Karina Hudson at UNSW Open Day
FLEET focuses significant efforts on science outreach, with the aim of:
- Increasing the participation of students in science and physics
- Increasing understanding of and passion for science in the general public
- Improving the outreach skills of FLEET members
- Supporting the public discussion of FLEET-specific science.
FLEET shares the responsibility to increase the participation of students in science, and to increase the number of girls and women participating in physics, chemistry and engineering.
In 2019 Centre researchers reached a remarkable number of students, over 10,500, via participation in public events such as the nine-day Sydney Science Festival, lab tours, and university open days.
Due to this success, FLEET has voluntarily raised its student outreach target from 200 students in 2019 to 2,000 students from 2020 onwards.
In 2019, FLEET launched a Year 10 ‘Future electronics’ course in partnership with John Monash Science School, Victoria. As well as covering the history of semiconductors and computing, and introducing students to Moore’s Law, the course represented Australia’s first introduction to superfluids and topological materials at the secondary school level.
