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.
I was thinking about my business idea and wondering when would be the right time to launch, if to launch and how. It was really doing my head in. I...
“I go to Imperial College”, “I’m applying to MIT”, “I play bowls for my county”, or “I’m a pro-series gamer” means nothing to the person who doesn’t know...
It was a whirlwind of a week in Malaysia at Shell Eco-marathon Asia. The air was constantly buzzing with intense excitement and anticipation, mixed...
Why create linear goals when life isn't linear? Don't create goals that are 1 -> 2 -> 3 Create goals that make leaps ad bounds, like 6 -> 14 -> 28...
Go out and make those connections, meet people, have conversations. It may land you a dream job. My friend got an engineering internship in China by...
If your teacher comments on your work and tells you it can be better; it’s not you, it’s your work. If the person behind the counter snaps at you...
Planning things with integrity means to plan things such that you have done all you can in your base for things to go as smoothly as possible. It...
Clear away some space and time for yourself. Without the pressure of someone bursting in and occupying your space. By giving yourself the time and...
From August 2009 to August 2011, I was the "Founder and Director of Robogals Global". Before that, my title was "Founder", and we hadn't created...
Ruby Payne-Scott was a pioneer radio physicist. I was asked to go in and narrate her story for the ABC’s Fierce Girls series. Listen to it here!...
