{"id":150963,"date":"2026-02-19T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//?p=150963"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:57:10","slug":"forbes-2026-30-under-30-winner-soarce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//forbes-2026-30-under-30-winner-soarce/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//","title":{"rendered":"Forbes 2026 30 Under 30 Winner: Soarce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soarce/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s path to revolutionizing the world of material science grew from the ashes of a blown-up rocket experiment while <strong>Derek Saltzman /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201923</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//strong> and <strong>Mason Mincey /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201923</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//strong> were still engineering students at UCF.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>They had been tasked in a semester-long class assignment to build a carbon fiber rocket that would successfully carry the professor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s payload. While their design may have failed epically /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2014 while being broadcast live on the internet /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2014 they noticed one very important element that turned out to be the spark for their future company.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cWhen we walked up to the rocket, we saw that the motor had gone through a 2-inch-thick steel plate, but the carbon fiber that we had made was intact and still super strong and actually protected the professor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s payload after exploding and crashing,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201d Saltzman says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cWe said, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2018Hey, we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019re pretty good at manufacturing this [carbon fiber] stuff./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>They took it as a sign to change their majors from <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//aerospace-engineering-bsae/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/">aerospace engineering</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//a> to <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//materials-science-and-engineering-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/">materials science and engineering</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//a>, and the earliest roots of Soarce were 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seaweed, hemp and elephant grass, Soarce&#8217;s nanocellulose coating can be applied to and fortify carbon fiber structures. (Photo by Antoine Hart)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<h2>Sustainably Strengthening Industries</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>Soarce is at the forefront of bio-based nanomaterials and seeks to solve society/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s greatest climate challenges by leveraging natural materials to create products that can outperform those made synthetically.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>Drawn from seaweed, hemp and elephant grass, their nanocellulose coating can be applied to and fortify carbon fiber structures /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2014 everything from hockey sticks to electric vehicles to rocket ships.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cThat allows engineers to design parts that are lighter, stronger and more efficient,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201d Saltzman says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cFor electric vehicles, they can now go farther. In the world of aerospace, we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019re making those materials stronger so now you have more payload mass that you can put into space./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>Their innovation has so much promise it has already secured $3.2 million in funding.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<blockquote><p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cUCF is about dreaming big, going as big as you can. And that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s how we feel./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2014 Derek Saltzman</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cUCF is about dreaming big, going as big as you can. And that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s how we feel,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201d Saltzman says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019re on pace to what we feel is going to be the largest global nanocellulose producer in the world. And we are not afraid to say that and stand behind it. 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Matthew Jaeger /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201922, Mason Mincey /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201923, Derek Saltzman /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201923 and Patrick Michel appear on Forbes/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019 30 Under 30 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2013 Manufacturing &amp; Industry list. (Photo courtesy of Soarce)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<h2>UCF-Backed Entrepreneurship</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>Their entrepreneurial journey has gone through several iterations since Saltzman and Mincey were randomly assigned as roommates in <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//www.housing.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/">UCF Housing</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//a> during their freshman year. The pair dabbled in enterprises involved with agriculture and drone racing, cutting their teeth on the business side of running a company through resources UCF offers including the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//cel.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/">Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//a>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//cel.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//incubator/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/">UpStarts Student Venture Accelerator Program</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//a>.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>To this day, they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019re still partnering with the UCF ecosystem, utilizing the UCF Business Incubation Program/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u2019s Life Sciences Incubator in Lake Nona, which gives Soarce access to a fully equipped, Biosafety Level II wet lab to foster their work in advanced materials.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201cUCF has really strong partnerships and connections to industry that allow you to funnel your idea from a lab-benchtop scale all the way to integrating into a Fortune 500 company to get that product off the ground,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201d Saltzman says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/n<p>Now, along with fellow UCF alums and Soarce co-founders <strong>Matthew Jaeger /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963/u201922, </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/150963//strong>an <a 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