Bradley Dice

Bradley Dice is a scientist, software developer, and advocate for innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education. Currently a senior at William Jewell College in Kansas City, he is a Goldwater Scholar and is triple-majoring in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. He holds a strong passion for applying computation, simulation, statistics, and emerging techniques in data science to solve fundamental questions of our physical world and advance society. He presently intends to pursue a Ph. D. in condensed matter physics.

Bradley’s diverse skill set spans the spectrum of technology and academic science. His mobile apps collect water quality data in developing nations and promote professional sports teams. He has performed scientific research at CERN and written software applications for Kansas City’s Engage Mobile, among the “Most Promising Enterprise Mobility Companies” named by CIO Review. In his materials science research at Yale University, Bradley used supercomputers to study the thermodynamic formation of a class of damage-resistant materials called Bulk Metallic Glasses. Additionally, his collaboration with an international team of fluid dynamicists at the University of Brussels yielded a new technique for studying a fluid instability that affects oil recovery and pollution dispersal.

As a University Innovation Fellow (part of Stanford University’s Epicenter program), Bradley has directed workshops teaching innovation, entrepreneurship, and design thinking to hundreds of college and high school students. In 2015, Bradley co-directed and developed curriculum for #OneDayKC, a collaboration between William Jewell College, University of Missouri – Kansas City, and Rockhurst University. During #OneDayKC, teams of college students developed and pitched startup businesses that utilize the new “Smart City” infrastructure in Kansas City, mentored by professional designers, local CEOs, and experts in sustainability. Bradley strives to help others make the most of everyday encounters with science through his role as the president of William Jewell’s Society of Physics Students. In addition to his involvement with campus organizations, Bradley was selected to direct William Jewell’s 2014 Emerging Leaders Conference, themed “Mobilize to Empower Others.”

Bradley plays jazz piano, produces electronic music, DJs, creates algorithmic art, takes part in hackathons, and grooves to any and every rhythm the world provides.