The National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) is a10 day program designed to give senior High School students a broad understanding of the diverse study and career options available to them in STEM.The Rotary Club of Botany Randwick is pleased to sponsor Michaella to attend this year's forum at the University of Queensland from 12 – 20 January 2024. There will be about 200 – 300 young people in the Year 11 or 12 of high schools who will graduate next year. Michaella attends Cerdon Catholic Girls School in Merrylands.
Her parents and teachers have influenced her to develop a passionate interest in science, robotics and engineering. Her mother of Malaysian Chinese descent has a career in computer science. Her father is from Lebanon and is employed i IT support. Michealla embraces all three cultures.
In high school Michaella is strong in physics and maths. Since five years of age she has played the piano. In Year 9 she participated in the STEM project, science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The students had to build a bridge out of spaghetti to see if it could carry 20 times its own weight.
When asked about AI she said it was a useful tool that is convenient to use at times but not the only system to be called on. Human intervention is very important so as not to rely on artificial intelligence.
To be accepted for the NYSF there were three different stages overviewed by a panel. Michaella wanted the opportunity to meet like-minded people who wanted to work in fields that would assist in new technologies such as Biomedical Engineering for application to move and control artificial limbs. This would benefit so many people in their lives so Michaella would be excited to be part of this.
In stage three of the interview process, she had to read a research article and summarise this to show her skill in this process.
We are sure the future looks bright for this student as she will benefit from the NYSF program and is likely to go on to studying science and engineering at university.
Well done, Michaella.