2024 Texas Science and Engineering Fair​ Season Recap

Two chapter members, Linda Morris and Latha Vasudevan, served as judges, combing through more than 200 high school science fair projects, searching for ones that closely aligned with the chapter’s mission on radiation protection.
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They presented the STC-HPS Excellence Award for Best Radiation or Radiation-Related Project to Londyn Franklin, a state finalist from the Dallas Regional Science Fair. Her project was titled “Radiation Resilience: A comparative Analysis of Super Absorbent Polymers and Traditional Space suit Materials for Radiation Protection”. She was given and accepted an invitation to present at the Chapter’s Spring meeting in College Station.

​​Additionally, Samikshya Mahapatra, a student from College Station High School was given and accepted an invitation to present at the Chapter’s Spring meeting in College Station. Her project was titled “Development and Demonstration of a low-cost strip PET Scanner Prototype”, and qualified for the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held in Los Angeles in May 2024.