Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia decided to feature me as one of 100 Australian engineering leaders in their book, “Anything is Possible: 100 Australian engineering leaders" to celebrate their centenary in 2019. Here’s my inclusion!
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
When I first started Robogals, the first thing I did was tell people about my vision and ask that they sign on to join. From that, I got a team of 3...
If you tell people you are going to be at X location at X time, people take your word for that. If you’re not there, they decide that next time,...
On 13 May, I was named the InStyle/ AUDI Style Scholarship recipient. Here’s my spread in InStyle magazine. Thank you to AUDI and InStyle magazine...
Returning to my hometown Cairns is always relaxing. Returning to Cairns in winter is a luxury - because the weather is lovely, and not cold at all....
When I became the Young Australian of the Year, I was so excited. I had a glamorous ideal that my life would change completely! It changed a lot – I...
"If you have too much on your plate, get a bigger plate." I first heard this when I was doing a leadership course in London in 2009. Everyone in the...
We had the chance to visit one of the previous YAN Fellow's projects in Mexico. I chose to visit "Deport-es para Compartir" (or "Sports to Share")...
When I was touring schools with Geoffrey Rush and we were answering questions in front of hundreds of kids, lots of them said, "I really what to be...
You set up a meeting time, ten people email back and say they’re keen, passionate and that they’ll be there. One person shows up. So what’s there to...
As the Cheshire Cat says, "if you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." In my Engineering Analysis A class (an engineering...
