Who Am I?
I am Afrah Hussein, an Electrical and Computer Engineering student at AASTU. When I attended high school, I got the chance to participate in a summer training organized by STEMPower owing to my involvement in my school’s exhibition. In the summer training, I studied different electronic and programming courses. The lessons were exciting and helped develop my skills. But when it came to collaboration in group work, it was a bit challenging as I was not used to it.
Lessons From My Experience
What girls need to know about project selection is this, you don’t have to be affected by negative feedback from anyone. From experience, my project consisted of two parts, the electrical and mechanical. I was getting lots of negative suggestions from students that I could not do the mechanical part alone. They said even if I did, it wouldn’t function. They concluded that I had to change my project to an easier one. But once I did my research, believed I could do it, and planned how negative feedback and suggestions didn’t affect me and the effort I was putting into implementing my project.
Despite the negative feedback, I finished my project on time and got the first rank in the competition held after the training. Once you know and figure out a way to do something, you don’t have to give up on it. Especially if it is your dream. Other people might not see it the way you do. So, I say to prove them wrong.
Aspiration
My motivation and dream are to take a substantial part in the technology revolution by adapting existing technologies and introducing new ones to the world. And to build (create) a better world to live in.
Three things I advise girls who want to join STEM are:
- First, be sure and clearly state what you want to do, and don’t let anyone change your mood for work.
- Take risks and engage with a specific field that inspires you the most.
- Use the opportunities in front of you properly because they will help you to accelerate achieving your dreams.
Projects I Worked on
- A stair-climbing balanced wheelchair with a distance notifier
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- This project is a Self-stabilizing platform that automatically balances the wheelchair, fixing it with a defined axis. While climbing the stair, the center of mass of the wheelchair carrying the user changes. The accelerometer, with the help of the servo motors, fixes the wheelchair in a balanced state. It also includes the ultrasonic sensor and Sharp GP2Y0A21 Distance sensor to notify the distances and speed between the wheelchair and the nearby solid object following the wheelchair.
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- ICU assistance software
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- The main objective of this project is to develop a system that enables doctors to follow up with their patients distantly and to get notifications whenever there is an emergency case.
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Conclusion
“If there’s a will, there’s a way!” There’s nothing we can’t do if we set our minds to it and dedicate ourselves.