable, helpless — but also determined to keep himself and anyone else from ever experiencing that fear. That’s why, after becoming a […]
