Garret Caltrider
2024-2025 Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellow
Biography
Hometown: Menlo, Iowa
Studies: PhD student, Biomedical Engineering
About Garret: Garret thrives on the satisfaction of creating devices that have the potential to make a positive impact on people's lives. For Garret, innovation is like solving a puzzle, bringing together different resources to create something entirely new. His Senior Design project and graduate research have already led to two patent-pending devices, which he hopes to bring to market in the future.
Garret's ultimate goal is to develop a scalable product and establish a business around it, leveraging his engineering expertise and entrepreneurial spirit.
In his free time, Garret enjoys golf, solving puzzles, playing video games, and exploring outdoor activities.
