Scott Daigle, left, and Patrick Slade.
MechSE alumnus Scott Daigle (BSME '09, MSME '11) and current senior Patrick Slade have each been named to Forbes Magazine's 2016 "30 Under 30" list, which identifies the "brightest young entrepreneurs, breakout talents and change agents in 20 different sectors."
Daigle, co-founder and CEO of Intelliwheels, Inc., made the magazine's Manufacturing & Industry list for his work in making wheelchairs easier and less taxing for users to push and maneuver.
Slade, a co-founder of PSYONIC, has made breakthroughs with his prosthetic hand technology and made the magazine's Healthcare list. In the video below, he and other members of his senior design team give a demonstration of how it works.