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title: First Class Scout Wins Big at Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Expo
description: "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 […]"
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# [First Class Scout Wins Big at Anne Arundel County Regional Science and Engineering Expo](https://blog.baltimorescouting.org/baltimore-area-council-blog/2024/04/first-class-scout-wins-big-at-anne-arundel-county-regional-science-and-engineering-expo)

 Written by [maddiejones24](https://blog.baltimorescouting.org/baltimore-area-council-blog/author/maddiejones24) | Apr 18, 2024 2:33:04 PM

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.

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