| | Cheng Xie

Cheng Xie

2014, Engineering

School & Degree:

University of British Columbia, Engineering

High School/Cegep:

University Transition Program

City & Province:

Vancouver, British Columbia

Nominated by:

Daria Danylchuk

What area(s) of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are you pursuing for your undergraduate degree?
Applied Sciences in Engineering
What is your favourite inspirational quote?
“The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.” – John F. Kennedy
What is a little known fact about you?
I’ve lived in 5 different countries and am graduating at the age of 15.
Why do you think you make a great Schulich Leader?
I firmly believe that the greatest of feats are accomplished through awareness, innovation and leadership. As a leader, I have applied my creativity, love of science and most of all, engaging motivation to join fellow pears in the creative process of shaping the world around us. As a Schulich leader I am focused on continuing and furthering my engagement and leadership for the bettering of our world.

Building AIs to Learn to Move

I spent two weeks in China competing in the annual Robocup autonomous robot soccer competition as part of our engineering team, UBC Thunderbots