Biography:Adam Munich
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| Born | May 2, 1994 Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology |
Adam John Munich (born May 2, 1994) is an American polymath.
Munich attended Orchard Park High School, Harkness Career and Technical Center, and Rochester Institute of Technology.[1][2]
In 2012 he was recognized by Popular Science for designing and building a portable battery-operated x-ray machine.[3]
"In his first year at RIT, he got into trouble for cracking our IT security systems just to show us how easy they were to break into."
- Bill Destler,[4] President, Rochester Institute of Technology
In 2013, he won First Place for the Engibous Prize in the sixth annual Texas Instruments Analog Design Contest.[5] Munich's project focused on improving the original Tesla coil, producing a working model.[4][6]
During his attendance of the Rochester Institute of Technology,[7] he founded The Construct: a student-run hackerspace.[8]
In 2014, he was awarded the Thiel Fellowship[9] to continue his work in mobilizing radiography.
In 2014, Aperture Systems, Inc. was formed in Berkeley, California to make, mobile and affordable, x-ray radiography.[10][11][12][13][14]
References
- ↑ "Career & Technical Education". https://www.e1b.org/Students-of-All-Ages/Career-Technical-Education/ArticleId/180. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Skunk works and a strategic plan". https://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50389. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ Mone, Gregory (21 May 2012). "You Built What?!: A Portable X-Ray Machine". Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-04/you-built-what-portable-x-ray-machine. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Skunk works and a strategic plan". https://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50389. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Rochester, N.Y., college freshman wins Texas Instruments’ design contest". 23 Jul 2013. http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2013/07/rochester-n-y-college-freshman-wins-texas-instruments-design-contest.html/.
- ↑ "Texas Instruments Names Rochester Institute of Technology Student Adam Munich Winner of TI Analog Design Contest". http://newscenter.ti.com/2013-07-23-TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS-NAMES-ROCHESTER-INSTITUTE-OF-TECHNOLOGY-STUDENT-ADAM-MUNICH-WINNER-OF-TI-ANALOG-DESIGN-CONTEST. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ Adam Munich. "About Me". http://adammunich.com/about-me/. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "The Construct". Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ↑ Shop, Toi (14 July 2014). "Peter Thiel Announces 2014 Class of Thiel Fellows". http://www.thielfellowship.org/2014/06/peter-thiel-announces-2014-class-of-thiel-fellows/. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Index of /~jake/pix/am". http://www.spaz.org/~jake/pix/am/. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Adam Munich's Profile". https://hackaday.io/adammunich. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Aperture Systems - Redefining Radiography". 18 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140918210022/http://aperture.systems/. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Aperture Systems, Inc". https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=Aperture+Systems&SearchSubType=Keyword. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ A document on improved X-ray Units: OUR PLANS TO IMRPOVE THE X-RAY FIELD
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