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Sunday
Sep182011

Brains Matter Episode 147 - Robogals

logoIn this episode, OG speaks to Marita Cheng, the founder of Robogals. Topics discussed include:

- Marita’s background

- What inspired her to go into engineering?

- How did Robogals get started?

- What are the aims of Robogals?

- Who is it targeting?

- What does it do at schools?

- What is the international footprint of Robogals?

- The skills that Robogals teaches students and its own volunteers

- What are the statistics around females and studying technical courses?

- What other activities does Robogals provide?


Listen in and find out more.

Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.

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