“It’s about credentialing.
Parenthetically, it’s very hard to get out of debt.
Debt is typically nonrecourse.”
Absolutely dead wrong."
His projects range from high-efficiency far-field wireless power transmission to low-cost early cancer detection systems.
Christopher Walker (20, Chevy Chase, Md.
)is a video game designer, programmer, and artist.
After leaving college to start a software company, he created a game designed to improve spatial cognition.
He is currently working on a startup that focuses on how we interact with technology.
Delian Asparaouhov (19, Salt Lake City, Utah)wants to help improve health care.
As a Thiel fellow, he will work on leveraging technology to help manage disease and improve patient outcomes.
Recently, James left Eligible so you can focus on a bigger market: politics.
Kevin Wang (18, Vernon Hills, Ill.)began developing games and applications when he was 9.
Since then, he has moved into entrepreneurship, applying his highly technical background to solve bigger problems.
Laura Ball (19, Wauwatosa, Wisc.
)is researching value in neural systems.
Mark Daniel (19, Nashville, Tenn.)co-founded social goal achievement site GoalHawk in 2011.
Nelson Zhang (19, Toronto, Ontario)has always loved making things.
He hopes to make the design and production of physical things accessible to everyone.
Riley Drake (18, Baltimore, Md.
)has been conducting scientific research since she was 15 years old.
She has studied immunology at Johns Hopkins University and infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital.
His ultimate goal is to exercise empathy within health care to revolutionize and personalize the future of treating patients.
Thomas Sohmers (17, Hudson, Mass.
William LeGate (18, Marietta, Ga.)is an entrepreneur and computer scientist.
During his fellowship he plans to change the way that we discover apps for things around us.
Xinyi Chen (19, Beijing, China)is passionate about entrepreneurship and technology.
