In 2nd of December 2016, a group of student in Taylor's University organized the very first Engineering My Future (EMF) one-day camp. EMF 3.0 is an engineering camp organized for less privileged students to gain exposure on the field of engineering. The less privileged students from an orphanage will be brought to Taylor’s University for a one-day camp. There will be a list of activities including talks and games geared towards the 14 Grand Challenges which are engineering related.

Besides giving an opportunity for the less privileged students to experience being in a university for a day, the aim of EMF is to raise awareness of NAE’s 14 Grand Challenges of Engineering among the students and hope that it will pique interest among the students and unlock their potential to contribute in solving one of the Grand Challenges.

These challenges are:

1. Advance personalized learning
2. Make solar energy economical
3. Enhance virtual reality
4. Reverse Engineer the brain
5. Advance health informatics
6. Restore and improve urban infrastructure
7. Secure cyberspace
8. Provide energy from fusion
9. Prevent nuclear terror
10. Manage the nitrogen cycle
11. Develop carbon sequestration methods
12. Engineer the tools for scientific discovery

These challenges will act as the basis of the event. The activities are designed so the participant can experience things we learn in engineering school and what have they taught us. At the same time we want the participant to enjoy the event without having the pressure of studying.

The total amount pledged will be allocated as seen in the table below. 

Door gifts for participants.

Planned Activities on the day of the event.

Organization:

Ti-Ratana Welfare Society Malaysia

Address: Lot 16106, Jalan 13B, Salak South Bahru (Desa Petaling), 57100, Kuala Lumpur, 57100, Malaysia

To know more about the organization, click in the link

http://ti-ratana.org.my/about-us/

Number of participants: Approximately 25 participants

The members for this event are only four of us, and it is a challenge to handle this event by ourselves. Currently we are looking for volunteers around the campus to help with our project.