Gitanjali Rao

Broschiertes Buch

A Young Innovator's Guide to Planning for Success

Developing an Authentic Personal Narrative for Students, Educators, and Parents

Beschreibung

A Young Innovator’s Guide to Planning for Success empowers students to dream the impossible and bring it to reality—step by step.

Autor

Gitanjali Rao is an inventor, aspiring scientist, author, speaker, and active worldwide promoter for STEM. She was recognized as America’s Top Young Scientist and received a President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for her patented invention of a lead contamination detection tool. Gitanjali is also the inventor of Epione, a device for early diagnosis of prescription opioid addiction through genetic engineering, and Kindly, an anti-cyberbullying service that uses AI and Natural Language processing. She was honored in Forbes "30 Under 30 in Science" in 2019 and as TIME’s "Top Young Innovator" and "Kid of the Year" for her innovations and STEM workshops she conducts globally, which has inspired over 75,000 students across six continents and forty-five countries in the last three years. In 2021, she was appointed a UNICEF Youth Advocate because of her work in using science to solve social problems such as cyberbullying and developing solutions for environmental protection. She recently received a Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for her selfless service for the Kakuma refugee camp students in Kenya. She will be attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology starting in fall 2023.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Post Hill Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 138mm x 209mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 214g
• ISBN-13: 9798888452745
• Artikelnr.: 69213554