Innovation Fellows are graduate students and staff from any unit or department at the University of Maryland diving into innovation mindsets, tools, and processes relevant to their professional, academic, and personal lives. Fellows participate in Becoming a Design Thinker (BADT), the Design Thinking Project Studio (DTPS), and the upcoming Works in Progress Studio (WiPS).
Meet the Fall 2024 Innovation Fellows
Innovation Fellows: Work(s) In Progress Studio
Nick Ocasio
Innovation Fellow
Teresa Williams
Golden ID – Art History
Zhulfaa Zhulficar
Ph.D in Chemistry
Ujjwal Joshi
Inception Robotics–Startup @ Mtech Ventures UMD
Matthew Talley
Do Good Institute
Brendan Dunne
Doctor of Business Administration, Information Systems (DBA)
Meet the Spring 2025 Innovation Fellows
Innovation Fellows: Becoming a Design Thinker
Adriana Rosas
Innovation Fellow
Jelena Dakovic
Innovation Fellow
Justin Zielke
Innovation Fellow
Kelsey Prima
Innovation Fellow
Lynn-Marie Edwards
Innovation Fellow
Nishma Shakya
Innovation Fellow
Sally Roberts
Innovation Fellow
Shahrzad (Sharry) Ateffi
Innovation Fellow
Sri Chandraja Reddy Allala
Innovation Fellow