National Youth Science Forum STEM Hub
NYSF STEM hub was a four-day long holiday program run by the National Youth Science Forum. The program in Melbourne varies, but I got to go to Swinburne, Australian Defence Force barracks, CSL pharmaceuticals, Monash Clayton, and most excitingly, the Australian Synchrotron.
Apart from the excellent itinerary, I got to meet like-minded peers from all across Australia and got to chat with industry professionals in various STEM fields. Examples include, an astronomy professor at Swinburne, a chemical engineering PhD at Monash, various nuclear scientists and technicians at the Synchrotron, and engineers working for the ADF (just to name a few).
Overall, the program was definitely time well spent, and I’d highly recommend it to anyone interested in STEM. There’s also a January program that’s much larger in scale in Canberra and or Brisbane.
Evan Zhang – Year 11D