iServi News | 13 September 2019 | Term 3, Week 8
As part of National Science Week eight Tear 10 students attended the UWA Science Cafe on Thursday 29 August, presented by Scitech and the University of Western Australia.
Science Cafe aims to support and inspire the next generation of WA’s STEM professionals by providing students with a unique opportunity to speak one-on-one with STEM practitioners and university students.
The students who attended were:
Enrico Anza
Claudia Catena
Amber Del Grossi
Karl Gutierrez
Maya Kawamura
Hannah Myint
Michael Sosulski
Andriko Xanthis
The science cafe was an engaging and inspiring event which gave our group the privilege of exploring and discovering our career goals. In particular for myself, I was aiming towards the engineering sector of STEM and was able to meet a mechanical engineering student and a mechatronic engineer. I never considered mechatronics as a career option until I met this specialist. We discussed his project in a group of about five people working towards developing a small box-shaped computer. Its purpose was to collect data from a satellite in orbit which could bring information from its environment. This project intrigued me as to the various ways technology continues to progress into all aspects of life and how the future will benefit from its development. – Michael Sosulski (OLS2)
The meetings with STEM professionals were the most beneficial and fascinating experiences throughout the day, accompanied with many goodies to munch upon. I was honoured to hear many life experiences and gain knowledge about the projects that the professionals were currently working on, as they shared their passion towards their careers.
Throughout the day of the Science Cafe excursion, Ms Brown took us on a walking tour of UWA and I was intrigued by the size of UWA’s campus, as we strolled down towards the Winthrop Hall. It was also fascinating to see that there were peacocks on campus, which was also a very exciting spectacle to look at. – Maya Kawamura (AN3)
Ms Robyn Brown
Teacher – Science