Four students from the University of Cincinnati have been named University Innovation Fellows (UIF).

This program, run by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, involves students from universities across the globe who are nominated by faculty and administrators and selected through an application process each year. This is the first year that UC students have participated, making these four students the first-ever UC-affiliated University Innovation Fellows.

Mubea, an international partner to the automotive industry and an innovative lightweight specialist for high-strength spring components and related products, is a long-time partner with the University of Cincinnati. “We work with co-op students across several departments, including engineering, finance, human resources, and IT,” said Chad Steffen, Continuous Improvement, Engineering Manager at Mubea. “Next fall, we hope to deepen our relationship with UC by working with students through capstone projects to develop solutions to complex engineering problems.”