About Erin
Erin Winick is a maker, engineer, writer, entrepreneur, science fashionista, and science communicator. Her passion is helping people engage with science and engineering in fun new ways, and helping communicate complex science topics.
Erin is the CEO of Sci Chic, a company she founded in 2015 which creates plastic and metal 3D printed jewelry that is inspired by science and engineering concepts. She created the company while in college as a tool to teach about science, technology, and manufacturing, and to spark conversations about science. She grew Sci Chic to becoming profitable business by the time she graduated, running the business full time. She is the winner of the 2016 national #CampusPitch Competition and the 2017 TCU Values and Ventures Elevator Pitch Competition for her work with Sci Chic. She was also chosen as one of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ 2017 30 Under 30 in Manufacturing.
Erin now runs Sci Chic on the side, while working a full-time job as a science communicator for the International Space Station, communicating the science performed aboard the orbiting laboratory. She assigns, writes, and edits stories and video scripts for publication on NASA.gov covering station science. She also handles the social media and distribution strategy for station science content, running the @ISS_Research Twitter account, and composing science content for other NASA accounts. Erin also supports astronauts with science communication materials.
As a maker, Erin has created everything from 3D printed wedding bouquets to Ms. Frizzle costumes. She features these projects, as well her science inspired fashion, on her Instagram and Twitter (@erinwinick) to serve as a science communication tool. Her work has been featured everywhere from CNN Money to The Daily Dot to Inverse. She has published research on 3D printing outreach in partnership with the University of Florida (UF)’s Marston Library.
She previously worked as a freelance science writer, the space reporter for the MIT Technology Review, and Technology Review’s associate editor of the future of work. She developed and wrote The Airlock, a weekly email on emerging space technologies for Technology Review. Erin has helmed the publication's daily tech newsletter, The Download, ran Tech Review’s Instagram account, and launched Clocking In, the publication's future work newsletter. During her freelance career, she has written stories and scripts for Engineering.com, Beanz, SciShow, IEEE Potentials, Medium, and created a Computer Aided Design course for LinkedIn Learning. She previously interned as the Richard Casement Intern for The Economist’s science and technology section.
Erin graduated from UF with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering 2016. As an engineering student, Erin interned at John Deere, Solar Turbines, Keysight Technologies, and Bracken Engineering. During her time at Solar Turbines and Keysight, she helped introduce 3D printing to various processes on the manufacturing floor.
Erin has continually served as an advocate for women in STEM. She served as the president of UF's Society of Women Engineers and the SWE Region D Collegiate Representative from 2015-2016. She has volunteered at local elementary schools, museums and maker events, bringing accessible science to the next generation.
Erin spends her weekends hiking, writing, 3D printing, playing with her cat, listening to Broadway cast albums, and speaking at events to spread science literacy and the art of science.
Contact: erin.winick@gmail.com
Erin is the CEO of Sci Chic, a company she founded in 2015 which creates plastic and metal 3D printed jewelry that is inspired by science and engineering concepts. She created the company while in college as a tool to teach about science, technology, and manufacturing, and to spark conversations about science. She grew Sci Chic to becoming profitable business by the time she graduated, running the business full time. She is the winner of the 2016 national #CampusPitch Competition and the 2017 TCU Values and Ventures Elevator Pitch Competition for her work with Sci Chic. She was also chosen as one of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ 2017 30 Under 30 in Manufacturing.
Erin now runs Sci Chic on the side, while working a full-time job as a science communicator for the International Space Station, communicating the science performed aboard the orbiting laboratory. She assigns, writes, and edits stories and video scripts for publication on NASA.gov covering station science. She also handles the social media and distribution strategy for station science content, running the @ISS_Research Twitter account, and composing science content for other NASA accounts. Erin also supports astronauts with science communication materials.
As a maker, Erin has created everything from 3D printed wedding bouquets to Ms. Frizzle costumes. She features these projects, as well her science inspired fashion, on her Instagram and Twitter (@erinwinick) to serve as a science communication tool. Her work has been featured everywhere from CNN Money to The Daily Dot to Inverse. She has published research on 3D printing outreach in partnership with the University of Florida (UF)’s Marston Library.
She previously worked as a freelance science writer, the space reporter for the MIT Technology Review, and Technology Review’s associate editor of the future of work. She developed and wrote The Airlock, a weekly email on emerging space technologies for Technology Review. Erin has helmed the publication's daily tech newsletter, The Download, ran Tech Review’s Instagram account, and launched Clocking In, the publication's future work newsletter. During her freelance career, she has written stories and scripts for Engineering.com, Beanz, SciShow, IEEE Potentials, Medium, and created a Computer Aided Design course for LinkedIn Learning. She previously interned as the Richard Casement Intern for The Economist’s science and technology section.
Erin graduated from UF with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering 2016. As an engineering student, Erin interned at John Deere, Solar Turbines, Keysight Technologies, and Bracken Engineering. During her time at Solar Turbines and Keysight, she helped introduce 3D printing to various processes on the manufacturing floor.
Erin has continually served as an advocate for women in STEM. She served as the president of UF's Society of Women Engineers and the SWE Region D Collegiate Representative from 2015-2016. She has volunteered at local elementary schools, museums and maker events, bringing accessible science to the next generation.
Erin spends her weekends hiking, writing, 3D printing, playing with her cat, listening to Broadway cast albums, and speaking at events to spread science literacy and the art of science.
Contact: erin.winick@gmail.com