Modernizing composite manufacturing with breakthrough 3D printing.

Founded in 2015, Activate empowers scientists and engineers to reinvent the world by launching startups to address climate change and other global challenges. Working between government, philanthropy, universities, and the private sector, Activate transforms scientists and engineers into high-impact entrepreneurs through the Activate Fellowship, a two-year immersive experience that equips science entrepreneurs with the skills, networks, infrastructure, and funding they need to quickly and effectively bring their groundbreaking research to market. Activate is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and does not charge any fee nor equity for fellows to participate. Activate’s entrepreneurial fellowship model originated at Cyclotron Road, founding Activate partner and the first U.S. Department of Energy's Lab Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) started at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Activate supports fellows in communities across the U.S.: Activate Berkeley, Activate Boston, Activate New York, Activate Houston, and Activate Anywhere. Learn more at Activate.org.

• Authored 14 peer-reviewed publications, including six first-author journal papers, on composite manufacturing, rapid curing, nanocomposite sensors, direct ink write, 3D printing, and oil sorbents.• Invented a scalable technology to rapidly extract oil spills from water using only a pump, gravity, and a large uniquely designed nanocomposite sponge in a vessel.