03 Aug 2018
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STEMing UP Spotlight (Interview with Sanaa Syed) – STEMing UP Weekly Write Up 09

Hello, readers, and welcome back to another blog post and another STEMing UP Spotlight! This series, spanning over the duration of Phase III of the STEMing UP program will showcase the girls in the program, one each Saturday! Check back here every weekend to learn more about the incredible girls in the STEMing UP program and what they are working on.

This week we will be featuring Sanaa Syed, who is 16 years old and will be in grade 12 this September. She enjoys playing the guitar, photography, and writing short stories.

Now what you’ve all been waiting for- let’s get into the interview!

 

  1. Why did you join the STEMing UP program?

I joined the STEMing UP program in hopes to get an idea of my future career path, expand my extracurricular list, for networking opportunities, to gain soft skills such as working with a team, communication and leadership skills.

  1. What interests you about STEM?

Personally, all sciences (physics, chemistry and biology) interest me especially chemistry and physics as those are my strong subjects at school. I enjoy the aspect that it is such a broad path that has been expanding and continues to expand. More

18 Jul 2018
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Who’s behind the #STEMCamp2018? Jane, Helen & Sophia Young Women in STEM Fields

Jane Huynh: Currently working in the healthcare profession at a research hospital. Interested in the world of science and new discoveries.

Helen Chen: Helen Chen is a high school student in a specialized STEM program called “TOPS”. She is extremely passionate about chemistry, public health, and the intersections between business and STEAM. She has been part of the Foundation for Student Science and Technology for three years now, first as an ambassador, then as a GTA coordinator, and now as the conference director. Through this, she is also working on her own research on Zika and cancer with Dr. Brad Bass.

Sophia Fan: I am a second-year student at U of T pursuing a double major in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, with a minor in Mathematics. I am working in Dr. Bass’ lab on the Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland project as a research-opportunity student in the fall, but I am currently helping out in the lab for the summer as well.

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11 Jul 2018
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Who’s behind the #STEMCamp2018? Shyam Mehta, Double Major in Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences

Hi, I am Shyam Mehta. I am a third-year student at UofT double majoring in Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences. I worked with Professor Brad Bass and 2 peers in a research course to create a computer simulation model of the Hpo cell growth and proliferation pathway with the COBWEB software program.

Why did you get involved with hEr VOLUTION’s camps?

I wanted to share my love for science and illuminate the plethora of opportunities in STEM!

How are you involved with the STEM Camps?

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03 Jul 2018
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Who’s behind the #STEMCamp2018? Dr. Brad Bass, COBWEB for Environment and Public Health

Dr. Brad Bass received his PhD from Penn State University in Geography. Since receiving his degree he has conducted research in a range of fields from agricultural climatology to the adoption of innovations in agriculture. He was very active in green roof research, for which he won a lifetime achievement award, community energy planning and simulating complexity. Dr. Bass is the lead for COBWEB (Complexity and Organizational Behaviour Within Environmental Bounds), the software that is used by students in any discipline for research, the founder of the University Research Experience with Complex Systems (URECS) to provide secondary school students an opportunity for research and the Associate Executive Director of the Foundation for Student Science and Technology. Dr. Bass is passionate about working with students. He is often a guest speaker at student events but is most comfortable in the lab, working with students on developing their computer simulation models for their own research.

Why did you get involved with hEr VOLUTION’s camps?

I wanted to open the URECS experience to students who had never had the opportunity to visit our lab and to work with COBWEB. More

30 Jun 2018
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Product Pitching – STEMing UP Weekly Write Up 05

     Hello, readers! Thanks for clicking on this blog post. Hope you’re excited to learn about product pitching today!

     In case this is the first weekly write up you’re reading, welcome! Each week, a new weekly write up is released- it discusses what the girls at the STEMing UP program learn each week. As for myself, my name’s Dhwani and I put these put each week here on the hEr VOLUTION blog.

     This week’s session was held at the Citrix Toronto office. Thanks again for having us, and a huge thanks to Michael Murphy for teaching us how to pitch a product! Let’s get into the key principles one should keep in mind while pitching a product.

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21 Jun 2018
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Pricing – STEMing UP Weekly Write Up 04

      Second post of the week! This blog post will be covering what the STEMing UP girls have learnt this past Saturday. The topic was pricing, and was held at Microsoft! Shout out to Christina from Microsoft for teaching us about this seemingly simple, yet important topic.

      It’s no secret that pricing your product or service can make or break your business. Pricing it too high will cause a fall in demand, and pricing it too low will cause a fall in supply.

      After all, no one is going to use your dog walking business for $100 per walk! It’s essential to find the perfect balance that hits just right, where customers will still use your product / service and you’ll still be making a profit. That’s what we’ll be talking about today! More