Innovation Happens at ASU

Located on ASU’s Polytechnic Campus, Startup Village is a residential community where students can collaborate, innovate, and connect with other entrepreneurial students. In this episode of the podcast, ASU students Pooja Addla Hari, Maccoll Nicolson, Amirali Sabzehparvar, and Jared Hsu share their Startup Village experience as a place to not just learn about innovation, but live an innovative life in a community of like-minded individuals. Join us as we learn about each of their start-up ventures, the opportunities they’ve been able to take advantage of by living in Startup Village, and how this community has helped them overcome hurdles and leave a legacy for other students who want to startup their own ventures.

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SHOW, or Student Health Outreach for Wellness, is a student-run clinic that connects vulnerable populations with student-administered healthcare services in the Phoenix area. In a clinic setting, students who are a part of SHOW receive valuable hands-on experience while making a big impact on the lives of those who need help the most.

Innovation isn’t always about science and technology. While many of us may only experience playing a musical instrument through Guitar Hero, a new trend across the nation is guitar ensembles – groups replicating orchestral pieces using only guitars to play all parts of the orchestra. In an era where the arts are being seen as less important than STEM, music programs are searching for new and creative ways to entice more people to pick up an instrument. Thomas Wheeler, a guitar performance and pedagogy master’s student at ASU, takes an innovative approach to crafting a guitar solo from one of the most complicated musical pieces of all time, known as The Planets. Thomas had a vision of transposing this piece early in his bachelor’s program, but realized he didn’t have the technical competency – he needed help from collaborators, mentors, and a deep immersion to craft a masterpiece. Learn from Thomas how passion, commitment and a never-give-up attitude propelled him to his final performance. Don’t forget to listen to his performance on YouTube! Hear him at https://youtu.be/jkEMUd9SEek.

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How do microplastics impact the ocean, wildlife, and the wellbeing of the overall planet? Learn from PhD student Charles Rolsky, who has fused his lifelong love of the ocean with the brainpower of the biosciences to create research programs dedicated to studying and remediating microplastic pollution in the world’s oceans. Charlie also shares his experiences – the good, the bad, and the funny - in becoming a public figure, from speaking at TedTalks to starring in an ASU commercial. In addition to describing the how ASU has enabled his innovation mindset, he highlights the importance of scientists being comfortable with also being storytellers, to build the bridge between the research community and the public.

The charge of the innovator is not only to develop new technologies, products or programs, but to help us see and understand the world in a different way. Drawing on her own life experiences, Stephanie Cahill is facilitating societal innovation by spreading concussion awareness and opening up dialogue around the oft-avoided subject. Listen to her story on the Innovation Happens at ASU Podcast.