President’s Buckeye Accelerator moves over thirty student ventures forward to Boost Camp

Image of Boost Camp with Buckeye red leaves and President's Buckeye Accelerator Phase one

December 9, 2021

President’s Buckeye Accelerator moves over thirty student ventures forward to Boost Camp

The President’s Buckeye Accelerator welcomed over thirty student ventures to move forward into Boost Camp during spring 2022. The applications include a diverse group of exceptional student founders, representing multiple industry sectors, academic program, and business concepts.

Boost Camp is a 6-week program. The camp begins in January and concludes in March with a showcase and pitch competition culminating in six student founders to be selected for the year-long President’s Buckeye Accelerator and awarded $50,000 to advance their startup concept for launch.

2022 Boost Camp Student Ventures

Casey Calhoun
4th+ year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: N/A

Tessa Cannon
Graduate student
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: Rian Nagel, Madelyn Green (College of Arts and Sciences), and Melissa Renner

Garrett Carder
4th+ year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: Caroline Karbowski (College of Arts and Sciences) and Enan Srivastava (College of Arts and Sciences)

Silvia Carrau
Graduate student
College of Education and Human Ecology
Team members: Ouliana Ziouzenkova (College of Education and Human Ecology) and Xi Feng

Travis Casper
Graduate student
College of Engineering
Team members: N/A

Aaron Cochran
Graduate student
College of Engineering
Team members: N/A

Clyde Compton
Graduate student
Fisher College of Business
Team members: Atiqur Rahman (Fisher College of Business), Ana Carolina Sousa (Fisher College of Business), Tim Barry (Moritz College of Law),  Ajay Karthik (Fisher College of Business), Briana Elias (Fisher College of Business), Ellison Hoke (Fisher College of Business), Michelle Weingartner (Fisher College of Business), Julia Armstrong (College of Engineering), Dr. Thomas Bihari (College of Engineering) and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Ohio State.

Jack Considine 
1st year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: N/A

John Dell'Olio
2nd year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: Taylor Kauffmann (College of Arts and Sciences)

Josh Diewald
2nd year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: N/A

Amani Djouadi
3rd year undergraduate
College of Pharmacy
Team members: Devi Dheekshita Nelakurti (Ohio State at Marion), Ava Barone (College of Arts and Sciences), Nikita Nair (College of Arts and Sciences), Anand Shah, Austin Bridges, David King (College of Engineering), Delaney Kesterson (College of Arts and Sciences), Illona Ovestrud (College of Public Health),  Logan Webster (College of Education and Human Ecology),  Ryan Ziegler, and Sarthak Shah

Richard Giang
4th+ year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: Owen Myers (College of Arts and Sciences), Sri Uppalapati (College of Engineering), Yasmeen Quadri (College of Arts and Sciences), and Devon Sever (College of Engineering)

Andrew Gilgen
3rd year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: N/A

Shawn Jacobsen
3rd year undergraduate
College of Engineering
Team members: Jacob Toohey (College of Engineering), Wyatt Rider (College of Arts and Sciences), Brendan Chong (College of Engineering), and Michael Moore (Fisher College of Business)

Andrew Jensen
Graduate student
College of Engineering
Team members: Lily Kreber (College of Medicine) and Dominique Hadad

Addam Jenson
4th year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences (Exploration Program)
Team 1 members:  Bennett Heyn (Fisher College of Business)
Team 2 members: Derek Zhu (University of Chicago) and Jason Hu (University of Michigan)

Justin Kim
3rd year undergraduate
College of Engineering
Team members: Minh Duc-Vu, Tieran Farrell, and Maxwell Graves

Avijit Kumar
3rd year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: N/A

Mark Matthews
Graduate student
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: N/A

David McGrath
4th year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: Areeb Ahmed, Garrett Clark (Fisher College of Business)

Andres Munoz Salgado 
Graduate student
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Team members: N/A

Krishna Neupaney
4th+ year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: N/A

Kevin Niederpruem
2nd year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: N/A

Danielle Nowak
3rd year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: Jen Schlegel and Addison Torrence (College of Arts and Sciences)

Anita Nti
4th+ year undergraduate
College of Engineering
Team members: Caleb Buaful (College of Engineering) and Jacob Buaful (College of Engineering)

Araba Otoo
Professional student
College of Optometry
Team members: Joan Cmar (College of Optometry), Jaime Antonio (College of Optometry), Sara Restuccio (College of Optometry), and  Isaiah Boateng (College of Medicine)

Yasmeen Quadri
4th+ year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: Jerry Valentine, Danielle Sullivan, and Clayton Nelson

Shreyas Rajkumar
4th+ year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: Sheli Gilman (Fisher College of Business), Eva Mazzola (Fisher College of Business), and Vybhav Vydula (Fisher College of Business)

Adithya Ramaswami
4th+ year undergraduate
College of Engineering
Team members: Jack Murray (College of Engineering)

Jason Roehrs
1st year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: N/A

Katarina Sikiric
Graduate student
College of Engineering
Team members: N/A

Lucas Tai
3rd year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members:  Rachel Rinaldi (Fisher College of Business) and Cole Smith (Villanova University)

Blaise Tayese
3rd year undergraduate
College of Arts and Sciences
Team members: Luke Ritter (College of Arts and Sciences) and Mel Gunawardena (College of Engineering)

Jack Tumulty
1st year undergraduate
Fisher College of Business
Team members: N/A