16-Year-Old Kande Sill Has Been Awarded The Arkwright Engineering Scholarship, ‘The Most Esteemed Scholarship Of Its Type In The UK’
Kande Sill is proof of the importance of exposing children to STEM routes early.
The 16-year-old U.K. student has a passion for design and engineering, which was made possible by following her parents advice to attend a school with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), she revealed on “The Perfect Balance Trod Class” podcast.
“I never really had much of a directed interest in engineering before this, but when my parents said that maybe I should try out going to the school, a very STEM focused school, that was kind of when I got into engineering and I realized I quite enjoy learning about engineering,” Sill, who attends a University Technical College, explained on the podcast.
According to Black News, she is now making a mark in the sector, serving as an inspiration for others. As part of a project, she created the “Enhancing Medical Delivery” prototype to deliver medical supplies more efficiently to underserved communities globally. Its design includes an insulated packaging system and safety measures to ensure the load is delivered safely.
“I did my project on delivery systems so it was like within medical delivery so drone deliveries,” she shared on the podcast. “Basically I looked into some case studies, and I decided I wanted to do it around medical drone deliveries. And then from there I kind of decided that I would focus on the actual delivery system and the package rather than the actual drone itself. So I designed the packaging system and how it would be like lowered and brought back up to the drone from the ground, and I worked on the security of the system as well.”
Sill, who goes by Kande S. Summers in her research, has now been awarded the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship, which is marketed as “the most esteemed scholarship of its type in the UK” and is intended to empower 16-year-old students in their pursuit of engineering, its website mentions.
“Kande brings a rare mix of creativity, technical knowledge, and compassion. She’s not just an engineer in the making; she’s already leading by example,” Vern Brown, her mentor, said per Black News.
