5/25/2018 0 Comments Katelyn France Attends ISEFWritten by Siarra Kubesh
PITTSBURG, PA - “It's like getting the trip of a lifetime. And for me it's like getting it 3 times in a row,” says Katelyn after returning from the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Katelyn France went to ISEF for her project on the use of a Quick Response (QR) code medical bracelet with a connected bluetooth carrying case. While at ISEF, Katelyn won the Thermo Fisher 4i Values Award: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation & Involvement. The 4i’s award is an award that is given for involvement, innovation, integrity and intensity. Upon receiving this award, Katelyn was ecstatic. “I was screaming,” she explained. “I ran on stage with a smile that hurt my face. I had worked so hard for so many years, and it was the culmination of all of these things to be on that stage. It is single-handedly the proudest moment of my life.” Katelyn has been competing in science fairs for 4 years, three years with her QR code project and one year doing her freshman project on laundry detergent. Katelyn wants to resume her project as a college student at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and hopefully one day go to Shark Tank and talk to the entrepreneurs about her QR bracelets. “I think since she’s been doing it so long now that she is really good,” said Mr. Boxrud during his interview. Mr. Boxrud is very proud of Katelyn for all her accomplishments during her time in the science fair and science fair competitions. Later in the interview Boxrud said enthusiastically “so she’s done very well and had a lot of success doing a lot of different things so far, it was a big goal to get on stage to win something because it’s unbelievable the level of difficulty.”
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