{"533301":{"#nid":"533301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia elementary school class receives national honors for vaccine idea developed in conjunction with GT-IEN faculty Dr. Wilbur Lam","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA fifth grade team from Georgia\u2019s Braelinn Elementary School competing in the ExploraVision competition, sponsored by Toshiba and the National Science Teachers Association, received an honorable mention award for their development of a flu \u201cSuper Vaccine\u201d based on nanotechnology principles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u201cSuper Vaccine\u201d is a 30 year in one shot replacement for the present-day flu shot that uses gold nanoparticles. The vaccine works by releasing gold nanoparticles of different sizes in the body and then using an external source of varying amplitude to activate the particles in different years, eliminating the need for an annual shot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe class that developed the \u201cSuper Vaccine\u201d proposal was invited, along with their instructor, Ms. Laura Brown, to Georgia Tech to tour the nanotechnology facility \u0026amp; cleanroom at IEN. The students also met with Professor Wilbur Lam and his research team to conduct research and confirm the validity of their concept.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was very exciting to get to go and dress up in clean suits,\u201d said Brown.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExploraVision, a competition for grades K-12, challenges students to envision and communicate new technology 20 years in the future through collaborative brainstorming and research of current science and technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach invention must include an abstract, description, bibliography, and five sample web pages. Within the description, students must include an overview of present technology, history of the technology from its inception, description of the team\u2019s future idea, research and breakthroughs necessary to make the future idea a reality, the design process of the idea, and the potential positive and negative consequences of the new technology on society.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A fifth grade team from Georgia\u2019s Braelinn Elementary School competing in the ExploraVision competition, sponsored by Toshiba and the National Science Teachers Association, received an honorable mention award for their development of a flu \u201cSuper Vaccine\u201d"}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2016-05-05 13:09:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:35","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"533291":{"id":"533291","type":"image","title":"Braelinn Elementary at IEN","body":null,"created":"1462561200","gmt_created":"2016-05-06 19:00:00","changed":"1475895314","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:14","alt":"Braelinn Elementary at IEN","file":{"fid":"214999","name":"braelinn_elementary_visit.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/braelinn_elementary_visit_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/braelinn_elementary_visit_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":283263,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/braelinn_elementary_visit_0.png?itok=mJWsTn67"}}},"media_ids":["533291"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"498","name":"Flu Vaccine"},{"id":"10846","name":"gold nanoparticles"},{"id":"46351","name":"K-12 education"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"169247","name":"STEM education outreach"},{"id":"166968","name":"the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"763","name":"vaccine"},{"id":"14681","name":"Wilbur Lam"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["christa.ernst@ien.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}