On February 23rd and 24th members of the Georgia Tech Honors Program traveled to the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega to attend the annual conference of the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council (GCHC).  Seven students presented their research, one won an award, and two were elected to officer positions in GCHC.  Interim Director Dr. Amy D'Unger was also elected to the position of Faculty Vice President.

Samadhi Attanayaka was elected the Student Vice President and Angelina Rodriguez was elected Student Member at Large of GCHC.  

Carlos Márcio de Oliveira e Silva Filho won the second place paper award for all STEM papers.  Congrats to the three of them!

The following students presented their research:

• Samadhi Attanayaka- "Design and Application of MXene-Based Cortisol Sweat Sensors"
• Jay Jani- "Socioeconomic Status and Financial Implications in High Grade Glioma Resection: A Retrospective Study"
• Supratim Kundu- "Breaking String Obfuscation"
• Anubha Mahajan- "JAMIA Meta-Analysis Interface"
• Quincey Nielson- "Analyzing Outerrise Fault Parameters for Seismic and Tsunami Potential Using Semi-Automated Python Toolbox"
• Carlos Márcio de Oliveira e Silva Filho- "Study on Simultaneous Emissions of Neutrinos and γ-Rays by Blazars" (AWARD WINNER)
• Guilherme Ryuji Weber Nakamura- "Distribution and Transport of CO2 in Hydrated Hyperbranched Poly(ethylenimine) Membranes: Molecular Dynamics Simulations"

Georgia Tech will host the February 2025 annual GCHC conference.