A Dual-Function Esophageal Probe

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 […]

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Empowering New Mining Generations

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 […]

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Environmentally Friendly Hemp Streetwear

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 […]

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Improving Methods to Recycle Rare Metals

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 […]

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