Jeremy Fryer-Biggs: Mythbuster, Mentor, and Innovator in Business

By Caitlin Jennings, Communications Coordinator, 中文无码 & the Public 

Since bringing his engineering project, 鈥淏iomechanical Motion and its Application in Hydrogen Fuel Cells,鈥� to the Intel ISEF in 2001, SSP Alumnus Jeremy Fryer-Biggs has been busy.

After earning a biology degree at the University of Chicago, he followed some friends鈥� advice and, on a whim, emailed the co-host of the show Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman and asked for a job. To Jeremy鈥檚 surprise, Jamie emailed him right back and asked him to fly out to California for an interview. Jeremy got the job and spent the next several months working on projects like building a  and seeing if .

Jeremy left the show to pursue his M.E. degree in biomedical engineering at Tufts University. While there, he submitted a proposal for a new nonprofit to the 2009 Tufts University Social Entrepreneurship Competition and won the top prize of $50,000. With that money, he created his proposed nonprofit, the , which provides business skills training to Ugandans. They will open their first school in Kampala, Uganda this summer.

Jeremy has also launched Innovent, L.L.C where, as the Chief Technology Officer, he works to 鈥渇ind everyday health related problems and create novel, user-friendly solutions鈥� such as the Handi-Grip, a more comfortable handle for wheel chairs. He also shares his passion for science with low-income students in Boston through a group called . He says it is important for kids to hear from scientists about their jobs because it 鈥渂rings a lot of energy鈥� to science education.

Despite Jeremy鈥檚 numerous projects and resulting busy schedule, he told us he made time to  because Intel ISEF has been very important to him. He gained a lot from the science fair process and the week-long event, which, he says, was 鈥渁 really great experience.鈥�