Melanie Laporte
New York CIty
Columbia University
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Melanie Laporte studies Computer Science and Art at Columbia University.
She is working on the Portable Incubator with Public Invention, as well as on a NASA innovation for the International Space Station's Universal Waste Management System.
Her ultimate ambition is to harness technology to create innovative solutions for the betterment of society.
She is dedicated to encouraging more women to pursue STEM careers and has created an after-school program as well as a social media channel to teach coding and circuitry to girls.
Melanie aims to redefine perceptions of engineers and challenge preconceived notions of what they look like.
She embraces diverse interests such as fencing, sailing, robots, writing science fiction stories, DJing, and exploring the connection between art and technology to create unrealized beauty.
June 2023