Mentoring Structure
Each Jr. Fellow receives guidance from three mentors:
Convergence Mentor - Provides technical and scholarly guidance.
Innovation Mentor - Provides guidance regarding entrepreneurship, design thinking, and translation.
Community Mentor - Provides stakeholder and societal perspectives.
The mentoring triad ensures that experiences remain scientifically rigorous, innovative, and socially relevant.
Convergence Portfolio
At the completion of the fellowship, each Fellow produces a professional portfolio containing:
- Challenge Brief
- Convergence Map
- Innovation Concept Package
- Impact Plan
- Leadership Reflection
- Conference Abstract
- Personal Development Plan
- Professional Biography
- Updated Curriculum Vitae
- Grand Challenge Presentation
The Convergence Portfolio is a credential demonstrating readiness for graduate school, professional school, fellowships, entrepreneurship, and leadership roles.
Are you an AIIMSEI Jr. Fellow?
Mentors
Ms. Andria Balogh
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Ms. Andria Balogh
Go-To-Market Mentor
Fractional Chief Product & Commercial Officer Signalpoint Strategic Partners
Dr. Oliver Bogler
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Ms. Andria Balogh
Coaching and Grantsmanship Mentor
Oliver Bogler Consulting and Coaching
CEO, Night Science
Dr. Annette Guiseppi-Elie
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Policy and Sustainability Mentor
Chair,
Rocky River Conservancy
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Prof. Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Convergence and Graduate School Mentor
President and Sr. Fellow
American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Engineering and Innovation
Mentors
Prof. Dr. L. Andrew Lyon
Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta
Prof. Dr. L. Andrew Lyon
Innovation and Grand Challenge Mentor
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Fowler School of Engineering; Professor of Chemistry, Schmid College of Science and Technology
Chapman University
Dr. Mia Tensley
Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta
Prof. Dr. L. Andrew Lyon
Leadership and Assessment Mentor
Instructor,
Tri-County Technical College
Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta
Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta
Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta
Environmental Stewardship Mentor
Board of Directors and Treasurer, Environmental Protection Network
Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta
Dr. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta
Mentoring Structure
Fellowship Performance Assessment
Evaluation based on:
- Intellectual curiosity
- Convergence thinking
- Leadership growth
- Communication effectiveness
- Community engagement
- Innovation potential
- Professional development
- Reflective practice
Expected Fellowship Outcomes
Upon completion of the fellowship, participants will have:
- Developed advanced leadership and innovation skills
- Produced scholarly and professional presentations
- Submitted competitive funding applications
- Expanded international professional networks
- Participated in interdisciplinary team experiences
- Demonstrated community impact
- Developed a personal innovation portfolio
- Acquired the competencies necessary to become future leaders in convergent science, engineering, health, sustainability, and community development.
Are you an AIIMSEI Jr. Fellow?
Convergence Conversation leaders
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Founding Dean of Engineering and former Vice President, Anderson University. Founding Dean of Engineering Innovation, EnMed, Texas A&M University. President and Sr. Fellow, AIIMSEI
Dr. Sally Davenport
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Commissioner, Tertiary Education Commission, New Zealand | Director (former), Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI), New Zealand
Dr. Lance Black
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Dr. Duong T. Nguyen
Sr. Associate Dean of Innovation & Strategic Projects
Harold J Haynes '46 EnMed Chair
School of Engineering Medicine | Texas A&M University
Dr. Duong T. Nguyen
Dr. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
Dr. Duong T. Nguyen
Director of Research and Process Innovation (former), Bluu Seafood
Convergence Conversation leaders
Dr. Luis Kun
Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio A. V. F. Cuniberti
Prof. Dr. Bernard Amadei
President and Immediate Past President, IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology
Prof. Dr. Bernard Amadei
Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio A. V. F. Cuniberti
Prof. Dr. Bernard Amadei
Co-Founder, Engineers Without Borders International, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder
Prof. Dr. Michael Pishko
Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio A. V. F. Cuniberti
Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio A. V. F. Cuniberti
President, American International University, Kuwait
Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio A. V. F. Cuniberti
Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio A. V. F. Cuniberti
Prof. Dr. Gianaurelio A. V. F. Cuniberti
Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden, Germany.