​REPORTS

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We create reports on each outreach event we have organized. They are cataloged below.

​Summary of STARS activities

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• Competed in the US Crystal-Growing Competition (USCGC) annually [Fall 2019 – current]

  • 2019 USCGC – Susanna Huang won 2nd place in the clearest crystal category (Walton STARS branch; Acting president: Susanna Huang)

  • 2020 USCGC – Team members experimented with crystallizing glow-in-the-dark highlighter ink and quinine into crystals (Walton STARS branch; Acting president: Susanna Huang)

  • 2021 USCGC – Walton STARS branch (Acting president: Susanna Huang)

  • 2022 USCGC – Walton STARS branch (Acting president: Selina Huang)

  • 2023 USCGC – Walton STARS branch (Acting president: Selina Huang)

• Hosted and organized local crystal-growing competitions annually [Spr. 2021 – current]

  • 2021 Timber Ridge Crystal-Growing Competition

  • 2022 Cobb County Crystal-Growing Competition and brief summary

  • 2023 Dodgen Crystal-Growing Competition

• Hosted and organized virtual crystal-growing summer camps annually [Sum. 2021 – current]

  • 2021 STARS Crystal-Growing Summer Camp

  • 2022 STARS Crystal-Growing Summer Camp

  • 2024 STARS Crystal-Growing Summer Camp

• Presented at Cobb County STEM teacher conference [Sum. 2021 – Sum. 2022]

  • 2021 STEMapalooza STEM teacher conference

  • 2022 STEMapalooza STEM teacher conference

• Presented at American Crystallographic Association annual conference [Sum. 2023 – current]

  • 2023 ACA conference (Baltimore, Maryland)

  • 2024 ACA conference (Denver, Colorado)

• Hosted and organized crystallography workshops [Spring 2024 – current]

  • Jan. 2024 Crystallography Lecture and Crystallization Workshop with Dr. Liu – STARS at GT branch (Acting president: Susanna Huang)

  • Apr. 2024 Crystallography Lecture with Dr. Max Bernbeck (Georgia Tech: La Pierre Group) and Crystallization Workshop with STARS at GT branch (Acting president: Susanna Huang)

  • May. 2024 Crystallography Lecture with Susanna Huang (Georgia Tech: Oyelere Group) and Crystallization Workshop with STARS at GT branch, for Walton HS students

  • Aug. 2024 Crystallography Lecture and Workshop with STARS Atlanta Branch for Georgia Tech students

  • Anticipated: Nov. 2024 Crystallography Lecture and Workshop

• Organized additional events

  • Fall 2024 Skills building series with STARS Atlanta branch, teaching students how to cold-email professors, prepare and polish resumes, and prepare and practice for interviews for academia and industry positions

  • 2024 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Trip

    • Visited MaNDi at Spallation Neutron Source, IMAGINE at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, and the Graphite Reactor for the Manhattan Project and first neutron diffraction experiments

  • Fall 2024 Lecture series showcasing Georgia Tech structural biology and crystallography research​