The High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) announced the top 20 teams, out of more than 150 applications, for 2022-23 today. They will advance to the final stage of this business-idea competition, which is open to all high school students across Utah, ages 14-18. They are competing for $30,000 in cash and scholarships. This program is […]
Meet the dynamic trio behind Breezy Ski Co.: Alex Rodriguez, Zach Bryan, and Dorian Ishmael. These innovative students, who met in a business class at the University of Utah, share a passion for storytelling and creating high-quality products. They’re on a mission to change the ski and snowboard industry by developing a range of functional […]
Alex Moran always had a passion for entertainment, so it wasn’t a surprise when he found himself running haunted attractions to benefit local charities on the East Coast. But his interests took a turn when he discovered the world of gaming, which he felt encompassed everything he loved about books, films, and interactive media. However, […]
University of Utah biomedical engineering students Lauren Slattery, Emma Slominski, Robert Falconer, and Catie Augustine put the L-E-R-C into LERC Medical. The first letters of their names form the name of the company they formed to support the realization of their prototype of a dual-function esophageal probe. Esophageal probes are long probes inserted through the […]
During the Community-based Art Education program, master of fine art student Reilly Jensen said her favorite radical approach was “learn by doing.” She described how art has the power to integrate and tell a story. Jensen took the opportunity to learn “secrets” of artists, such as radical pedagogy, co-intentional educational approaches, and the power and […]
Maria Echavarria’s company, Opencontour, aims to simplify mine-planning software tools and empower new mining generations to embark on the journey. She is growing it with help from the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Echavarria and Opencontour’s founder, Russ Downer, created Opencontour from experiences with mining […]
A native of New Delhi, India, Sasha Singh is majoring in computer science and minoring in entrepreneurship and psychology at the University of Utah. With the goal of becoming a software engineer and aspirations of a master’s in information systems, Singh is using the Lassonde+X program at the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute to […]
Cotton is everywhere. Odds are, something you’re wearing right now is made with cotton. After researching alternatives to cotton, however, University of Utah student entrepreneur Eliasib Paredes wanted to use a recently legalized and more environmentally friendly material to produce fashionable streetwear: hemp. Hemp? People often ask Paredes, is that the same as marijuana? Not […]
Our current world runs on electricity, there’s no doubt about it. And as technology continues to evolve, the way we store our electricity needs to evolve as well. Luckily, University of Utah chemical engineering Ph.D. student Jing Liu is doing just that. Liu has been leading a team to create a new type of battery […]
University of Utah metallurgical engineering Ph.D. candidate Munro Alley is passionate about sustainable engineering. His experimental research focuses on developing more energy-efficient and cost-efficient approaches to producing critical materials like titanium and rare earth elements. Critical materials like rare earth elements and titanium are limited in their application by their cost, which stems from the […]
