The Suncoast Science Heart/Faulhaber Fab Lab is happy to announce and lengthen heartfelt congratulations to Duncan Marmash, longtime Fab Lab volunteer and 2023 graduate of Pine View College, for being awarded a prestigious Archimedes Award scholarship. The scholarship is generously sponsored by the Andrew and Judith Economos household, pioneering Suncoast Science Heart/Faulhaber Fab Lab donors and cherished members of its board of administrators.
Duncan, a scholar volunteer actively concerned with the Fab Lab since 2019, has left an indelible mark on the group. His contributions as a member of the Distant Management (RC) Automotive Competitors scholar committee and the Scholar Neighborhood Innovation Program (SCIP) have been nothing wanting outstanding. Duncan’s journey from a center faculty racer within the RC Automotive Competitors to develop into a devoted chief of the one-of-a-kind group program demonstrates his ardour and dedication to inspiring a love of Science, Expertise, Engineering, Artwork and Arithmetic (STEAM) in his group. He really embodies the Fab Lab’s mission to encourage and assist the innovators of tomorrow by means of experiential STEAM studying.
“Volunteering on the Fab Lab has allowed me to present again to the group and educate concerning the topics I like most. I consider it additionally distinguished me from different Archimedes award candidates,” stated Duncan. “I’m extraordinarily grateful to the Economos household for his or her generosity. Not solely will this make finding out extra financially possible, but it surely’s additionally very encouraging to see somebody keen to make the sort of dedication to STEM in my group.”
Named in honor of the famend Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer and astronomer, the Archimedes Award is bestowed upon graduating seniors from Pine View College, Booker Excessive College, and Manatee Excessive College who’ve demonstrated exemplary educational and mental accomplishments and intend to pursue post-secondary research in a STEM-related area. Made potential by the Andrew and Judith Economos household, the $10,000 scholarship will empower Duncan as he embarks on his post-secondary pathway finding out Physics at Princeton College. Award recipients are fastidiously chosen by an neutral scholarship committee comprising of devoted faculty employees and esteemed group members.
“It got here as no shock once I discovered from the committee that one of many college students chosen as a recipient of the Archimedes Award was concerned on the Fab Lab,” added Andrew Economos. “Whereas Duncan’s achievements are a results of his exhausting work and perseverance in quite a few settings, I’ve little question the talents he developed on the lab performed an incredible position in his improvement as a pacesetter.”
The Suncoast Science Heart/Faulhaber Fab Lab extends heat congratulations to Duncan Marmash for the extraordinary achievement and honest appreciation to Andrew and Judith Economos for his or her unwavering assist of numerous group initiatives that acknowledge and nurture distinctive youth.
