REPORTS
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]
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2019 USCGC – Susanna Huang won 2nd place in the clearest crystal category (Walton STARS branch; Acting president: Susanna Huang)
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2020 USCGC – Team members experimented with crystallizing glow-in-the-dark highlighter ink and quinine into crystals (Walton STARS branch; Acting president: Susanna Huang)
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2021 USCGC – Walton STARS branch (Acting president: Susanna Huang)
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2022 USCGC – Walton STARS branch (Acting president: Selina Huang)
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2023 USCGC – Walton STARS branch (Acting president: Selina Huang)
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Hosted and organized local crystal-growing competitions annually [Spr. 2021 – current]
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2022 Cobb County Crystal-Growing Competition and brief summary
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2023 Dodgen Crystal-Growing Competition
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Hosted and organized virtual crystal-growing summer camps annually [Sum. 2021 – current]
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Presented at Cobb County STEM teacher conference [Sum. 2021 – Sum. 2022]
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Presented at American Crystallographic Association annual conference [Sum. 2023 – current]
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2023 ACA conference (Baltimore, Maryland)
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2024 ACA conference (Denver, Colorado)
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Hosted and organized crystallography workshops [Spring 2024 – current]
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May. 2024 Crystallography Lecture with Susanna Huang (Georgia Tech: Oyelere Group) and Crystallization Workshop with STARS at GT branch, for Walton HS students
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Aug. 2024 Crystallography Lecture and Workshop with STARS Atlanta Branch for Georgia Tech students
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Anticipated: Nov. 2024 Crystallography Lecture and Workshop
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Organized additional events
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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
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2024 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Trip
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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
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Fall 2024 Lecture series showcasing Georgia Tech structural biology and crystallography research
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