2014 alumni Lochie Ferrier from the ACT ended the year as a finalist in the Young Innovator section of The Australian Innovation Challenge with his project developed during the NYSF International Program he attended at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. His Optical Autonomous Satellite Identification System (OASIS) is designed to identify inactive… Read more
This January, Session C will hear from NYSF alumni and academic Dr Neeraj Sharma from the University of New South Wales during Partners’ Day. Here’s a bit about Neeraj… “Summer of 2001 was when I discovered that scientists are very cool – they get to discover completely new things and play with complicated and funky… Read more
Dr Subho Banerjee attended the NYSF (then known as the National Science Summer School) in Canberra in 1987. Nowadays he is responsible for preparing science policy advice in the Commonwealth Government. Subho had always had an interest in science through his high school days in Newcastle, including being a national finalist in the BHP Science… Read more
For Anneke Knol, participation in the 2011 National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) has opened many doors. “I love the network that is created for you after attending the NYSF,” said Anneke. “Because students are selected from all over the country, you can travel basically anywhere and know that there will be a friendly face—someone you… Read more
Sylvie Guigere from Queensland on her NYSF experience: “After attending NYSF in 2012, I was ready to take on Year 12 and go on to bigger and better things at university. After a year full of hard work, I got accepted into my dream course – a Bachelor of Science at the University of Queensland,… Read more
Milonee Shah, from Sydney has been helping at the NYSF District Selections recently. “Over the past three years, I have organised and been a guest panelist on the selection committee for the Rotary Sydney District of the NYSF and it has been a very rewarding experience. “The involvement of alumni on NYSF selection panels has… Read more
Canberra and regionally based NYSF alumni volunteered their time to participate in Science in ACTion at the Australian National University (ANU) in August – a two-day event, which runs annually as part of National Science Week, celebrating science and technology. This year, the NYSF hosted a booth at the event, and a number of local… Read more
It sounds like an overstatement, but the NYSF was one of the truly formative experiences of my life. The two weeks in Canberra during 1998’s Session A were a critical step. Most of my best and lasting relationships stem from my time at NYSF, the people I met through it, or the confidence I gained … Read more
Tayla McKechnie is an NYSF alumna who recently graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Genetics. Attending the NYSF in Canberra in 2010, she returned as a student staff member in 2011 and 2012, and in January 2014 was responsible for leading the student staff team that delivered the… Read more
Students at the University of Melbourne have recently decided to form an alumni society. President, Kushani Hewage, tells how it came about: The National Youth Science Forum Alumni Society at the University of Melbourne was founded this year after a gruelling semester-long process full of applications. We collaborated to create this group after finding out… Read more