Our Student Stories

Hear from the students who have been apart of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub and their journey at USF. Undergraduate, graduate, and alumni have used the Hub to explore, test, and make their idea come to life. Create your story at the Hub.

Roshan Paul with other students

Roshan Paul ‘24
MS in digital health informatics

  • Roshan Paul used the E&I Initiative to create Ausa Health, a platform that enables people to check their vital signs — blood pressure, blood glucose, heart rate, oxygen levels — from their homes and share the results with their doctors during or after teleconsultations. Paul used a microgrant from E&I to build a prototype of the device, which paved the way to $100,000 in angel funding.

Environmental studies student speaking

Owen Sordillo ’24
Environmental studies major
Andrew Saah ’25
Entrepreneurship and innovation major

  • Last spring, Owen Sordillo ’24 and Andrew Saah ’25 founded Silvaye, a startup that uses NASA technology, satellite data, and ground-based sensors to assess wildfire risk. The project earned a $100,000 grant from a NASA challenge, and the two have been working since then to build Silvaye into a company.

Students at the Innovation Summit

Innovation Summit 2025 at USF

  • FinePrint, a browser extension by Victoria Blante ’25, Emma Juan Salazar ’25, Chelyah Miller ’25, Promise Yigezu ’25, and Aditi Puttur ’25 that simplifies legal terms and flags data risks in real time, finished first in the audience vote. Logan Wroolie ’25 won the panelist judges’ vote for TalkShop, a peer-to-peer knowledge sharing marketplace enabling high school students to learn about their target schools by booking informational calls with current college students. Student Anijah McLaurin ’26 took top honors in the poster competition with a design that critiqued the advancement of AI and technology — and the resulting impact on people’s ability to think critically.