The May 22 ANS DC meeting was well attended. We had three major items on the agenda, announcement of local section election results, celebration of local science fair winners, and Donald Hoffman’s discussion of his work to reform ANS this year.
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The ANS DC section election results are in. Thanks to all who voted! Vice-Chair, Chair Elect – Jim Behrens; Secretary – Ed Kee; Treasurer – Suzanne Schroer; Executives-at-Large – Michael Cullingford and Kevin Witt.
ANS DC section judges participated in three local science fairs this spring, selecting several projects for recognition. We invited the first-place winners and their parents to the May meeting. This year, all three of the winners were young women.
The winners are:
- Anusha Dixit – Montgomery County – her project involved the influence of panel temperature and photovoltaic panel output;
- Kirsten Eddy – Howard County/STEM – her project was “Expressed Sequences Linked to the Translational Regulation of RuBisCO in Biofuels Production”; and
- Stephanie Durham – Fairfax County – Her project involved studying the effect of beta and gamma radiation (using sources at Catholic on plant growth and on aerogel transparency. Stephanie teamed with Derek Boylan on this project, but Derek was unable to attend last night’s dinner. Importantly, the results of the project showed that low levels of radiation resulted in taller plants.
We then had a presentation from Donald Hoffman, who explained his work this year to move the American Nuclear Society into the 21st Century. We had a presentation from Donald last year on his agenda for ANS and it was very interesting to hear about the progress made as Donald’s term as head of ANS is ending. Donald’s slides, delivered with his usual high level of energy and intensity, are attached. We all need to thank Donald for his hard work and dedication to ANS.