Melissa Jawaharlal
Melissa Jawaharlal (born 07 Mar 1992) is the CEO And Co-founder of STEM CENTER USA.
Melissa Jawaharlal is an Entrepreneur, Educator, Engineer, CEO, Co-Founder of STEM CENTER USA. She was born on 7 March 1992 on Northampton, Massachusetts. Melissa Jawaharlal is a co-founder of STEM CENTER USA and a engineer at Raytheon Space And Airborne Systems. She completed her Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at University Of Southern California (USC) and studied at University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Melissa's research field is primarily on space exploration and served as a design lead for orbiting satellites at Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and performed software optimization for United States Air Force.
Melissa is very passionate AbOUT space and engineering - she explores the final frontier of space and engineering for the fast developing world. Most importantly, she always works on the advancement of future generations in the field of STEM and ensure that the future generations share their zeal towards STEM fields and advancements. Melissa Jawaharlal presented her project or work on Robotics at MIT through Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams program as well as through NCIIA and Inventor's Digest. This is one of Melissa's earliest achievement in Robotics, even before her graduation. Melissa has mentored, inspired and taught in numerous Robotics related activities across the globe for several years and has been recognized for her coaching and instruction style. Melissa is also passionate about hands-on, experimental learning and seeks to revolutionize the K-12 STEM education system. Melissa is an avid traveler and likes traveling to new places, adventuring. Melissa likes to do Scuba diving.
Melissa and her sister Lavanya Jawaharlal had launched kickstarter campaign for Pi-Bot, the robotic platform for STEM learners, K-12 students and robotic enthusiastics. The Pi-Bot is a affordable kit so that it is accessible to everyone in learning STEM and robotics. The kickstarter campaign is successfully funded on April 10, 2014.
Melissa and Lavanya had then launched Kickstarter campaign on Children's book section as Technical Alphabet. This campaign aims to reach the Children all over the world in enhancing Technology literacy. The campaign is on and expected to be funded on October 7, 2014. Their aim is to inspire the next generation STEM leaders. The Technology Alphabet book provides Coloring book, Flash Cards, Placemats etc. This book would help children to engage in Technology right at the start of their careers. The project is reinventing ABC to Technical Alphabet through learning by doing, hands on approach by various elements of the Technology Alphabet book.