Author: Alex

Welcome to my Honors & Scholars e-Portfolio

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Hey everyone! I am Alexander Morales, but I usually go by Alex. I am an Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship scholar at The Ohio State University. I am majoring in electrical engineering due to my experiences from previous internships and passion for technology. This passion grew as I built a computer with my cousin a few years back. I also have an interest in psychology and have considered a minor in it. After finishing my undergrad studies I plan on entering the field and returning to attain my Masters of Business Administration after 2 years. I am currently an intern over the summer at Rockwell Automation, slightly out of Cleveland, Ohio.

Outside of the classroom and work environment, I played baseball growing up. I’m a very simple person and like to try new places to eat with my friends. I am looking forward to meeting a variety of people on campus from different backgrounds and opening up my network. See you on campus!

Year in Review

[ “Year in Review”  is where you should reflect on the past year and show how you have evolved as a person and as a student.  You may want to focus on your growth in a particular area (as a leader, scholar, researcher, etc.) or you may want to talk about your overall experience over the past year.  For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

G.O.A.L.S.

[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.

Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc .
Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
Service Engagement: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]

Career

[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career.  Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated.   For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

ICE Scholars Business Model Canvas

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Attached above is a link to my business model canvas project, in paper and presentation format, done in my ICE scholars class. This business model canvas allowed for use to mimic the process of a startup and learn these early stages. My team had the idea of creating an ideal portable longboard. Longboards are prevalent on campus but have one big problem, they are annoying to carry. Longboard riders often have to carry their board when they walk into buildings and don’t have a specific place for it in class. Our design would solve this problem and give longboarders a better experience overall for portability, while maintaining the feel of riding the board.

As we went throughout the process we surveyed longboarders to see if it was a problem to them. Our assumption turned out to be right and this was proved even when validating with longboarders in clubs at other colleges. Close to two-thirds of our customers claimed they would buy a more portable design that rides like a normal longboard. We also found a price point at roughly $150 and above to be reasonable for our design. Our next stages were to finalize a design, secure funding, prototype our design, and finding a means of distribution.

In the future I hope to have my own startup. I am not sure what exact field quite yet, but I am working toward having a solid foundation for a startup by graduation.