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Idaho Academy of Engineers pitch event
Idaho Academy of Engineers pitch event
Spring 2021 - Top Finalist
Spring 2021 - Top Finalist
Fall 2019 - Gary Dau Distinguished Top Finalist
Fall 2019 - Gary Dau Distinguished Top Finalist
Fall 2018 - Platinum Top Finalist
Fall 2018 - Platinum Top Finalist
The Idaho Academy of Engineers Pitch Event is the premier opportunity provided through the University of Idaho Grand Challenge Scholars Program. I used all three years of my eligibility to pitch at the event. In each year, I was awarded the maximum amount of funding I requested, which supported my research in the subsequent years. All three pitches centered around my research aims, primarily understanding the mechanisms governing tendon development (e.g., mechanical loading, cytokine signaling, etc.). Funding from the Academy Pitch Event served to support access to core facilities, such as confocal microscopy, cell culture equipment, and publication associated expenditures. Through this process, I learned the components of a highly successful entrepreneurial "pitch" and further honed my ability to efficiently communicate highly-complex scientific concepts in a comprehensive but timely manner.
FOUNDING FATHER TAU KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY
FOUNDING FATHER TAU KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY
Offices: Recruitment Chair and Member Educator 2019-21
Offices: Recruitment Chair and Member Educator 2019-21
Spring 2019 concluded with me becoming one of three original founding members of a new fraternity on campus, Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE). Over the course of the last 3 years, I have served as the Recruitment Chairman and Educator for TKE. My primary mission in these roles was to guide the expansion of the fraternity through our member base. In my time in leadership roles in this organization, I observed and contributed to the growth of over 45 member, half of which are STEM related majors, a ratio unprecedented in Fraternities at the University of Idaho and most institutions nationwide. The communication and entrepreneurial skills I have begun to acquire through my role in founding a UIdaho Chapter of TKE has taught that in order to sell my product (whether it be TKE or the importance of tendon biomechanics), it all begins by first selling myself.
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