Derek Saltzman

Soarce’s path to revolutionizing the world of material science grew from the ashes of a blown-up rocket experiment while Derek Saltzman ’23 and Mason Mincey ’23 were still engineering students at UCF. They had been tasked in a semester-long class assignment to build a carbon fiber rocket that would successfully carry the professor’s payload. While their design may…

The event may have been hosted by Rollins College, but it was dominated by UCF Knights with materials science and engineering backgrounds. Two Knight-led startups took first and second place at the Crummer Graduate School of Business’ 2023 Venture Plan Competition, one of Central Florida’s largest pitch competitions. Kismet Technologies, led by Christina Drake ‘07PhD,…