First Class Scout Wins Big at Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Expo

Twelve-year-old First Class Scout Liliana Simmons from Annapolis, Maryland recently entered her science fair project titled “Get a Grip!” featuring a 3D-printer prosthetic hand into the Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Expo and her project won six awards! 

These include: 

• First Place Biomedical and Health Sciences
• Yosef Wonsever Memorial STEM award
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge Nominee
• 21st Century Foundation Middle School Choice award
• US Air Force Certificate of Achievement 
• The Lemelson Early Inventor Grand Prize

Her project tested the grip strength of different strings used to determine how different materials would impact the readings on a dynamometer. Her future goal is to learn how to develop more affordable prosthetics for those who need them.