Louisa Ulrich-Verderber

ENGINEERING & DESIGN

Founder, Undula Tech LLC (www.undulatech.com)             Sept. 2016 - Present

• U.S. Patent Granted: Ulrich-Verderber, L., “Fluid-powered generator,” U.S. Patent 10,756,596, August 25, 2020

• Designed and built a cuttlefish inspired tower-less turbine that can be deployed on rooftops, roadways, or underwater.

• Work featured in a yearlong exhibition at the Museum of Design Atlanta (’20)

• Awarded $1,000 and access to the Biomimicry Institute’s Biomimicry Launchpad business accelerator program. (’19)

• Won the top prize of $5,000 in the Vermont Makers Faire, to develop design (’15)

Founder, Be a Spark (www.beaspark.com)                                       2011 - Present

• 10 years of artistic & design experience welding large scale sculptures – 80+ pieces to date

  • Donated majority of pieces to charity auctions throughout Vermont - raised upwards of $20,000.

PUBLIC SPEAKING & AWARDS                                                                                                                                           2015 - 2020

• Keynote speaker for the annual corporate meeting of 800 executives of Educational First (EF) Corporation, the largest international education company in the world, in Boston MA. (’15)

• EF Global Citizen Scholarship – An educational tour of Europe, global summit, and speaking engagement. (’15)

• Introduced keynote speaker Sir Ken Robinson at the EF Educational Summit in Davos, Switzerland. (’15)

• Opportunities Calling – Student-led seminar about biomimicry, innovation, and Undula Tech. (’20)

EDUCATION

Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY:                                                                                                                                             Dec. 2020

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Engineering and Management - GPA: 3.7

Strasburg School of Business, Strasburg, France:                                                                                                                     Fall 2017

• Semester studying abroad

LEADERSHIP

Co-founder, Beehive Community Sustainability Consultants LLC (www.beehivecsc.com)                                May 2019 - Present

• A startup dedicated to implementing sustainable and resilience plans in municipalities and companies.

• Created and ran a sustainable solutions workshop, Modern Problems Require Innovative Solutions at Adirondack Youth Climate Summit

Adirondack Semester – Clarkson University                                                                                                                    Sept – Dec 2018

• Worked with the Village of Lake Placid to implement LEED for Communities

• Ran meetings, managed group progress, aided team members in finding solutions.

• Communicated with stakeholders and presented findings and final reports/whitepaper

Founder, Beyond The Xtra Mile (www.beyondthextramile.com)                                                                                      2012 - Present

• Created a pilot program for project based experiential learning for high-school students. (’12)

RESEARCH

Summer Researcher – Clarkson University                                                                                                                            2017 - 2019

• Worked alongside Dr. Kenneth Visser in R&D work and testing for Undula Tech.

• Analyzed problems, developed experiments, built virtual testing environments (VI’s) and code (Matlab)

• Evaluating the effectiveness of a biologically inspired energy-harvesting concept – AIAA paper and presentation. (’19)

Independent Research Study – Clarkson University                                                                                                      Jan – May 2019

• Worked further with Lake Placid community to ensure metrics and data collected was accurate and usable.

• Wrote a comprehensive handbook for community stakeholders to ensure data could be collected in the future.

• Worked to write a Literature Review detailing the lack of resources allocated for sustainable development in rural areas.

TECHNICAL SKILLS & UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES

• Dual Citizenship: U.S., Ireland (European Union)

• International Experience: I had traveled to 27 countries by age 21.

• Software: Solid Works, Fusion 360, Labview, Matlab, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, HTML, CSS, Microsoft Project, Minitab.

• MIG, TIG, and ARG welding, traditional and digital graphic design, basic machining & carpentry.