5月9日科技创新女孩项目的同学们走进了埃克森美孚（ExxonMobil）位于上海紫竹高新区的上海研发中心。来自上海德威国际学校和上海诺德安达双语学校的21名同学在埃克森美孚优秀科研人员的带领下参观了三个功能不同的实验室，并与员工楷模分组进行了快问快答，深入了解了埃克森美孚优秀产品背后严谨的科研态度和多元创新的团队氛围。
On May 9, Girls in STEMM (GIS) visited ExxonMobil Shanghai technology center. 21 girls from Dulwich College and Nord Anglia International School followed the lead of brilliant technologists to tour three different labs, and did a speed networking session with six role model employees from ExxonMobil . This visit informed the girls of the research effort and the diverse team behind ExxonMobil’s amazing products.
出发观摩实验室前，埃克森美孚的同事们邀请学生们到2023年新建成的展厅了解埃克森美孚在中国的发展历史。
Before heading out to the labs, the students were invited to the newly built exhibition hall to learn about ExxonMobil’s footprint in China.
埃克森美孚上海研发中心的实验室承担了研发、检测、应用开发的功能。新奇的实验器材让学生们眼花缭乱。高年级的学生结合课堂里学习到的内容，兴致盎然地与科研人员交流实验器材的使用方法，或是询问实验流程。考虑到实验室的仪器和检测原理对于低年级的学生来说理解起来颇有挑战性，埃克森美孚的同事们在参观途中也提供了一些可以近距离接触的最终产品。这些在生活中不起眼又无处不在的物品在包装售卖前的形态让同学们新奇不已。
尽管学生们在之前的活动中参观了不少产品实验室，大家普遍表示埃克森美孚的实验室更能让她们关注与了解一个产品从原材料到最终成品要经历的整个过程，和相对应要投入的科研力量。在转场过程中，一位作为实验室参观领队的科研人员与小编聊到埃克森美孚的DEI企业文化时说道：“在埃克森美孚人人都能参与DEI，它不是一个组织或者职位。每个员工都有对应的本职工作，但大家也都能兼任DEI的一份子。这点我觉得很好。我也能感受到周围和我一样参与到DEI活动中的同事们都有一种幸福感。”
EM Shanghai technology center has multitude of capacities including R&D, testing, and processing. Equipment of all kind attracted the student’s attention. Seniors, recalling what they’ve learned at school, were interested to learn more about the procedures of the tests, and the reactions took place. Younger students sometimes found it challenging to understand the terms and the complex lab setup. But the lab tour leaders were very thoughtful to prepare some EM product that could be touched and interacted with to engage the students. Students were surprised to see items they took in granted in daily lives in their pre-packaged forms being mass produced here at EM’s labs.
A student commented that although other labs have similar setup in previous GIS visits, EM’s labs demonstrated to her what a product must go through from its raw state in the nature to what was ready to be sold in the market. During the tour, a tour leader told editor that, ‘here at EM everyone can participate in DEI. It is not about an organization, or a title. Every employee you see participating in today’s GIS visit has his/her “real job”, the one he/she applied to get in the company. But we also take on the responsibilities to participate in DEI. This is something I think is really cool. I can sense that my colleagues, who are actively involved in DEI like I do, are really enjoying themselves during this process.’
除了参观了拥有先进设备的实验室和的实验室，同学们也近距离接触了不同STEM背景的员工在埃克森美孚公司的职场生活。通过分组、快速社交、快问快答相结合的有趣形式，同学们与6位不同职级，不同学科背景，不同工作部门的员工楷模迅速打成一片。有同学好奇作为工程师的一天是什么样的，也有同学想提前寻求大学选课规划的建议的。在轻松的讨论氛围里也不乏有创意的提问，比如：“基于时下流行的MBTI性格测试，P人和J人有各自更适合的岗位吗？”
在了解到这一轮与她们匹配的都是入职了十几年的资深埃克森美孚员工时，二号组的一位同学提了一个很有意思的问题：“你想过去别的公司工作吗？” 华海茵与同学们分享了一条她初入职场时收到的忠告——记住你的目标并且始终向那个方向努力。“作为新人大家都会被分配到比较入门的工作，但不要因此气馁。如果你一直记得你的目标，那么在工作过程中抓住每一个能让你靠近那个目标的小机会去学习和锻炼，久而久之你就能离自己的目标越来越近。”
Besides the top-notch labs, students were also able to connect with EM employees coming from different STEM backgrounds, different seniority, and different departments. WEC divided the girls into three groups, and in the form of speed networking, girls got the chance to ask questions to all the employee role models as they rotated around the room. Some students were curious about a typical day of an Engineer working at EM, others were seeking advice on STEM course selection in the university. We also heard creative questions from the girls, such as, ‘based on the popular MBTI personality test, which roles are P people and J people more suitable for?’
When they learned that they were matched with employees who have worked for more than 10 years at EM, girls in group 2 asked whether they have thought about working at another company in their careers. Haiyin Hua shared an advice she received as a young professional, which was to ‘go towards what you want, not away from it’. She said, ‘when you first start working, you are always assigned simple tasks. But even when you are in a junior role, you can always try to capture the opportunities to learn and push boundaries to eventually get to where you wanted to be.’
这次埃克森美孚科技创新之行在惠州项目技术规划总监范翠琴的总结致辞中落下帷幕。她鼓励同学们大胆探索STEM领域的内容，磨炼自己独立思考、辩证分析、理性规划的能力。相信她和所有当天参加活动的埃克森美孚员工的分享会在同学们心里留下深刻的印记。
The visit closed with EM’s Technology Planning Manager Hedy Fan’s speech. She encouraged students to explore STEM related subjects, more importantly to grow skills such as independent problem solving, critical thinking, and logical planning. We believe her and all participating EM employee’s sharing would leave the students a deep impression.
在此，WEC再次感谢埃克森美孚上海团队给予这次活动在时间、场地、人员方面的巨大支持，同时也感谢德威和诺德安达两所学校的老师们积极的协调。
Last but not least, WEC would like to extend our appreciation to the ExxonMobil Shanghai team for their great support in time, location, personnel and resources, and to teachers and faculties at Dulwich and Nord Anglia for being so responsive and accommodating.