Nation's top female STEM stars take on real-world issues like climate change, cancer and school shootings/gun violence in top science competition for high school students. Women outnumber men for only second time in competition's 80 year history.
Samantha Walravens is author and editor of the New York Times-acclaimed TORN: True Stories of Kids, Career & the Conflict of Modern Motherhood and co-author of Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. She writes about the startup world and diversity in tech.For Anaiah Thomas, climate change is not just an issue she reads about in the news. It’s personal.
For the only the second time in the competition’s 80-year history, girls outnumbered boys in the finalist pool, a fact that was underscored Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of the Society for Science & the Public, the organization that runs the event: “More than solving equations or building algorithms, these young women are using science to effect change and make the world a better place,” Ajmera explains.Measuring the effects of climate change on hurricane intensity... [+]Growing up on Long Island, Kyra McCreery was in fourth grade when Hurricane Sandy wiped out a good part of her town.
In McCreery’s view, the main inhibitor to greater female participation in STEM fields is the lack of female role models, particularly in male-dominated industries like tech and engineering. “Suddenly, we were being trained on how to barricade doors, tie doorknobs with extension cords, and make an escape,” she explained. “We were even told, if all else failed, to throw objects at the intruder to cause ‘distractions.’”
The effort was worth it, says Yang. In operation, the system analyzes video and returns results fast, in under 100 milliseconds. She believes her product is 400 percent more accurate than commercially available software.For Yang, doing hands-on experiments from an early age showed her the true value of science.
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