Victoria Qin's (Class of 2023) project on Investigating the Effect of pH on the Adsorption Capacity of Litchi chinensis Cortex of Copper(II) Ions from a Copper(II) Nitrate Solution was selected as one of the 20 shortlisted projects by the Australian Science and Engineering Fair (AUSSEF) and was forwarded to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Selection Panel for the second stage of judging for a 12 member team to compete at the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles from 12-17 May. Although, Victoria was not selected for the Australian team, it is nonetheless a great achievement to reach this far. She was very close to following in the footsteps of Stanley Wey and Thien Tran (both Class of 2022) who represented Australia at the 2023 ISEF in Dallas, Texas.
Over the coming days this new team of Australia's top Year 9-12 STEM students will be competing in Los Angeles, USA at the “Olympics" of Science Fairs. These 12 students are the product of our nation's wonderful STEM curriculum and they are taking their amazing school projects to compete on an international stage. They were winners of the 2023 Australian Science and Engineering Fair (AUSSEF) and their projects are featured here. These projects cover a wide spectrum of disciplines and many are winners in other significant STEM competitions.
Hopefully, the amazing work by some of our nation's top STEM students will inspire you. You can follow the team through this competition as well. Please visit AUSSEF.
Anir Lal
HOD Science