Student Stories
Students in the Design for America organization at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder are working on a wide range of projects with community partners. They use the design process to collaborate with local entities (often non-profit organizations) to create solutions to their challenges.
NASA has presented a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder team with the 2019 Most Innovative Award for their project in the space agency's BIG Idea Challenge.
More than 50 students from across the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder campus, including a number of military veterans, put on their professional best this week to talk about an important issue: the new reality of national security.
Our "Students and Startups" podcast miniseries just launched seven new episodes, featuring interviews with ŷÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder student founders, alumni founders, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative staff.
Timothy Visos-Ely, Humsini Acharya, Andrew Plum and Max Watrous - founding members of company Stride Tech - won New Venture Challenge 11 and intend to continue their efforts after graduation.
Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder's designing for defense class provides Department of Defense leaders with the opportunity to collaborate with talented student teams at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ and develop innovative solutions to their most pressing national security problems. The 53-person class, presented their projects to 12 judges, including retired major generals and executives from defense companies.
The Stride Tech team won the 2019 New Venture Challenge (NVC) and walked out of the Boulder Theater with $100,000 toward their invention and the opportunity to hobnob with venture capitalists, business leaders and more.
Bright Wearables, KartWheel, Stride Tech, Nimb.ly, TissueForm and Button Huggie will battle it out for $200,000 at the NVC 11 Championships.
Competing against five teams in the NVC 11 Research & Development (R&D) Track Finals competition (hosted by Venture Partners at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder), TissueForm took home the first place prize and $6,000 after pitching their business idea to a panel of judges and a live audience.
Developing mobility solutions for seniors, Stride Tech's Smart Step system detects and corrects movements and behaviors that can lead to potentially fatal or debilitating falls.