May 2018 - PHE Staff Helps Out SAME at the Pittsburgh Regional Science Fair

Melissa Secor volunteered as a Sponsor Judge for the SAME Pittsburgh Post at the 2018 Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair.  About 1,000 students from more than 100 schools across western PA competed at the fair for over $1M in cash prizes and scholarships.  Awards from the SAME Pittsburgh Post were for projects that involved improvements in infrastructure, emergency preparedness, or national security. 

Melissa presented the two SAME awards to the following projects: 1) an Autonomous Echolocation-based Search and Rescue Water Robot for Natural Disasters and 2) Renewable Solar Power to Generate Steam to Power a Steam Turbine.