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Rowan Border

Election Year: 2015

Election Constituency: Bermuda

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Bermuda & Lincoln 2015

Rowan Border

Biography

Rowan J. Border, Bermuda, is in his final undergraduate year studying for a Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at Edinburgh University. While at Edinburgh, Rowan has pursued an interest in robotics and was awarded the Marks and Clerk Prize for Innovation for a team project last year. He is a keen entrepreneur and in 2013 co-founded a start-up 3-D printing company which was chosen to represent Scotland in the Global Founders' Skill Accelerator Programme at MIT (2013). Rowan enjoys skydiving and has served as Treasurer of the Edinburgh University Skydiving Club. After completing his studies, Rowan hopes to start a company and eventually return to Bermuda to found a 'hack lab' for young Bermudians interested in robotics.