This year’s Carolina Science Symposium had the highest attendance to date!
With 127 participants, 15 vendors, and a lot of planning, we had a very successful event that was full of interesting talks and fun science discussions.
Congratulations to the 2019 CSS Award Winners!
Over 100 students applied for the awards listed below.
Overall, the award winners received $2,350.
| Award | Name(s) | Amount Awarded |
| AIF Best Paper Award | Emily Mihalko and Zhiren Luo (NC State) | $200 each |
| Student Oral 1st Prize (Sponsored by RTNN) | James Custer (UNC) | $200 |
| Student Poster 1st prize (Sponsored by Mid-Atlantic AVS ($500) and UC Components $100)) | Ruocun Wang (NC State) | $600 |
| Student Poster 2nd prize | Mehul Parakh (NC A&T) | $250 |
| Student Poster 3rd prize (sponsored by Kurt Lesker and All Scientific) | Kathleen (Kat) Horvath (Duke) and Sahil Tahiliani (NC A&T) | $100 each |
| NNF Student poster prize | Younghwan Lee (NC State) | $250 |
| ASM Hans Stadelmaier Award | Jon Meyers (UNC) | $100 |
| Mike Rigsbee Photo Contest | Jon Meyers (UNC) and Sarah Morley (UNC) | $50 each |
| AFM Image Competition (sponsored by Asylum) | Sajedeh Pourianejad (UNCG) | $50 |
| Various awards (random drawings) | Jon Meyers (UNC), Sarah Morley (UNC), Jianwei Zhao (NC State), and Shisir Devkota (NCAT) | $200 |
