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Built For You: Everyday Engineering That Shapes Your World
Event Date:
January 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST
In this session students will be joined by speaker Tamara Robertson to learn about the impacts of engineering on your daily life, unconscious bias within engineering, and how to build skills to achieve your career goals.
If you are interested in attending this session, please contact outreach@swe.org for the registration link, and then complete this pre-session survey: https://forms.gle/jjQDSDovev62Lvkn8
Meet Tamara Robertson:
Tamara Robertson is an Emmy-nominated producer and celebrated television host, best known for her roles in the reboots of Mythbusters and Mythbusters JR with Adam Savage, as well as co-hosting Scijinks with Johnny Galecki on the Discovery Channel.
A Patent-holding, OSHA Certified Chemical & Biomolecular Engineer, Tamara brings over a decade of expertise as a Design Engineer, working on Greenfield startups and developing patentable technologies to help companies reduce landfill waste. Recognized as a Marvel Agent of G.I.R.L. in the Marvel Comic “Unstoppable Wasp,” Tamara is celebrated for her real-life superhero contributions to engineering and her efforts to empower young girls in STEM through her Superhero Science outreach.
Tamara ha a proven track record of inspiring audiences to think critically, embrace their STEM superpowers, and forge their own paths to make impactful changes in the world. She serves as an Ambassador for the Society.
This session is only available to students ages 14 – 18 in the SWENext program.
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January 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST
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SHLA Program
Language:
English
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In this session students will be joined by speaker Tamara Robertson to learn about the impacts of engineering on your daily life, unconscious bias within engineering, and how to build skills to achieve your career goals.
If you are interested in attending this session, please contact outreach@swe.org for the registration link, and then complete this pre-session survey: https://forms.gle/jjQDSDovev62Lvkn8
Meet Tamara Robertson:
Tamara Robertson is an Emmy-nominated producer and celebrated television host, best known for her roles in the reboots of Mythbusters and Mythbusters JR with Adam Savage, as well as co-hosting Scijinks with Johnny Galecki on the Discovery Channel.
A Patent-holding, OSHA Certified Chemical & Biomolecular Engineer, Tamara brings over a decade of expertise as a Design Engineer, working on Greenfield startups and developing patentable technologies to help companies reduce landfill waste. Recognized as a Marvel Agent of G.I.R.L. in the Marvel Comic “Unstoppable Wasp,” Tamara is celebrated for her real-life superhero contributions to engineering and her efforts to empower young girls in STEM through her Superhero Science outreach.
Tamara ha a proven track record of inspiring audiences to think critically, embrace their STEM superpowers, and forge their own paths to make impactful changes in the world. She serves as an Ambassador for the Society.
This session is only available to students ages 14 – 18 in the SWENext program.