TRACES International Outreach
A Prototype designed and made as part of my engineering studies, to be a automated machine that winds copper coils, which is very important for electronics, that minimises the amount of human involvement in making copper coils.
Year
2025-Ongoing
TRACES Conference
The TRACES stands for Transdisciplinary Academic Conference for Emerging Scholars, is a student-led platform empowering undergraduate to engage in academic research, present their work, present their work, and publish with recognition – all before graduation. After being contacted by a friend who was involved with the conference, I was convinced by their cause, and decided to help with their international outreach.
TRACES is open to all academic disciplines, and helps students tackle real world problems via multi-disciplinary thinking, and offers an opportunity for students to begin their academic careers, free of charge.
Research Presentation
As part of my contributions towards TRACES, I was chosen to be one of their inaugural presenters, presenting on my research on fibre composites and the possible advantages of using natural alternative, to help create dialogue with liked minded researches from various different disciplines. TRACES allows for emerging scholars like myself to learn from and connect with other conference goers, and see the issues in the world in a wholly different perspective, learn to use their methods for research done in my field. I was part of their Minds and Innovation section, and was able to watch and interact with the many different presenters and panel members, to learn about topics ranging from Art and Philosophy, to material science and tea making. I’m very grateful to have been given an opportunity to present my work and to be one of the first presenters of a Conference with a bright future.
International Outreach
As part of my work with the TRACES conference, I have joined their external communication board, to help spread the awareness of conference, and to help emerging scholars from my Alma Mater to find their voice in presenting their work. To that end, I had hosted an information session with students at Massey University, with help from the Chairman of TRACES, showed them the benefits of joining TRACES, and the benefits of trans-disciplinary research.
The session was successful at starting our outreach efforts in New Zealand, and I believe will be a good beginning for TRACES’ work in New Zealand and the rest of the world.